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Union Pacific brings historic cars to Railroad Days 2005 July 8-10

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The District of Columbia City Council is considering an ordinance that would hold CSX Transportation Inc. liable, including authorizing punitive damages, for a release of highly toxic chemicals resulting from a terrorist attack on a train in D.C.

Crews opened BNSF Railway's Hi-Line rail line Sunday evening after 13 of 59 cars on a freight train derailed in Poplar early Sunday.

Last week was an utter nightmare for Tri-Rail officials and the 7,000 or so thick-skinned souls who regularly ride the train in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach, Florida counties.

Amtrak's chief spokesman, Cliff Black, said the national railroad passenger system "will cease operations" if an allocation approved by the House Appropriations Committee becomes law.

About 200 Amtrak passengers headed east from California were stranded overnight near Grand Junction, Colorado on Saturday, after a Union Pacific coal train on the same track derailed.

A BNSF Railway employee from Clovis was struck and killed by a train Friday just east of Hereford, Texas, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.

B.C. Railway Corp. (BCRC) confirmed this week that CN Rail (CNR) officially surrendered the rail shops in Squamish, British Columbia.

Yukon Premier Dennis Fentie says the Canadian and U.S. governments need to get involved in a massive railway project he's supporting as a critical step to opening up the North.

After four years of negotiations, Norfolk Southern and the operator of short-line railroads in central Pennsylvania have reached a multiyear agreement on the handling of rail cars from the Canadian Pacific.

Duke Power capped a long, complicated dispute with Norfolk Southern Corp., one of the rail lines that helps feed about 17 million tons of coal to Duke's Carolinas plants annually.

In the shipping business, being first is worth millions. So when shipping giant MOL decided earlier this year to dock at the Port of Oakland, California, first before going to Los Angeles on its new route from Asia, port officials smiled with glee.

The chairman of the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority blasted the company in charge of dispatching Tri-Rail trains Friday, saying CSX Transportation is either "totally inept" or plotting to undermine the commuter railroad.

A rail kink was likely the cause of a 20-car derailment in Lawrence County, Arkansas, according to BNSF Railway officials.

Union Pacific Railroad on Friday announced the signing of a voluntary agreement with the California Air Resources Board (CARB) that will provide for continued reductions of diesel emissions at the company's rail yards in California.

Eleven cars of a 74-car Timber Rock Railroad merchandise train derailed near the Neches River in Texas, causing $1 million in damages. Officials reported no injuries or hazardous materials leaks.

To comply with the new Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) regulations on the use of locomotive horns, also called "whistles," beginning at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, June 24, 2005, Norfolk Southern will be sounding the locomotive horn when approaching all public grade crossings in many VA communities.

Facing an uncertain future in Blowing Rock, North Carolina, the landmark Tweetsie Railroad theme park has hired two companies to plan for a possible relocation.

Fighting the San Jacinto Rail for its Clear Lake City residents will be costly for the City of Houston.

Donald Adams told the Belfast, Maine, City Council Tuesday night he "will buy the Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad" and wants to run it between Belfast and Burnham, its historic route.

Five cars on an eastbound Union Pacific freight train derailed Tuesday morning near Kremmling, about 118 miles west of Denver, halting almost every train from Salt Lake City to Denver until about 7 p.m., Union Pacific officials said.

The National Business Group on Health, a national non-profit organization, honored Union Pacific Railroad for its commitment and dedication to combating obesity and promoting a healthy lifestyle for its employees.

A Norfolk Southern freight train plowed into the rear of another train on Monday on the outskirts of New Galilee, Pennsylvania, closing Route 168 at one end of town for hours.

The board charged with overseeing creation of a Florida high-speed train is still chugging along, more than half a year after voters yanked the bullet train provision from the state constitution.

Surface Transportation Board Chairman Roger Nober announced recently that he has asked each of the seven largest railroads to report to the Board within 30 days on its plans to meet the expected increase in demand during the fall shipping season, which is known as the "fall peak."

Canadian Pacific Railway crews are currently building a new siding and storage tracks at the Gap, just west of Gap Lake, AB as part of a $160 million project announced in April to upgrade or build 25 sidings and storage areas in western Canada.

Virginia Gov. Mark R. Warner on Friday signed legislation creating the Rail Enhancement Fund, $23 million earmarked annually for investment in Virginia's railroad infrastructure.

Wisconsin Transportation Secretary Frank Busalacchi has asked state lawmakers to restore funds for an Amtrak train line between Milwaukee and Chicago after they were slashed in budget deliberations by the Legislature's finance committee.

California's Tuolumne County District Attorney's Office is taking the Sierra Railroad to court, charging that the railroad is in violation of a 2002 agreement to power its locomotives with bio-diesel fuel.