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SUPREME COURT RULES LABOR CAN'T APPEAL CREW USE DISPUTE

LEO ABRUZZESE | Jun 8, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

The Supreme Court said rail labor unions did not have the right to appeal a controversial Interstate

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CORRECTION

JOC Team | Jun 7, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

The High Productivity Integral Train Project seminar June 23 at the American Congress Hotel in Chica

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DIALING FOR $$$ BRINGS CSX RING OF SUCCESS

LAWRENCE KAUFMAN | Jun 7, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

''We're not the guys who call you on the phone during dinner to sell aluminum siding." Peter

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SP'S COMPUTERIZED LINK EASES BOOKING LOGJAMS

JOHN DAVIES | Jun 7, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

Battling his way through airport traffic, the freight forwarder glanced at his watch and at the stac

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RAIL BRIEFS

JOC Team | Jun 7, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

Jamesbury Licensed To Sell ValvesPullman Leasing Co. has licensed Jamesbury Valve Corp. of W

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POLICY SHIFTS SET SCENE FOR RAIL INDUSTRY CUTS

DAVID M. CAWTHORNE | Jun 4, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

Significant shifts in the government policies toward the railroad industry will set the scene for a

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RAIL BRIEFS

Wire and Staff Reports | Jun 4, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

Iowa Terminal Railroad To Sell 2 LocomotivesCHARLES CITY, Iowa - Iowa Terminal Railroad Co.

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HIGH-TECH UNITS SET LOFTY GOALS

KEVIN D. THOMPSON | Jun 4, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

Railroads operating computer management subsidiaries are small in number but big on ideas. I

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WEEKLY RAIL FREIGHT REPORT

JOC Team | Jun 4, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

For the week ended May 23 total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 10

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ARGENTINA'S STATE RAILROADS RUN UP BIG ANNUAL DEFICITS

JEREMY MORGAN | Jun 3, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

Argentina's state railroads ran up annual deficits averaging $1.22 billion during the first half of

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BRIDGE OVER THE WILLAMETTE RIVER

JOC Team | Jun 3, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

New $28 million Burlington Northern bridge over Willamette River in Portland, Ore., will be the long

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RAIL BRIEFS

From Wire and Staff Reports | Jun 3, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

Pennwalt Offers Free Pseudo Steam EngineWYANDOTTE, Mich. - Pennwalt Corp., owner of the form

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RAIL EXECUTIVES HIT REIMPOSING RATE CONTROLS

DAVID M. CAWTHORNE | Jun 3, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

Reimposing government rate controls over railroads will accelerate declining industry earning trends

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CHINA CHARTS EXPANSION OF EASTERN RAIL NETWORK

P.T. BANGSBERG | Jun 2, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

Authorities in China plan to invest nearly US$2 billion on new railroad lines in the heavily populat

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BN TO INTRODUCE INTERMODAL SERVICE

Journal of Commerce Staff | Jun 2, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

Burlington Northern Railroad will introduce direct intermodal service between Detroit and its interm

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UNION PACIFIC AGREES TO GRANT TRACKAGE RIGHTS

DAVID M. CAWTHORNE | Jun 2, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

Union Pacific Corp. agreed to grant some trackage rights requests filed by competing carriers in an

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RAIL BRIEFS

From Wire and Staff Reports | Jun 2, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

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

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UNION PACIFIC CREATES COMPUTER UNIT

KEVIN D. THOMPSON | Jun 2, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

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

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RAIL BRIEFS

From Wire and Staff Reports | Jun 1, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

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

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EDI STANDARD FOR N. AMERICA, EUROPE NEARS

KEVIN D. THOMPSON | Jun 1, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

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

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NAPA VALLEY WINE TRAIN ON TRACK AMID CONTROVERSY

(AP) | Jun 1, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

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

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WEEKLY RAIL FREIGHT REPORT

JOC Team | May 31, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

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

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BEIJING BANS SMOKING AT TERMINAL

(AP) | May 31, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

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

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CONN. RAILROAD HAULING FREIGHT ON CONRAIL LINES

Journal of Commerce Special | May 31, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

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

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RAIL BRIEFS

From Wire and Staff Reports | May 31, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

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

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SHORTLINE GROUP NAMES NEW MEMBER

Journal of Commerce Staff | May 31, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

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

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DAVE CAWTHORNE'S INSIDE TALK ON TRANSPORTATION

Dave Cawthorne | May 31, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

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

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CONRAIL WEIGHS PROS AND CONS OF SERVICE IN SOUTHERN NY

LAWRENCE KAUFMAN | May 28, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

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

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CONRAIL TO UPGRADE CHICAGO LINE

Journal of Commerce Staff | May 28, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

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

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RAIL BRIEFS

From Wire and Staff Reports | May 28, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

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

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METRO-NORTH TO RENEW PAPER-RECYCLING

(AP) | May 28, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

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

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REGULATION OF RAILROADS IS FOCUS OF HEARINGS

DAVID CAWTHORNE | May 28, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

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

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CANADA TURNS DOWN VIA RAIL REQUEST

MARK WILSON | May 28, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

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

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WORLD BANK TO FINANCE INDIAN RAILWAY TRACK WORK

Journal of Commerce Special | May 27, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

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

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RAIL BRIEFS

From Wire and Staff Reports | May 27, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

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

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SHORT LINES LONG ON OPPORTUNITY

Chicago Tribune | May 27, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

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

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GRAIN, CHEMICALS BOOST RAIL TRAFFIC

MICHAEL S. LELYVELD | May 26, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

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

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RAIL BRIEFS

Wire and Staff Reports | May 26, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

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

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HIGH COURT REJECTS MILWAUKEE ROAD BID

HELEN ERICSON | May 26, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

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

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New Rail Lobby Group is Formed

David M. Cawthorne | Jan 19, 1987, 7:00 PM EST

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

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