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Month: May 2004

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Genesee & Wyoming Elects Three Directors

May 12, 2004 Railfanning.org News Wire
Shareholders of Genesee & Wyoming, Inc. (GWI) on May 12, 2004, elected three directors at its annual meeting of shareholders.

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Union Pacific

Union Pacific Responds to Unsolicited Mini-Tender Offer

May 11, 2004 Railfanning.org News Wire
Union Pacific Corporation said May 11, 2004, it had been notified of an unsolicited “mini-tender” offer by TRC Capital Corporation (TRC) of Toronto, Canada, to purchase up to 2 million shares, or less than 1 percent, of the outstanding common stock of Union Pacific at a price of $56.80 per share.

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Norfolk Southern

Norfolk Southern Exhibit Car Visiting 18 Communities

May 11, 2004 Railfanning.org News Wire
The Norfolk Southern Exhibit Car will travel the company’s rail network from Alabama to Ontario in 2004, making stops in 18 communities where it will be open to the public.

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Canadian National

CN Closes Transaction to Acquire Rail and Marine Holdings of Great Lakes Transportation

May 10, 2004 Railfanning.org News Wire
Canadian National on May 10 completed its acquisition of the rail and marine holdings of Great Lakes Transportation LLC (GLT).

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Transit

Man Killed By MARTA Train

May 10, 2004 Todd DeFeo
A man walking in a train tunnel was killed Monday when he was struck by a westbound MARTA train, published reports indicate.

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Miscellaneous

Pacer Marks 20 Years of Double-Stack Rail Technology

May 9, 2004 Railfanning.org News Wire
It has been 20 years since the introduction of double-stack rail technology changed the intermodal container-transportation industry forever.

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Amtrak

Northeast Business Leaders Unite to Preserve Amtrak

May 5, 2004 Railfanning.org News Wire
Citing the vital importance of Amtrak to the nation’s economy and quality of life, a large delegation of East Coast business leaders today introduced a new coalition to advocate for increased federal investment in the aging passenger rail system.

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Miscellaneous

TSA Launches New Passenger Safety Pilot Program

May 4, 2004 Railfanning.org News Wire
A test program to measure the feasibility of explosives screening began May 4.

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CSX

CSX Chairman Calls Conrail Transaction a Success: Calls on STB to End Oversight

May 3, 2004 Railfanning.org News Wire
The Conrail acquisition is a continuing success and the Surface Transportation Board’s (STB) five-year oversight has achieved its goals, Michael Ward, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of CSX Corporation, said May 3.

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CSX

Norfolk Southern’s Goode Urges an End to Conrail Oversight

May 3, 2004 Railfanning.org News Wire
Noting “the Conrail transaction has been a success,” Norfolk Southern Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer David R. Goode today urged the Surface Transportation Board not to extend its formal regulatory oversight period.

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