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Nearly three years after a scorching train wreck spilled thousands of gallons of solvents in Charlotte, New York, the final step of the cleanup could come as early as next week.

Greenwood, Missouri, is flirting with a venture into railroading.

RailAmerica says the cost of repairing the vandalized tunnel in the Siskiyous is surpassing its insurance coverage.

Washington's Sound Transit says it's saving enough money building its Seattle light-rail project to consider adding another station to the 14-mile line.

The State of Missouri is lobbying the Mexican Congress to help back plans to create a major trade route from the Mexican coasts up into the U.S. heartland.

For the second time in less than two months, a CSX Transportation train derailment in Herkimer County, New York, halted weekend rail traffic.

On Monday, November 1, GO Transit will open its eighth train station on the Bradford line, increasing the number of stations in the GO network to 54.

An Amtrak train bound for New York City was stopped and searched for an hour in Stamford yesterday after a passenger said he had "a device" that threatened the safety of the other passengers, police said.

In an effort to improve service on the regional rail lines, Philadelphia, Pennsylvaina's SEPTA is putting new time schedules into place starting Sunday.

Sen. Thomas W. Libous and railroad executives are defending a $3 million state grant to upgrade Binghamton-area train tracks, saying the money was well spent even though it hasn't led to passenger trains. The grant has come under scrutiny in published reports questioning how the money was spent and why there are no passenger trains, in addition to the railroad executive's political ties.

The vision is for Lafayette, Indiana, residents to be able one day zip to Chicago in two hours for about $35 a trip.

Rob Ritchie, President and Chief Executive Officer of Canadian Pacific Railway, is pleased to announce that the Company's Board of Directors has approved the appointment of Fred Green to the position of Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer.

In a better effort to reduce the potential of collisions and other rail incidents involving trains, CSX Transportation will require crews to become more verbal on the radios, beginning Monday.

A pair of Saturday morning derailments have blocked two key CSX Transportation routes in the Northeast, one in New York, the other in Washington, D.C.

The Maine Eastern Railroad and the Town of Wiscasset have decided to join forces for a new venture that at the outset is expected to attract people to the community for a longer stop once a month to start.

The two sides on the issue of San Jacinto Rail have agreed to work on a solution by Nov. 15, House Majority Leader Tom DeLay and Houston Mayor Bill White said Monday.

Union Pacific Railroad has reportedly disciplined a train engineer who survived a deadly train derailment in south Bexar County in late June.

The rear passenger car of an Amtrak Acela train derailed in New Haven, Connecticut on Thursday, leaving two passengers with minor injuries and disrupting some Metro-North commuter service, officials said.

About 500 homes, a school and several businesses were evacuated in Huntington, West Virginia, Thursday after a 22,000-gallon railroad tanker leaked chemicals into a creek and sewer system, prompting fears of a potential explosion.

The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad's future is secure for generations because of a $16.5 million federal guaranteed loan, the railroad's owner said Wednesday.

Railroad operator Kansas City Southern said Thursday that third-quarter profit more than doubled, driven by higher revenue from hauling of wood products.

Canadian Pacific Railway announced that Jacques Lamarre, President and Chief Executive Officer of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., has left the Board of Directors of Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, effective October 25, 2004.

A Burlington Northern Santa Fe Chicago-bound intermodal train experienced a derailment early this morning, blocking the single main track in Selz, North Dakota.

The end of an era is apparently near for the trio of Caterpillar engine-rebuilt FP7As on the Ontario Northland.

The train tracks on which 4.5 million tons of coke is hauled out of U.S. Steel's Clairton Works, in Pennsylvania, annually will be upgraded with $953,506 delivered to the plant yesterday by state officials.

A union representing about 40,000 railroad workers has voted to merge with the Teamsters.

A train carrying wood products derailed Tuesday evening, tipping over three cars and causing a gas leak into Cow Creek near Riddle, Oregon.

FBI has been called in to investigate possible sabotage of railroad switches belonging to the Iowa, Chicago & Eastern Railroad Corp. in Muscatine which authorities say could have led to disaster.

Canadian National Railway Co., which has the highest profit margin among North American railways, said third-quarter earnings rose 18 percent, helped by acquisitions and higher shipments.

After a marathon public forum filled with fire-and-brimstone speeches championing both for and against a truck and rail terminal on U.S. 21, York County (South Carolina) Council members still came to the same conclusion: We want it.