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CN Rail is cleaning up a derailment north of Kamloops, British Columbia today.

The nation's top railroad official said Thursday his agency wants to issue new regulations to prevent human errors that cause train wrecks.

The Surface Transportation Board announced Feb. 27 that it has instituted a rulemaking proceeding to address major issues regarding the proper application of the stand-alone cost (SAC) test in rail rate cases and the proper calculation of the floor for any rail rate relief.

Three Northeastern state governors are complaining to the Bush administration about the prospect of paying extra fees to run commuter trains on Amtrak's rails.

Norfolk Southern Corporation participated in the location of 78 new industries and provided support for the expansion of 43 additional industries along its rail lines in 2005.

Rail service and nearly 150 miles of rail line are safely being preserved on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, after Canadian Pacific Railway donates the property to a non-profit group.

The Port of San Antonio, the entity formerly known as KellyUSA, selected Rail Link Inc. to supply the industrial park with the capabilities of accepting rail shipments.

James River Coal Company announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire coal reserves and rail loadout facilities in southern Indiana from Indiana Land and Mineral Company, LLC (IL&M).

National Coal Corp., a Central Appalachian coal producer, announces the purchase, by its wholly-owned subsidiary, NC Railroad, Inc., of 42 miles of railroad track between Oneida and Devonia, Tenn., from Norfolk-Southern Railroad for $1.96 million.

Fortune magazine has named Union Pacific the most admired railroad in its America's Most Admired Companies railroad industry list.

VIA Rail has formally launched the first wireless broadband Internet service for passengers traveling in the Windsor-Quebec City corridor.

Last week following a real-life lesson in locomotive fuel conservation, U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta commended Union Pacific locomotive engineers during a press conference in the Durham Western Heritage Museum for their innovative energy conservation initiative called the Fuel Masters program.

Anacostia Rail Holdings, Inc. and its railroad affiliates have joined the Association of American Railroads (AAR).

On February 13, two cutovers began improving velocity on Kansas City Southern Railroad' "Meridian Speedway" in Mississippi.

Railpower Technologies Corp. announced that Lorraine Potvin, a former corporate financial executive of two leading Canadian manufacturing companies, has been appointed Chief Financial Officer, effective March 15, 2006.

Attorney General Mike Cox and the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) announced that they have successfully negotiated a settlement with Grand Trunk Western Railroad (Grand Trunk) and 25 other companies that will provide additional cleanup of groundwater contamination in Battle Creek, Michigan and payment of more than $750,000 in costs and damages to the State.

The National Railroad Hall of Fame project was officially announced earlier this week during a news conference Galesburg, Illinois.

Derailments on CN Rail mainlines jumped a striking 35 per cent last year and rival CPR experienced a 5-per-cent increase, while both carriers' accident rates climbed sharply over seven years, according to the Transportation Safety Board of Canada.

Winter weather has apparently been taking a toll on railroading across Ontario in recent weeks, as a Canadian Pacific Railway derailment has blocked the Kaministiquia Subdivision west of Thunder Bay, Ontario.

The Board of Directors of Canadian Pacific Railway Limited announced that Robert J. Ritchie, Chief Executive Officer, plans to retire following the Company's Annual General Meeting on May 5th, 2006.

Due to developments in the pulp and paper industry in Thunder Bay, Ontario, operations at the Canadian Pacific Railway's freight container terminal in Thunder Bay will be suspended as of April 28, 2006.

CSX Transportation is teaming up with Virginia Railway Express and the Commonwealth of Virginia, to add eleven more miles of triple track mainline between Washington, DC and Richmond, VA.

On the same day Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) celebrated its 125th Birthday, February 16, the company unveiled plans for new offices for its world-renowned luxury rail service, the Royal Canadian Pacific.

RailAmerica, Inc. reported its freight carloads for the month ended January 31, 2006.

Derailed double-stack container cars continue to hang precariously above the St. Lawrence River in Montreal as Canadian Pacific Railway formulates a plan to safely remove them.

A BNSF Railway derailnent north of Ethan, South Dakota has forced crews to rerail and remove eight cars of a 21-car train hauling ethanol or liquid fertilizer.

CN Rail is reporting that a derailment has occurred this morning on its Drummondville Subdivision between Montreal and Quebec City, Quebec.

High winds pelted the Northeast United States and Eastern Canada on Friday, causing multiple power outages and signal failures, along with at least one precarious derailment.

Beginning in March, Tri-Rail passengers will have more choices

A loan program that the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad had hoped would provide $2.5 billion dollars for an expansion would be slashed under the budget proposed by President Bush.