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A more serious scenario was averted on Wednesday morning in Jamestown, Georgia, after CSX Transportation maintenance workers were able to notifiy an approaching train of a stalled propane tanker in its path.

RailAmerica, Inc. reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2005.

The 2002 Minot, North Dakota Canadian Pacific Railway derailment trial has concluded that the railway must pay a combined $1.86 million to four persons who suffered injuries as a result of the incident.

Crews from BNSF Railway are continuing clean-up efforts at the site of Saturday's derailment at Grizzly, Montana.

What's old is new again for the Cape Cod Central Railroad in Massachusetts, as one of the co-founders acquired the property last Friday.

The Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT) received approval to advance $504,000 in rail improvements to benefit both freight and passenger trains that operate on shortline railroad tracks.

The Surface Transportation Board announced that it has issued a decision granting final approval to Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad (DM&E) to construct a 280-mile rail line into Wyoming

Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc. is proud to announce that Mr. Albert Enste has agreed to join EMD as Vice President of International Sales and Service.

In 2005, as part of major capital investments by Kansas City Southern Railroad in and around Vicksburg, Mississippi, the track curve at Vicksburg was reduced from 17 to ten degrees.

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has fined CSX Transportation (CSX) $227,000 for failure of a highway-rail grade crossing warning system to activate in advance of approaching trains in Fonda, New York.

The Greenbrier Companies announced it has received the largest order ever for its Auto-Max railcar used for transporting new automotive vehicles.

Genesee & Wyoming Industries on Monday said it plans to sell its jointly owned Western Australia operations to an Australian group for $956 million.

Kansas City Southern has acquired four more locomotives and eight passenger rail cars that will bolster its historically accurate passenger fleet for office car specials.

The City of Baltimore and CSX Transportation announced that a settlement agreement has been reached in the City of Baltimore's litigation against CSXT arising from the July 18, 2001, train derailment and fire in the Howard Street Tunnel.

Union Pacific Railroad announced it has signed a contract with National Railway Equipment Co. to build 60 environmentally friendly low-emission diesel locomotives for use in its Los Angeles Basin rail yards.

VIA Rail Canada says that it's new and improved Easterly Class: A Maritime Learning Experience, launched last June, has had a very successful first season.

RailAmerica announced that it has completed the sale of its three railroad properties in Alberta, Canada to Canadian National Railway Company (CN).

Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad President Kevin Schieffer says the railroad has delivered their $2.5 billion loan request to the Federal Railroad Administration for a 90-day review period.

A collision between a CSX Transportation train and a tractor-trailer truck on Monday, led to a derailment in Sullivan, Indiana.

For the eleventh time in 2006, Amtrak and Sounder service south of Seattle, Washington is curtailed due to adverse weather conditions.

In keeping with its ongoing commitment to provide the safest and most efficient rail service possible, CSX Transportation has begun two maintenance projects on its tracks between Richmond, VA, and Newport News, VA, and between Rocky Mount, NC, and Florence, SC.

BNSF Railway's mainlines in Washington State, subjected to extreme weather conditions this year including at least ten blockages by rock or mudslides, now have seen at least two derailments in the past two weeks.

Dakota Northern Railroad has begun its lease of more than eighty miles of former BNSF Railway trackage in northeastern North Dakota.

Norfolk Southern says that coal shipment changes in Virginia were only mildly impacted by West Virginia's mine safety shutdown.

An investigation is underway after a CSX Transportation train derailed near Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia, on the railroad's Cumberland Subdivision.

CSX Transportation has issued a probable cause for the December 19 derailment in Marietta, Ohio, that caused the Virginia Street overpass to collapse onto the roadway below.

On Wednesday, Feb. 1, BNSF began piloting a new fuel-saving technology, the Consist ManagerTM System designed by General Electric (GE).

During the Faster Freight Cleaner Air Conference taking place this week in Long Beach, Calif., Union Pacific announced online availability of its "UP and the Environment" white paper.

A pair of railroad-related incidents in Graniteville, South Carolina, has prompted Norfolk Southern to announce a realignment of its tracks through that community.

For the fourth straight year, The Dow Chemical Company has received the Hazardous Accidental Release Prevention (HARP) Award from The Kansas City Southern Railway Company (KCSR).