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Twenty-nine loaded CSX coal cars derailed Saturday night in Richmond's upscale West End, spilling coal and tilting open cars like pick-up sticks along the tracks and the Kanawha Canal.

Metra Rock Island line service to downtown was stalled for more than two hours after a freight train derailed Sunday morning in Chicago's South Loop.

Commuter-rail service between Everett and Seattle will increase by two round trips each weekday under a deal announced Friday by Amtrak and Sound Transit.

Michigan

The Burlington Northern-Santa Fe Railway is proposing to build a 20-foot-high wind fence near East Glacier to prevent an increasing number of train derailments, the Western Breeze reported.

Galva, Illinois' first "grain train" rolled under the spout and into the history books shortly after 06:00 CDT last Wednesday.

Fifteen cars of a BNSF train have derailed in downtown Wichita, Kansas.

CSX Transportation, already assessing severe damage done by the series of Hurricanes and Tropical Storms to roll up the east coast, is now plagued by a derailment in Richmond, Virginia.

Carbon County, Pennsylvania, commissioners are getting closer to buying a former railroad yard they want to make into a business or industrial park.

Michelle Friedman of St. Augustine got power restored to her house five days after Hurricane Frances, and she quickly saw that her next-door neighbor could use some electricity.

The mayor of Cape Breton Regional Municipality says the provincial government's inaction has led to the decline in railway traffic on the island.

A new study of 49 major cities shows that freight rail can help reduce gridlock, according to this release issued by the Association of American Railroads (AAR).

Remnants of Hurricane Ivan dumped rain on the U.S. Southeast as it moved inland, posing the risk of floods in 14 states. As Ivan weakened to a tropical depression, flash-flood warnings extended from the Appalachian Mountains to New York. About 6.5 inches (17 centimeters) of rain fell on parts of Alabama and as much as 6 inches more could come within 24 hours along the storm's path.

Pennsylvania

Some congressional lawmakers are warning that Amtrak, the financially struggling national passenger railroad, could go out of business next year.

Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway installed a speech-recognition system to help monitor train movements along its 25,000 miles of track.

Metro's top official warned Washington, D.C., area political leaders the region must act now to buy more rail cars.

Kansas City Southern and Grupo TMM, S.A. announced that Mexico's Foreign Investment Commission ("FIC")delivered a notice that the FIC had resolved to deny KCS' application for authorization of KCS' proposed acquisition of TMM's interest in TFM, S.A. de C.V., which operates a major rail freight carrier in Mexico.

Flames that could have ignited dangerous materials on a freight train forced the Texas Department of Public Safety to close all lanes of U.S. Highway 60 between Pantex and Panhandle on Thursday morning.

CSX Transportation said this week that 698 rail cars in Richmond, Virginia, were damaged by the August 30 tropical storm.

Chairperson Judy Dickinson of Orange North-American Trade Rail Access Corridor (OnTrac) Joint Powers Authority announced Wednesday, that OnTrac is seeking bids for the construction phase of the Quiet Zone Project.

States should install stop signs at unmarked rail crossings and improve the qualifications of school bus drivers to reduce a threat that many pupils face while riding buses, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday.

Some 150 to 200 railroad workers based in Arkansas City, Kansas, could have their jobs moved elsewhere if a management-labor dispute isn't resolved soon.

A track that was banked too steeply caused a spectacular derailment in northern Nova Scotia last April that prompted school closures and the evacuation of nearby homes, the Transportation Safety Board says.

More than 200 railroad and transportation officials from 13 states and the District of Columbia will gather this week in Scranton, Pennsylvania, to discuss highway and rail safety.

A lawsuit against the Canadian National Railroad has found its way to the Illinois Supreme Court.

The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum will celebrate the rebirth of its signature Roundhouse when it reopens its doors to the public the weekend of November 13-14, 2004.

Grain elevators are getting good service from the two major railroads in North Dakota, but dealers say this year's late harvest could stress the system in coming months.

Hurricane Ivan has reached the Gulf Coast region, bringing high winds and flooding and affecting The Kansas City Southern Railway Company's (KCSR) operations in Gulfport, Miss. and New Orleans, La.

The Florida East Coast Railway reports all its crossings are operating and motorists should see some relief from the long waits they've been experiencing the past few days.