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A federal judge in Washington Wednesday ruled the Internal Revenue Service could not unilaterally impose a tax on toll-free phone calls to Amtrak.

Connersville, Indiana's Whitewater Valley Railroad recently received a $254,400 Transportation Enhancement grant to create a railroad interpretation and display area.

Carlisle, Pennsylvania's Mayor Kirk Wilson is lambasting Cumberland County commissioners over their stance on the proposed Corridor One commuter rail project.

It is not often that employers are proud to boast of successful job placements outside their company.

Oscar Munoz, CSX Corporation executive vice president and chief financial officer, announced that Francis J. Chinnici has been named vice president- purchasing for CSX Transportation (CSXT), effective immediately.

RailPower Technologies Corp. announced two Board changes Wednesday, which include the appointment of former Canadian Pacific Railway COO, Ed Dodge.

Norwich, Connecticut, Mayor Arthur Lathrop wants to paint the rusted railroad bridge spanning the Shetucket River near downtown. He's had little luck persuading the Providence and Worcester Railroad Co. to pursue the project.

A railroad museum that has been a fixture in downtown Belmont, North Carolina, for 17 years will close Oct. 30 because of low attendance and liability concerns.

Union Pacific announced that it has again been named one of the nation's 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers. Working Mother magazine, which today released its 19th annual list of the "100 Best Companies for Working Mothers," has included North America's largest railroad for the third time in four years.

On September 13, Kansas City Southern Railroad hosted senior executives from Norfolk Southern (NS) on the Southern Belle business train for a tour of the portion of KCSR's Meridian Speedway from Meridian, Miss. to Shreveport, La. with a stop in Jackson, Miss.

Canadian National Railway crews are working to clear several rail cars and locomotives that collided and derailed near Blue Island, Illinois early this morning.

The Canadian National Railway has denied a proposal from a Storm Lake volunteer committee to move the historic depot to a lot near the school administration building for restoration as a community welcome center.

The Bristol, Virginia, area may have been spared the heavy rains and high winds of Hurricane Ivan, but Bristol felt the effects of the storm on its rails.

Schaumburg, Illinois, officials Tuesday night were told that all four consultants hired by Metra to help build a new STAR line rail service are on board.

Exit 38 of New York's Saw Mill River Parkway and an adjacent railroad crossing were expected to reopen this morning, two days after a commuter train smashed into a truck stuck on the tracks at Green Lane, injuring 29 passengers.

Four train cars went off the tracks at an East St. Louis, Illinois, area rail yard about 03:30 CDT Tuesday, setting fire to a spilled chemical and possibly sickening about 75 people at a St. Louis high school hours later, authorities said.

In what he billed "the Jobs Express," Gov. John Baldacci rode the rails from Mattawamkeag to Bangor on Monday, announcing about 75 new jobs along the way.

Washed out and damaged bridges, twisted rail lines, and closed roads have already started to affect the flow of goods to, from and through the Florida Panhandle.

According to CSX Transportation, both tracks at the scene of this weekend's train derailment in Richmond's west end have been re-opened.

A railroad employee was killed in Saline, Michigan, on Monday when he was pinned between an engine and a rail car near the Visteon plant.

With the tenacity of the "little engine that could," Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway has chugged its way up and over a mountain of debt and is picking up speed as the economy improves.

The Maywood Station Historical Committee Division of the New York, Susquehanna & Western Technical & Historical Society, Inc. is pleased to announce the grand opening of restored Maywood Station at 269 Maywood Avenue, Maywood NJ starting at 11am on Saturday, September 25, 2004.

A railroad passenger trip from New London to Putnam, Connecticut, on Saturday was organized by the National Corridors Initiative, a group that hopes that interest will grow to have train service available as an everyday transportation option.

Digital cameras and microphones will be mounted on Union Pacific locomotives to record every trip for accident investigation purposes in the event of incidents.

Trains began rolling through downtown Wichita, Kansas, Monday afternoon after a 10-car derailment Sunday morning shut down the Old Town tracks for more than 24 hours.

Operation Lifesaver has its wheels in motion, launching a cross-Canada campaign to promote public safety with a new educational vehicle.

Train delays have hit record highs in Northern California, keeping some commuters and travelers waiting as long as four hours.

The State of Connecticut is proceeding with its plan to add railcars to Metro-North Railroad sometime this winter, but the new fleet stands to be smaller than initially estimated by the state and some of those cars could be delayed an additional nine months because of repairs.

Illinois-supported passenger trains will keep rolling on three downstate rail corridors, under a $12.1 million deal between Amtrak and the Illinois Department of Transportation.

Cleanup continued Sunday night after a train derailment in downtown Wichita, Kansas, forced closure of three streets and damaged a part of a company's property.