Railfanning.org News Wire – Page 390

Genesee & Wyoming Adds Rail Line in Oregon

October 24, 2002 Railfanning.org News Wire

Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (GWI) (NYSE: GWR) announced today that it has signed a 15-year agreement with The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF) to lease a 76-mile rail line between the cities of Salem and Eugene, Oregon.

Freight Train Backs Over Conductor

September 2, 2002 Railfanning.org News Wire

A 52-year-old CSX freight train conductor died early Monday morning when a freight train backed over him.

UP and NS Offer New Expedited Intermodal Service to Mexico

August 12, 2002 Railfanning.org News Wire

Norfolk Southern Railway and Union Pacific Railroad announced a new service that trims up to three days from current transit times on intermodal shipments from eastern cities to Laredo, Texas, and to Mexico.

CP and NS Streamline Northeast Operations

July 2, 2002 Railfanning.org News Wire

Norfolk Southern Corporation and Canadian Pacific Railway announced that CPR has granted Norfolk Southern Railway Company trackage rights between Sunbury, Pa., and Mechanicville, N.Y.

Norfolk Southern To Modify 46 EMD Locomotives at Altoona

June 21, 2002 Railfanning.org News Wire

Norfolk Southern Corporation announced that its Thoroughbred Mechanical Services group has reached an agreement with General Motors’ Electro-Motive Division to modify 46 DM30AC and DE30AC locomotives.