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The Journal of Commerce’s analysis and coverage of North American and global rail news encompasses Class I railroad, intermodal marketing providers, and supporting drayage and truckload services. Reporting on freight railroad news today, journalists track volume, intermodal freight rates, service levels, precision schedule railroading, transloading, regulation, union labor and network investment at domestic and international intermodal terminals.

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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."<br><br> 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<br><br> 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<br><br> 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.<br><br> 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<br><br> 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<br><br> 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<br><br> 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<br><br> 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<br><br> 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<br><br> 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.<br><br> 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<br><br> 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.<br>
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