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Trainorders.com previously reported that FEC and Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc. were negotiating for the purchase of four SD70M-2 locomotives.

Long Island Rail Road has reported its third straight year of declining on-time performance.

BNSF Railway's Eastern Washington trackage that was damaged on Saturday morning by an Amtrak derailment was restored by Sunday, some thirty hours after the incident.

BNSF Railway's trackage into Birmingham, Alabama was restored by Friday afternoon following a 31-car derailment on Wednesday at 22:15 CST.

Starting next month, passengers on Amtrak's Acela Express or Metroliner trains may have paid more or less for their tickets than the person sitting next to them. Amtrak announced on Friday that it will expand its use of revenue management when it comes to ticket pricing to those two trains. The railroad already uses revenue management

Following up on a previously mentioned story, Amtrak's New York to Chicago Cardinal train 51 derailed two coaches early on Thursday morning in Garrison, Kentucky.

CN and CSX Transportation, Inc., (CSXT) have announced a long-term agreement for CN to haul CSXT traffic to and from Sarnia, Ont., and CSXT connections in Buffalo, N.Y., and Toledo, Ohio.

Canada's two major railways have struck a deal to handle each other's traffic in B.C.'s Lower Mainland in a bid to relieve some of the bottlekneck at the Port of Vancouver as Asian trade continues to grow. Expanding a co-operative arrangement announced in October 2004, Canadian National Railway Co. and Canadian Pacific Railway said Thursday that new operating improvements will begin in March. There will be direct-to-destination trains that bypass yards and eliminate time-consuming railway-to-railway handoffs.

Amtrak is reporting a service altering disruption to its westbound Cardinal Train #51, which departed yesterday afternoon from Washington, D.C. on its way to Chicago, Illinois.

Norfolk Southern Corporation named Charles W. (Wick) Moorman to succeed David R. Goode as chairman, effective Feb. 1. The action was taken by Norfolk Southern's board of directors.

Daniel A. Carp, former chairman and chief executive officer of Eastman Kodak Company, has been elected a director of Norfolk Southern Corporation, Chairman David R. Goode announced.

BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) announced its planned $2.4 billion capital commitment program for 2006, about 10 percent higher than 2005's spending.

CSX Corporation said last week that it has proposed a property purchase agreement for consideration by the Winter Haven City Commission on January 23.

Norfolk Southern Corporation reported record fourth-quarter net income of $362 million, or $0.87 per diluted share, an increase of 37 percent compared with $264 million, or $0.65 per diluted share, for fourth-quarter 2004.

Last week, Kansas City Southern and subsidiary KCS-Mexico completed a successful intermodal test run from the Port of Lazaro Cardenas in Mexico to San Antonio, Texas.

Union Pacific Railroad is testing an environmentally friendly prototype diesel locomotive and is asking for bids to build 60 for use in Los Angeles Basin rail yards.

The nearly 100-year-old Thames River Bridge between New London and Groton, Conn. will undergo a $76 million replacement of its aging bascule lift span under a construction contract between Amtrak and Cianbro Corporation of Pittsfield, Maine, the parties announced earlier this month.

Coal hauling in Wyoming's Powder River basin should be a little easier for rivals Union Pacific and BNSF Railway, after the completion of $70 million capacity expansion projects.

New commuter cars for Metro-North Commuter Railroad's New Haven Line will continue a tradition set forth several decades ago.

A Union Pacific derailment between Denver and Winter Park, Colorado left passengers aboard the popular Ski Train stranded on Saturday's trip.

Railpower has determined that a number of the company's hybrid locomotives (model GG20B) may have been delivered with defective components related to the battery system.

New Jersey Transit and Amtrak suspended rail service on some lines into New York City from central New Jersey because of an signal failure on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor between Elizabeth and Newark, said New Jersey Transit spokesman Dan Stessel.

A preliminary investigation conducted by the National Transportation Safety Board into Norfolk Southern's fiery Lincoln, Alabama train collision has placed blame on a misaligned switch.

CN and BNSF Railway Company announced an agreement focused on improving rail network fluidity and infrastructure capacity, principally in Vancouver, B.C., Chicago, and between Memphis and southern Illinois.

A collision between two Norfolk Southern trains in Lincoln, Alabama, resulted in at least three crew injuries and forced the evacuation of more than 500 nearby residents on Wednesday afternoon.

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

Union Pacific Corp. on Thursday said its profit nearly quadrupled in the fourth quarter from results weighed down by a hefty charge a year ago.

Jean Pelletier, accusing Paul Martin's government of "relentlessly" trying to fire him as chairman of VIA Rail's board of directors, protested the "partisan" action by filing two separate motions in Federal Court on Monday. Pelletier, who served as chief of staff to Jean Chretien during most of his time as prime minister, was initially dismissed from the Crown corporation's board in March 2004.

A switching incident at CSX Transportation's New Castle, Pennsylvania yard derailed several cars and spilled sulfuric acid onto the ground adjacent to yard office buildings.

CSX Transportation announced Wednesday that it is resuming local freight rail service on its Gulf Coast line, a vital transportation artery to New Orleans. Service through the entire area is expected to be restored beginning in early February.