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A special train operated by Norfolk Southern Railway Company will visit five cities Oct. 11-15 to promote Transportation Community Awareness and Emergency Response (TRANSCAER), a nationwide program to increase community understanding of the safe transportation of hazardous materials and the importance of emergency planning.

British Columbia Transportation Minister Kevin Falcon says there will be no reduction of service on the BC Rail line between Prince George and North Vancouver. The New Democrats say CN -- which now manages the line -- has told its unions the number of freight trains will be reduced from three a day to just one. Falcon says the move won't affect overall freight service because the same volume of freight will be moved despite having fewer trips. He says that's exactly the kind of efficiency one would expect from a private sector operator. NDP leader Carole James says more than 100 jobs at BC Rail will be lost as a result of CN's decision to scale back the number of trains. She says the move flies in the face of promises made by the Liberal government regarding the service that could be expected under the deal to sell BC Rail to CN.

A coalition of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, residents charged yesterday that the CSX Transportation rail company has walked away from negotiations and is threatening to close off all street-level access in Center City to Schuylkill River Park.

Genesee & Wyoming Inc. has selected RMI's RailConnect(R) web-based rail information solution to centralize operational and accounting control of three newly acquired railroads purchased from Georgia-Pacific.

Amtrak has upgraded its website with new features that make it easier for train passengers, many of whom are meeting attendees traveling along the transportation corridor between Boston and Washington, to find and book seats at the best prices.

Trainorders.com and Carstens Publications have joined together to offer mutual discount offers.

CSX Transportation has experienced a derailment that will affect traffic in and out of Cincinnati, Ohio.

Amtrak officials say Holland, Michigan, could lose its train stop if CSX Transportation abandons its railroad line that runs between Grand Rapids, Michigan and Porter, Indiana.

Southwestern Railroad, Inc. (SWRR) is now serving rail customers on 263 miles of track between Loving Junction and Clovis, N.M.

The Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) regional head says Sound Transit has fulfilled the final condition the federal government imposed a year ago when it agreed to help pay for Seattle's light-rail line.

Union Pacific Railroad has acquired two new low-emission engines for use in its switching yards.

A Norfolk Southern freight train derailed here, toppling 20 cars including four tankers that contained hydrochloric acid, authorities said.

Representatives from Union Pacific met with Texas A&M and College Station city officials Wednesday and decided to lower the train speeds to 40 mph effective Thursday morning.

RailPower Technologies Corp. announced that Peter Ballachey, a former BC Rail CFO and 15-year railroad industry senior executive, has been appointed RailPower's Chief Financial Officer.

The planned Haines City Railroad, in Haines City, Florida, this week marked another victory with news of $750,000 more in state assistance to lay track at the 350-acre South Business Park off Polk County Road 544.

Canadian Pacific Railway says it will begin shipping about 18 percent more grain from elevators in North Dakota and western Minnesota to Pacific Northwest ports, beginning in November.

The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway will clean up an Environmental Protection Agency Superfund site in Arizona's South Valley.

It's the end of an era. The last train cars left on Morrisville, Vermont's tracks were dismantled and began to be hauled away last week.

Construction on the West Rail Bridge could begin in as little as a year, according to County Judge Gilberto Hinojosa, who announced Friday that the project had received an important green light.

Riviera Beach Mayor Michael Brown had a clear message for the Florida East Coast Railway: 'Tear down this barricade!'

The union representing conductors and engineers at CN Rail says layoff notices are going out to almost 80 employees in BC. United Transportation Union chair Bob Sharpe says the job losses are a direct result of the provincal government's $1 billion privatization of BC Rail operations.

Shares of railroad and trucking companies rose in early trading Friday, lifted by another week of record freight volumes and upbeat analyst assessments.

Full service was restored on the Hempstead branch of the Long Island Railroad about five hours after a passenger train in a yard at the Hempstead station derailed and crimped service westward.

Kansas City Southern announced that Robert B. Terry has been appointed senior vice president and general counsel.

RailAmerica said it will take an about $12 million to $13 million pre-tax, non-cash charge in the third quarter due to its decision to dispose of its E&N Railway in British Columbia, Canada. After taxes, the short line and regional railroad operator said the charge should equal about $7 million to $9 million.

The cost of saving a cross-state Amtrak train set to be eliminated on Nov. 1 is too steep for PennDOT.

A CSX Transportation decision on whether to sell or lease 530 miles of track in West Virginia has been delayed because the company rejected initial bids from nine short-line railroads and asked five others to rebid, said Cindy Sanborn, the Baltimore division manager.

Some 35 to 40 percent of the wheat spilled in a train derailment south of Shelby, Montana, Monday is salvageable for milling, Burlington Northern-Santa Fe spokesman Gus Melonas said Thursday.

The bewitching hour is upon Tweetsie Railroad during October where ghouls and haunts come out to play at the popular Ghost Train Halloween Festival.

A Union Pacific train came within 100 feet of crashing into a washing machine and a lighted propane tank that would have exploded in the middle of Galt, California, late Monday night, according to Galt police Lt. Ken Erickson.