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Canada's Ultramar is considering building a pipeline to safely transport fuel from its refinery near Quebec City, says a company spokesman.

Delaware and Wilmington are in a deadlock with CSX Railroad over three city bridges and who will repair them.

Once crews have finished cleaning up the rubble left by Saturday's train derailment at Ocala Union Station, the Florida city will begin damage assessment before repairing the historic station again.

A Union Pacific employee is recovering from a gunshot wound to the leg after he was shot during an attempted aggravated robbery early Tuesday.

NJ Transit is about to complete its Draft Environmental Impact Study (DEIS) on the proposed $500 million Monmouth-Ocean-Middlesex (MOM) passenger rail line.

More than 120 firefighters and other emergency responders participated in hands-on learning Monday thanks to a special train provided by TRANSCAER and Norfolk Southern Corp. in its Decatur, Illinois, yards.

Strong growth along the Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Co. system has boosted the company's revenue and is attracting the attention of federal transportation officials.

Norfolk Southern Corporation announced that on Nov. 15, 2004, Norfolk Southern Railway Company will call all outstanding 4.85% Subordinated Income Debentures due Nov. 15, 2015, issued by Norfolk & Western Railway Company and guaranteed by Norfolk Southern Railway Company.

A Houston company is the apparent successful bidder for salvage of materials from more than 10 miles of railroad line in southwest Butler County, Texas.

The U.S. Supreme Court refused Tuesday to consider Union Pacific Railroad's appeal of a $30 million damage award to a man partially paralyzed in a railroad crossing collision.

For the second year in a row, Amtrak has posted its highest ridership ever.

Two cars of a CSX Transportation train derailed early Wednesday morning, causing a chemical leak in Atlanta, Georgia's Tilford Yard.

Board members of the South Western Regional Planning Agency said they are concerned the state is proposing a new rail line connecting New Haven to Springfield, Mass., when Metro-North Railroad is in disrepair.

Folllowing multiple train collisions over a five-month period, Union Pacific executives say they're beefing up the railroad's Central Texas staff with more than 200 employees, improving crew training and instituting other safety measures.

Prospective homeowners who do not mind hearing an occasional train whistle or living near a bus stop may reap a financial benefit if they settle near public transportation.

Celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Syracuse, Binghamton and New York Railroad (now part of the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway) by riding in a train pulled by an old-fashioned steam locomotive. On Saturday, a roundtrip northbound excursion begins at Binghamton's old station, with stops in Marathon, Cortland, Tully and Syracuse's Armory Square. On Sunday, the roundtrip begins in Syracuse and heads southbound.

Labor shortages and increased demand from a rebounding economy are stretching capacity for many railroads at the end of the fall shipping season, all of which could translate into higher prices for consumers.

Members of the Sunbury, Pennsylvania, Fire Department received a $500 grant from Norfolk Southern Railroad on Monday night.

Ridership on the River Line peaked in July but has tapered off since, according to figures released Monday by NJ Transit.

Union Pacific Corp. is nearing completion of a four-year, $14 million upgrade of safety signs at railroad crossings that do not have crossing arms or other active warning devices.

A Union Pacific train derailed Monday on San Antonio, Texas', South Side, marking the fourth time in six months a train has derailed in Bexar County.

A $10,000 reward has been offered for the arrest and conviction of those responsible for toppling two electrical transmission towers in Wisconsin, that knocked out power to Mitchell International Airport and 17,000 area residents over the weekend.

The railroad tracks through downtown Ocala, Florida, reopened early Monday morning and regular service resumed.

RailAmerica, Inc. reported its freight carloads for the month ended September 30, 2004.

For an old economy company, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. is a poster child for brave new world automation.

CSX and the union representing its local track-maintenance employees will square off Wednesday for oral arguments over plans to lease tracks through Staunton and Waynesboro, Virginia, to a small short-line operator from Dillwyn.

The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF) announced it will establish BNSF Logistics Center-Fontana at the Kaiser Commerce Center about 13 miles west of San Bernardino.

A CSX Transportation freight train derailed near the Ocala, Florida train station on Saturday evening.

Two CSX freight trains collided Sunday in an industrial part of south Baltimore, Maryland, causing minor injuries to two crew members.

Authorities suspect sabotage was behind the collapse of two enormous electrical transmission towers in Wisconsin that halted Amtrak train service between Chicago and Milwaukee for much of the weekend.