August 2010 – Page 2 – Railfanning.org

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[ July 18, 2025 ] Norfolk Southern Budget Maneuver Adds $27M to SC Ports’ rail yard costs Norfolk Southern
[ July 18, 2025 ] NJ Transit Board Adopts Fiscal 2026 Budget Commuter Rail
[ July 18, 2025 ] Another British Rail Operator Falls Under Public Control World
[ July 17, 2025 ] Officials Consider Direct Rail Link Between London, Berlin World
[ July 14, 2025 ] United Kingdom Rail Investigators Probing June Collision at Sheffield Crossing World

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Major Crescent Corridor Improvements Completed

August 19, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire

RICHMOND, Va. — A critical choke point on Norfolk Southern’s Crescent Corridor has been eliminated with a reconfigured rail junction near Front Royal, Va. This was the final and most complex of six capacity improvement projects in Northern Virginia to handle more trains at higher speeds.

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Town Of Normal, Ill., and Amtrak Break Ground for Multimodal Transportation Center

August 16, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire

NORMAL, Ill. – Federal and state officials joined representatives of the Town of Normal and Amtrak today to ceremonially break ground for a Multimodal Transportation Center that will serve as a station for Amtrak rail and motorcoach passengers, local transit buses and will include a multi-level parking structure.

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FRA Receives 77 Applications for High-Speed Passenger Rail Funding Totaling $8.5 Billion

August 16, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood announced that the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has received 77 applications from 25 states for the most recent round of High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail (HSIPR) grant funding.

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Railroad Industry Collaboration Enters New Phase in Working to Prevent Employee Switching Fatalities

August 16, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire

Federal Railroad Administrator Joseph Szabo praised the work of the Switching Operations Fatality Analysis (SOFA) Working Group and issued a call to action for the rail industry to take steps to help prevent railroad employee deaths.

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BNSF Logistics Selected to Inbound Logistics Top Ten List

August 16, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire

BNSF Logistics LLC has been named one of the top logistics providers for the seventh consecutive year by readers of Inbound Logistics magazine in its annual “Top 10 3PL Excellence” awards program.

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N.J. Transit Applies for High Speed Rail Funding

August 13, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire

N.J. Transit said it is seeking $885 million in new federal funding for the renewal and replacement of key infrastructure on the Northeast Corridor, such as aging bridges, power supply and signal systems between Trenton and New York City.

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Berkshire Hathaway Operating Earnings Increase

August 8, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire

Berkshire Hathaway operating earnings for the second quarter and first six months of 2010 increased 72.7 percent and 52.0 percent from the comparable periods in 2009.

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Federal Railroad Administration Announces High-Speed Rail Grants

August 7, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire

Colorado has received $400,000 and Vermont $500,000 under the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail (HSIPR) Program grant program funded from fiscal year 2009 appropriations.

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Canadian Pacific Railway Declares Dividend

August 6, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire

The Board of Directors of Canadian Pacific Railway declared a quarterly dividend of twenty seven cents Canadian per share on the outstanding Common Shares.

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U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces up to $25 Million for High-Speed Passenger Rail Research

August 6, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHoodsaid the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is soliciting research proposals to foster rapid development of high-speed and intercity passenger rail service technologies in the United States.

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