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Canada's federal government has ordered CN Rail to limit the length of trains on the former BC Rail line after a series of recent derailments raised doubts about the railway's safety performance.

The Federal Railroad Administration has called for more detailed inspections of some railroad tracks in response to deadly train derailments in 2002 and 2004.

A provision in the transportation bill signed by President Bush last summer may be key to the financing that the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad is pursuing for a $2.5 billion expansion and rennovation plan.

North America's 'train of lights' - the Canadian Pacific Railway Holiday Train - will again feature energized performers helping food banks in Canada raise money, food and awareness in the fight against hunger in the country.

Riders of the South Shore Railroad from South Bend, Indiana, to Chicago, Illinois, just might have a shorter trip in their future.

BNSF Railway Company honored three of its short-line connections with Short-Line Achievement Awards at BNSF's eleventh annual Short-Line Conference October 24 at Fort Worth.

SEPTA wants more money from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, next year to provide commuter rail and bus service.

Virtually all the steps have been completed to transfer the E&N right of way to the Island Corridor Foundation, but the one major hurdle left - the need for the provincial government to waive the so-called belt tax on the property - is causing some concern.

Construction on the first of New Mexico's Rail Runner commuter train stations is underway.

Neighbors of a railroad crossing on Old Highway 101 in the Town of Armstrong Creek, Wisconsin, say they heard the CN Rail train whistle blow but never heard a dump truck, loaded with gravel, hit its brakes.

An Amtrak train caught on fire as it was traveling through southern Putnam County, Florida, Wednesday afternoon, leaving passengers stranded for hours.

Nineteen empty autoracks on a Union Pacific freight train derailed early Tuesday at the Warm Springs, California, switching yard near the NUMMI plant, damaging more than 2,000 feet of track and blocking the crossing at Kato Road, officials said.

Kansas City Southern announced Thursday that its wholly owned subsidiary, The Kansas City Southern Railway Company (KCSR) and a Mexican affiliate have purchased 75 SD70MAC locomotives from El-Mo-Mex, Inc. for $32.625 million plus the assumption of approximately $95.9 million in debt and accrued interest.

On Saturday, November 12, 2005 the Washington DC Chapter, National Railway Historical Society will be operating an Excursion Train from the Washington / Baltimore area to Cumberland for a ride on the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad.

J.E. (Ted) Newall, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Canadian Pacific Railway announced the following senior executive appointment has been approved by the Board.

Gulf Coast residents accustomed to hearing the rumble of trains on the CSX Transportation tracks will have a few more rumble-free months.

CN Rail has promised to change its operations on the former B.C. Rail line from Vancouver to Prince George in a bid to minimize the chance of more derailments.

As officials from across the Southern Ohio region look for ways to improve freight traffic on area railways, the Butler County (Ohio) Port Authority is trying to make sure it's part of the solution.

In the shadow of downtown Fort Worth, Texas, and Interstate 30 lies one of the nation's busiest rail intersections - the confluence of Union Pacific and Burlington Northern tracks, where more than 100 freight and passenger trains pass through on a typical day. It was mostly prairie when the rail crossing was built a century ago, but now it is hemmed in by buildings, plus thousands of cars and trucks a day. The interchange is called Tower 55, and it's a prime candidate for movement beyond the suburbs, freeing the land for economic development.

General Electric announced that it has signed a contract worth more than $450 million with the Chinese Ministry of Railways (MoR).

RailAmerica, Inc. reported third quarter 2005 earnings from continuing operations of $7.7 million, or $0.20 per diluted share,compared to a loss of $30.6 million in the 2004 comparable quarter.

About 400,000 SEPTA customers woke up Monday morning without a ride in the Metropolitan Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area.

An Amtrak train carrying 91 passengers collided with a car Sunday evening in Pacific, Missouri, killing at least one person, authorities said.

A Virginia crane company spent most of Sunday in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, putting four derailed train cars back on their tracks.

The Wi-Tronix Wi-DownloadER and Wi-Tracker systems have been deployed aboard locomotives operating in the Powder River Basin which spans southeast Montana and northeast Wyoming.

Two people were injured Monday morning in a pre-dawn train collision in Taylor County, Georgia on CSX Transportation's Fitzgerald Subdivision.

CN Rail has agreed to hold off abandoning its Natchez-to-Brookhaven, Mississippi, rail line for one year, Gov. Haley Barbour announced Monday.

Amtrak will resume part of the Sunset Limited passenger service that was suspended for more than two months because of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, which damaged railroad infrastructure.

As CSX looks to sell its Raceland, Kentucky, railcar repair facility, at least 175 employees will retain their jobs should the proposed sale take place, a union leader said Friday.

Union Pacific Corp., the largest U.S. railroad, on Thursday said quarterly profit rose 83 percent, boosted by a one-time tax benefit and heavy traffic of consumer goods, while Hurricane Rita hampered the transport of chemical products.