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RAIL BRIEFS

From Wire and Staff Reports |

GRS Is Low Bidder<br><br> For Transit Radio PactSTAMFORD, Conn. - General Railway Signal Co., a unit

UNION PACIFIC CREATES COMPUTER UNIT

KEVIN D. THOMPSON |

Union Pacific Corp. recently created an operating arm to develop and market its computer software an

RAIL BRIEFS

From Wire and Staff Reports |

NY Agrees to Extend<br><br> Contract With ConrailConrail and the New York Department of Transportati

EDI STANDARD FOR N. AMERICA, EUROPE NEARS

KEVIN D. THOMPSON |

North American transportation concerns and European-based companies are moving closer to reaching ou

NAPA VALLEY WINE TRAIN ON TRACK AMID CONTROVERSY

Now that a spaghetti millionaire has purchased more than 21 miles of right of way, the controversial

WEEKLY RAIL FREIGHT REPORT

For the week ended May 16 total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 96,

BEIJING BANS SMOKING AT TERMINAL

Beijing Railway Station today will become China's first rail terminal to ban smoking entirely on its

CONN. RAILROAD HAULING FREIGHT ON CONRAIL LINES

Journal of Commerce Special |

Connecticut Central Railroad, a subsidiary of a steam-powered tourist line, last week began freight-

RAIL BRIEFS

From Wire and Staff Reports |

Mass-Transit Contract<br><br> Awarded to Fluor Corp.IRVINE, Calif. - A unit of Fluor Corp. said it w

SHORTLINE GROUP NAMES NEW MEMBER

Journal of Commerce Staff |

The American Shortline Railroad Association has announced a new member, Dynamic Sciences Ltd. of Mon

DAVE CAWTHORNE'S INSIDE TALK ON TRANSPORTATION

Dave Cawthorne |

SPEAKING OF CSX, word in industry circles is that the company will put about 20 packets of lines up

CONRAIL WEIGHS PROS AND CONS OF SERVICE IN SOUTHERN NY

LAWRENCE KAUFMAN |

Conrail and the New York Department of Transportation face a June 1 deadline for renewing a contract

CONRAIL TO UPGRADE CHICAGO LINE

Journal of Commerce Staff |

Conrail is investing more than $20 million to upgrade portions of its main line between Chicago and

RAIL BRIEFS

From Wire and Staff Reports |

Burlington Grain Rates<br><br> Too High, ICC FindsRates on some wheat and barley shipments moving on

METRO-NORTH TO RENEW PAPER-RECYCLING

Metro-North President Peter Stangl says the railroad will renew efforts to recycle newspapers at Gra

REGULATION OF RAILROADS IS FOCUS OF HEARINGS

DAVID CAWTHORNE |

House committee hearings Thursday appeared to focus on the substance of how much regulation is neede

CANADA TURNS DOWN VIA RAIL REQUEST

The Canadian government has told a subsidiary corporation it cannot buy passenger railroad cars cost

WORLD BANK TO FINANCE INDIAN RAILWAY TRACK WORK

Journal of Commerce Special |

The World Bank has agreed in principle to finance a major renewal and electrification of Indian Rail

RAIL BRIEFS

From Wire and Staff Reports |

System for Lumber<br><br> Expanded by ConrailConrail has introduced its lumber transfer and distribu

SHORT LINES LONG ON OPPORTUNITY

Chicago Tribune |

People aren't kidding when they call Dakota Rail Inc. a mom-and-pop railroad.<br><br> Jerry Ross, 58

GRAIN, CHEMICALS BOOST RAIL TRAFFIC

MICHAEL S. LELYVELD |

Strength in grain and chemical loadings in the first quarter of this year led rail traffic through t

RAIL BRIEFS

Wire and Staff Reports |

Escanaba & Northern<br><br> To Buy C&NW TrackCHICAGO - Chicago and North Western Transportation Co.

HIGH COURT REJECTS MILWAUKEE ROAD BID

HELEN ERICSON |

The Supreme Court Tuesday refused to review a lower court ruling that bars Milwaukee Road shareholde

New Rail Lobby Group is Formed

David M. Cawthorne |

Regional and short-line railroads have established a new lobby group to represent them before Congress.<br>