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Happy Birthday Penn Station

October 14, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire

About 550,000 passengers pass through New York Penn Station each day, which makes it the busiest station in Amtrak’s system, and one of the busiest transportation hubs in the world.

CN Signs Voluntary Mitigation Agreement With Village of Sauk Village, Ill.

October 13, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire

CHICAGO — CN announced it has reached a voluntary mitigation agreement (VMA) with the Village of Sauk Village, Ill., located approximately 30 miles south of Chicago, addressing the municipality’s environmental and safety concerns with CN’s acquisition of the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Company (EJ&E).

CSX Delivers Record Third Quarter Results on Improving Business Levels

October 12, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire

CSX Corp. announced third quarter earnings of $414 million, or $1.08 per share, versus $290 million, or $0.73 per share, in the same period last year.

Amtrak Sets New Ridership Record, Thanks Passengers For Taking the Train

October 12, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire

WASHINGTON – Amtrak set a new annual ridership record of 28.7 million passengers for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30 and collected a record $1.74 billion in ticket revenue.

Amtrak, TSA, and Local Law Enforcement Conduct National Passenger Rail Security Exercise

October 9, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire

WASHINGTON – During the Oct. 8 morning and evening commutes, Amtrak Police, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) personnel and law enforcement officers from federal, state, local and rail police agencies around the country are being deployed at passenger rail stations in an exercise of expanded counterterrorism and incident response capabilities.

New Jersey and CSX Celebrate Opening of Liberty Corridor Freightway

October 8, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire

CSX, the State of New Jersey and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey celebrated the opening of the Liberty Corridor Freightway, a major public-private partnership that provides expanded access to the Port of New York and New Jersey.

CN: Improved Supply Chain Efficiencies Increases Car Capacity for North American Steel Traffic

October 8, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire

MONTREAL — CN said it has developed new supply chain efficiencies to help it better meet short-term car order requirements of major steel producers in Canada and help them to compete more effectively in their markets.

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.