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Moore rep: Rail trail work ongoing

Despite criticism on the progress of the rail trail, representatives from Sen. Richard T. Moore’s office contend they are on the right track.


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Fairbanks’ Ice Alaska ice park might be homeless after this year

Patrons of the World Ice Art Championships navigate their way through the Kids Park Ice Maze on Monday afternoon, March 14, 2011.


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Three Forks history buffs work to save Trident rail depot – Belgrade News

Three Forks history buffs work to save Trident rail depot
Belgrade News
The village of Trident was founded beneath the limestone cliffs that brought industry to the area. In the early 1900s explorers traveling along the Missouri River noted the rock would be an excellent source for manufacturing cement.


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A Northeast-Corridor Bullet Train – Wall Street Journal

A Northeast-Corridor Bullet Train
Wall Street Journal
There is precedent in the US rail industry for such a federal-state-private partnership. In recent years, federal grants were given to Norfolk Southern's Five-State Crescent Corridor Plan between Louisiana and New Jersey and CSX's Six-State National

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CN disappointed in court decision on EJ&E grade separation projects – PR Newswire (press release)

CN disappointed in court decision on EJ&E grade separation projects
PR Newswire (press release)
Such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results of performance of the Company or the rail industry to be materially

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GATX to buy 12.5K railcars from Trinity over 5 yrs

Chicago-based GATX Corp. has agreed to buy 12,500 new railcars from a Trinity Industries Inc.


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Railroad Memories – Kingman Daily Miner

Railroad Memories
Kingman Daily Miner
Pullman was a manufacturer of railroad cars. Her husband Chuck was also employed by the train industry, working as a freight yard clerk for Chicago South Shore and South Bend railroad. They now live in Kingman. The railroad clubs will hold another open


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Rain puts mud on the move in Western Washington

Burlington Northern Santa Fe is clearing Western Washington railroad tracks covered by 22 mudslides between Sunday afternoon and noon Monday.


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UNF hosts free event on railroad growth – Bizjournals.com (blog)

UNF hosts free event on railroad growth
Bizjournals.com (blog)
A networking reception will kick off at 5 pm • What have the railroads done to soften the recent economic downturn? • Are railroads prepared to address the fresh challenges that face the industry? • Are the railroads poised to take advantage of today's


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Texas official to fight drilling ban in DC — blog – Bizjournals.com (blog)

Texas official to fight drilling ban in DC — blog
Bizjournals.com (blog)
Texas' Railroad Commissioner Elizabeth Ames Jones (who focuses on the oil and gas industry, not train tracks, despite the misleading title) is about to leave for Washington DC, so she can blast the Obama Administration's ban on offshore drilling in

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