Trainnews - volume 2 - issue 95 - 04/23/09

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Editor's Note - Please send newsworthy photos to trainnews@att.net, please include name, location and narrative so folks know what, where and why it is newsworthy.

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Two CSX units on the local serving the Cargill mill at Paris, Illinois in May of 2007.

Kurt Gaylor

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Domestic News

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UPDATE:Burlington Northern 1Q Net -36% On Falling Rev, Charges
[online.wsj.com]

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Union Pacific CEO-US econ may have "flattened out"
[www.reuters.com]

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Railroad shipping: AAR says volumes down for week ending April 18
[www.logisticsmgmt.com]

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Man pulled from railroad tracks
[www.myfoxorlando.com]

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Special trip marks LIRR's 175th anniversary
[www.newsday.com]

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Nittany and Bald Eagle Railroad Company--Temporary Trackage Rights Exemption--Norfolk Southern Railway Company
[www.tradingmarkets.com]

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Lebanon M&M Railroad Announces Railroad Revealed
[www.whiotv.com]

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Elderly railroad steward honored
[www.wlbt.com]

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Winslow Railroad Days
[www.azjournal.com]

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Metro-North trains back on schedule
[lohud.com]

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Rail advocates blast proposed service cuts
[www.connpost.com]

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Rail crossing is NJ's first `quiet zone'
[www.philly.com]

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ASLRRA's Timmons seeks RRIF loan, ARRA funding rule changes
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

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Shippers say rail traffic up
[www.nrtoday.com]

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Train quiet zone to be established at Walnut Ave. in Fremont
[www.fremontbulletin.com]

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City seeks grant to restore old downtown trestle
[www.pressdemocrat.com]

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MTA Issues Hiring Freeze
[www.wnyc.org]

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Train service to start in Portage because of avalanche danger
[www.adn.com]

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Train derails in Leon County
[www.palestineherald.com]

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RR quiet zones start Friday in Sun City West, Surprise
[www.yourwestvalley.com]

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Rants at CSX union meetings involved talk of murder, explosions
[www.wvrecord.com]

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OPERATION LIFESAVER
[www.kduhtv.com]

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Ansaldo STS USA has two new rail contracts worth $35 million combined
[www.pittsburghlive.com]

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Clarke County jury awards $10.9 million in railroad lawsuit
[www.thethomasvilletimes.com]

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Eastern extension plan gets BART board's OK
[www.mercurynews.com]

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RTD's site selection has shingle-maker riled up
[www.denverpost.com]

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Produce rides the rails to New York
[www.capitalpress.info]

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LIRR train canceled due to equipment trouble
[www.newsday.com]

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DJ US Cash Grain Review: Grain Trains Slowed By Spring Floods
[www.agriculture.com]

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Stalled freight train delays Metra commuters
[www.suburbanchicagonews.com]

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Transportation Forum for Five Towns
[www.easthamptonstar.com]

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City of Loveland to demo wayside train horn
[www.reporterherald.com]

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Chicago Could Benefit from Amtrak Service to Iowa
[www.kcrg.com]

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Canadian News

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Canadian Pacific Says Profit Falls 31% on Less Potash, Coal
[www.bloomberg.com]

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CN Rail sees early signs of recovery
[www.calgaryherald.com]

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Metro Vancouver trash train makes sense – for now
[www.bclocalnews.com]

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International News

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234 meters of rails stolen in Latvia
[www.baltic-course.com]

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Italian trains to rival TGVs in France - Le Figaro
[www.reuters.com]

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Spain’s Bullet Train Bringing People Together
[www.ecogeek.org]

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Trains to run 'near normal' despite strike
[www.iol.co.za]

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Bekasi-Tanjung Priok commuter train hits the track
[www.thejakartapost.com]

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Transport blow as train and bus fares set to soar
[www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk]

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Train crashes into 'obstacle'
[www.exmouthjournal.co.uk]

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