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As coal cools off, railroads close tracks and cut jobs across the country
2016-02-16 04:32:48| Railroads - Topix.net
Working in or around Conway Terminal, the sprawling testament to the might of the U.S. freight railroad system, it might be easy to forget the storm of troubles brewing at Norfolk Southern Corp. The Virginia-based rail carrier has long experienced the booms and busts of products and commodities in the broader U.S. economy, and so have its workers at Conway Terminal, one of the largest rail yards in the country that hugs the Ohio River in Beaver County. But the recent and historic decline of coal - long the most important commodity hauled through Pennsylvania - has represented a significant hit for the financially ailing Norfolk Southern, which owns Conway and all the traffic that moves through it.
Big freight railroads to miss safety technology deadline
2016-02-03 08:33:14| Railroads - Topix.net
In this June 4, 2014 file photo, a Norfolk Southern locomotive moves along the tracks in Norfolk, Va. Three of the biggest freight railroads operating in the U.S. have told telling the government they won't make a 2018 deadline to start using safety technology intended to prevent accidents like the deadly derailment of an Amtrak train in Philadelphia last May. Norfolk Southern, Canadian National Railway and CSX Transportation and say they won't be ready until 2020, according to a list provided to The Associated Press by the Federal Railroad Administration.
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Landowners file suit against Railroads over hazardous waste
2016-02-01 23:56:51| Railroads - Topix.net
Several landowners, including the Salvation Army, have filed suit in state court against the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railroad over toxic waste they say should be cleaned up in downtown Lafayette. The suit, filed Monday in Lafayette, claims that the contamination at the 40-acre site, is well-documented in studies and reports produced by the state Department of Environmental Quality.
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Landowners file suit against Railroads over hazardous waste
2016-02-01 21:31:17| Waste Management - Topix.net
Several landowners, including the Salvation Army, have filed suit in state court against the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railroad over toxic waste they say should be cleaned up in downtown Lafayette. The suit, filed Monday in Lafayette, claims that the contamination at the 40-acre site, is well-documented in studies and reports produced by the state Department of Environmental Quality.
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Energy-Market Slump Weighs on Big Railroads
2016-01-22 02:57:53| Railroads - Topix.net
The dismal energy market slammed two of North America's biggest freight railroads in the fourth quarter, prompting them to slash jobs and driving profits below Wall Street's expectations. Union Pacific Corp. said it furloughed 3,900 employees last year amid steep declines in shipments of coal, crude oil and fracking sand.
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