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CN to Acquire 550 High-Capacity Freight Cars

December 17, 2002 Railfanning.org News Wire

Canadian National announced today it will acquire 350 new boxcars and 200 new centerbeam flatcars next year for its service-sensitive forest products customers.

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BNSF

BNSF Expands Its Guaranteed On-Time Carload Service

December 16, 2002 Railfanning.org News Wire

The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF) today announced it has expanded its guaranteed on-time carload rail service to seven lanes, including three additional lanes from the Pacific Northwest to Arizona and northern/southern California, and two from northern/southern California to the Midwest.

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Canadian Pacific

CPR Chief Says Canadian Economy Held Back By Policies Hamstring Rail Industry

December 12, 2002 Railfanning.org News Wire

A $2-billion private-public partnership between Canadian Pacific Railway and the federal government could take more than a million trucks a year off Highway 401 between Montreal and Toronto, and lay the foundation for high-speed intercity passenger rail service, the railway’s chief executive officer said here today.

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CSX

CSX Announced Pittsburgh METALNET Warehouse Opening

December 12, 2002 Railfanning.org News Wire

CSX Corporation announced today the opening of its newest METALNET facility in Lawrenceville, Pa., five miles from downtown Pittsburgh.

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Norfolk Southern

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern Expand “Blue Streak” Intermodal Service

December 12, 2002 Railfanning.org News Wire

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern are expanding their “Blue Streak” intermodal service to link Northern California with the northeastern United States.

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Union Pacific Finalizes Land and Track Sale To Santa Clara VTA

December 11, 2002 Railfanning.org News Wire

Union Pacific Corporation today announced the closing of the sale of land and track to the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority.

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FRA

Funding For Grade Crossing Hazard Elimination Programs

December 11, 2002 Railfanning.org News Wire

Federal Railroad Administrator (FRA) Allan Rutter today announced the award of approximately $5.4 million in grants to 10 states to enhance the safety of public and private highway-grade crossings along federally-designated high-speed rail corridors.

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Norfolk Southern

Norfolk Southern to Spend $798M in 2003

December 9, 2002 Railfanning.org News Wire

Norfolk Southern Corporation plans to spend $798 million for capital improvements in 2003.

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CSX

President Bush Asks Snow to Head Treasury Department

December 9, 2002 Railfanning.org News Wire

President George W. Bush announced his intention to nominate John W. Snow, chairman and chief executive officer of CSX Corporation, to serve as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. The nomination is subject to U.S. Senate confirmation.

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Canadian Pacific

CPR Introduced Service That Has Revolutionized Transportation

December 5, 2002 Railfanning.org News Wire

Fifty years ago this month, Canadian Pacific Railway revolutionized North American transportation with the introduction of the intermodal freight system.

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