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[ October 8, 2026 ] Amtrak Advances Planning for Replacement of Bush and Gunpowder River Bridges in Maryland Amtrak
[ October 8, 2026 ] MVR Orders Two Rack-and-Pinion Locomotives From Stadler World
[ October 8, 2026 ] After Two Decades, Connecticut’s Last Aging Rail Bridge Is Finally Being Rebuilt Amtrak
[ October 8, 2026 ] Machines With Vision Takes Aim at $78 Billion Rail Maintenance Sector Following Network Rail Deal World
[ October 8, 2026 ] Network Rail: £115m Investment Takes Flight at Manchester Airport Station World

Motiva and Norfolk Southern Announce Unit-Train Capability

October 7, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire

HOUSTON — Motiva Enterprises and Norfolk Southern Corp. announced expansion of Motiva’s Doraville, Ga., operations to allow for the delivery of unit trains of fuel-grade ethanol to the Motiva refined products terminal rail yard.

Teck and Canadian Pacific Announce 10-Year Agreement for Westbound Coal Exports

October 6, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire

VANCOUVER — Canadian Pacific Railway and Teck Resources announced a 10-year agreement to transport Teck’s steelmaking coal from its five mines in southeast BC to Vancouver area ports.

BNSF Asks Supreme Court to Overturn Sanctions and Damages in Anoka Collision Case

October 5, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire

FORT WORTH — BNSF Railway Co. has asked the Minnesota Supreme Court to overturn pecuniary loss damages of $24 million and sanctions of more than $4 million awarded against the railroad in a case involving four fatalities in a 2003 car and train collision in Anoka, Minnesota.

Norfolk Southern Handles One of Its Largest Vessel Coal Loadings

October 5, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire

NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern handled one of its largest cargo loadings of the last 20 years at its Pier 6 coal transloading facility at Lamberts Point in Norfolk, the company said.

CN Reaches Tentative Labor Contract Settlements With Train Conductors’ Union in Canada

October 2, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire

MONTREAL — CN said it has reached tentative collective agreements with the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference – Conductors, Trainmen and Yardmen (TCRC-CTY).

Norfolk Southern Announces Extension of Early Exchange Date of Private Exchange Offer

September 30, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire

NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corp. announced that the early exchange date with respect to its private exchange offer for its outstanding 7.9 percent notes due 2097 has been extended until midnight on Oct. 14, which is also the expiration date of the Exchange Offer.

GE and MRS Sign Largest Locomotive Purchase Agreement in Brazil History

September 30, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire

BERLIN — GE Transportation and Brazilian rail operator MRS Logística S.A. (MRS) signed the largest locomotive purchase agreement in the history of Brazil both companies announced at InnoTrans 2010, the world’s largest rail exhibition in Berlin.

CSX Corp. Announces Dividend Increase

September 30, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Board of Directors of CSX Corp. voted to approve an 8 percent increase in the quarterly dividend on the company’s common stock.

CN: Focus on Supply Chain Collaboration Driving Positive Results for Western Canadian Coal Shipments

September 30, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire

EDMONTON — CN said a comprehensive new supply chain approach to managing the flow of coal from mines to west coast terminals is helping the railway improve service to its coal customers and grow their volumes to Asian markets.

Amtrak Envisions World Class High-Speed Rail

September 30, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire

A Next-Generation High-Speed Rail service could be successfully developed in the Northeast with trains operating up to 220 mph on a new two-track corridor resulting in a trip time of about three hours between Washington and Boston cutting in half or better the current schedules, according to a concept plan released by Amtrak.