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Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad is doing everything possible to remove every kernel of the 2,800 tons of corn spilled recently when 28 grain cars derailed from train G-SIOPAS1-15, a railway spokesman said Friday.

This week, fuel will begin flowing through the newly constructed pipeline in Heavener, Oklahoma, fortifying KCSR's fuel supply.

Amtrak and commuter rail passengers at one suburban station will have to walk through an explosives detection machine and have their bags screened in a new security experiment designed to frustrate terrorists.

Norfolk Southern Corp. and CSX Corp. on Monday urged the Surface Transportation Board to end its five-year oversight of the railroads

Authorities expect to re-open Jupiter Road near Plano Parkway in Plano, Texas, this morning after the cleanup of a weekend train derailment is finished.

VIA Rail Canada will unveil the new look of two of six locomotives that will be appearing from coast to coast throughout this summer as part of the

NJ Transit could begin its first extended rail service into Pennsylvania under a plan that calls for it to take over operation of Amtrak's Clocker trains, which travel daily between Philadelphia and New York City during rush hour.

Three people were injured when two trains collided on a Union Pacific track south of downtown San Antonio, Texas early yesterday morning.

SEPTA and Norfolk Southern are looking into whether the freight railroad could still operate proposed Schuylkill Valley Metro service between Center City and Reading.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) released its findings and one recommendation into the October 6, 2001 crossing accident and derailment in the Township of Drummond, involving a Canadian National Railway freight train and an automobile on a farm crossing.

Florida East Coast Industries Inc. reported a 10 percent increase in revenue from its Florida East Coast Railway LLC rail division and a 67 percent decrease in real estate sales at its Flagler Development Co. subsidiary in the first quarter of 2004. Although total first-quarter 2004 revenues fell to $71.6 million from $75.8 million in 2003, net income at the company overall for the same period was up 20 percent.

Kansas City Southern Industries Inc.'s earnings plunged 75 percent in the first quarter, largely due to a drop in profits from its Mexican affiliate, the railway reported.

A tragic chain of events that caused a fatal January train derailment in Whitby, Ontario, was sparked by a broken wheel, Neal Foot, senior vice-president of operations for Canadian Pacific Railway, said yesterday.

CN Rail is closing Centralia Yard in Illinois, effective today, Monday, May 3. In conjunction with this closure, several operational changes are planned by the railroad.

Eighteen cars of a Kansas City Southern freight train derailed Sunday in Plano, Texas.

Landowners along the proposed tourist railroad from Whitewood to Deadwood, North Dakota, want to know how they will be treated if the project ever gets on track.

Allan Rutter, Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), announced that he is leaving his current post in mid-June for a position with a Texas transportation organization, according to the FRA.

After hearing from officials in Licking County, Ohio about the proposed privatization of the Panhandle rail line earlier this month, Muskingum County commissioners heard from the company which wants to purchase the line.

A mine subsidence closed the main line of the Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad in Archbald, Pennsylvania, stopping service to three customers, including the Laminations Inc. plant in the PEI Power Park in Archbald.

The oldest railroad building in Alabama - Huntsville's Memphis & Charleston Freight Depot - has been saved from demolition and will be restored and preserved, the Historic Huntsville Foundation announced today at the site.

The Santa Cruz (California) Metropolitan Transit District took over Amtrak connector service Monday, merging it with its Highway 17 Express bus to create the new Highway 17 Express Amtrak Thruway bus service.

The Pennsylvania company that manages a short-line railroad owned by Carbon County would put $1.5 million of repairs into the line in the next 10 years under a new agreement it is seeking with the county.

The Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad wants to abandon about 50 miles of track in North Dakota.

Union Pacific has named Scott D. Moore general manager of public partnerships.

CN Rail is considering closing its carshops in Centralia, Illinois, a spokeswoman said last week.

Two freight trains collided in a rear-end collision early Wednesday near Hesperia, California, leaving parts of two train cars dangling precariously over a cliff.

An early morning derailment on Tuesday, April 27, damaged fourteen cars from a BNSF train in Caliente, California.

Canadian National Railways is selling part of its Canac Inc. subsidiary to Savage Companies of Salt Lake City, but retaining Canac's remote control division which will be renamed Beltrack Corp.

Passengers who catch the Downeaster train in Massachusetts and Maine may get a few minutes shaved off their trip to and from Boston after a federal court ruling cleared the way for Amtrak and Guilford Rail Systems to settle their dispute over the top speed of the train.

The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad needs $35 million over the next five to seven years to improve tracks, facilities and the trains themselves, officials say.