The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
OMAHA, Neb. - Rob Knight, executive vice president - Finance and chief financial officer of Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP), will discuss the Company's business volumes, growth outlook and productivity opportunities at the Wolfe Research Transportation
Business Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
OMAHA, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rob Knight, executive vice president - Finance and chief financial officer of Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP), will discuss the Company
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
DALLAS, May 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Trinity Industries, Inc. (NYSE: ) announced today that its new wholly-owned subsidiary, Trinity Rail Leasing VI LLC ("TRL VI"), issued $572.2 million of promissory notes (the "Notes") secured by a portfolio of railcars, operating leases thereon, and certain cash reserves. The Notes are non-recourse to Trinity Industries, Inc. and the proceeds are being used...
Thomas P.M. Barnett :: Weblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Picked up at Amtrak BWI station by head of Solipsys and we have fab dinner at great spot Old Ellicott City with his senior staff. Company in wholly-owned Raytheon sub. Then to hotel and 0030 and room "released' again! Eventually...
Soccerpassion.net (Free subscription) | yesterday
I was at my bros soccer game and AMAZINGLY HIS AWAY GAME WAY RIGHT BESIDE THE TRACKS!I could seriously not get out of the car and still take pics.Well i couldnt stay in the car but enjoy! Share this
GuruFocus Updates (Free subscription) | yesterday
The long awaited new Warren Buffett portfolio is out. Although there were a lot of speculations, Warren Buffett did not buy any new stocks. These are the details. Warren Buffett owns 39 stocks with a total value of $66.5 billion.
Market Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Pan Am Railways and Norfolk Southern Railway, a subsidiary of Norfolk Southern Corp. , said Thursday they will set up a joint venture to invest in a rail route between Albany, N.Y. and the greater Boston, Mass., area. Each company will hold a 50% interest in the newly formed railroad company called "Pan Am Southern." As a part of the agreement, Pan Am Railways will transfer...
Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
Despite Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer's public pledge to "reach out" to commuter rail opponents in Lakeland, the state senator who engineered the come-from-behind derailment of the CSX deal says her phone hasn't been ringing. Sen. Paula Dockery, R-Lakeland, says she...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn reported a new stake in Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. as of March 31, but no longer owned shares of department store chain Macy's Inc. and railroad operator CSX Corp. , according to a quarterly regulatory filing Thursday.
Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
Amtrak at Brookland Station Originally uploaded by rllayman Abe writes: I found this website a while ago and I decided to finally give it a try. I booked fares for two to Newark and saved $34. It doesn't have a discount for trains departing or arriving from DC or NYC but either way, with a little creativity Washingtonians can take advantage of this. IE. Buy your ticket from BWI, take the Metro bus...
CommuterPageBlog (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
I like Amtrak. In fact I prefer to take it over the plane or driving when I go to New York City. It takes less time than either of these two modes and it is even more comfortable. Think about...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
NORFOLK, Va., May 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- James A. Squires, executive vice president finance and chief financial officer for Norfolk Southern Corporation, will address the Wolfe Research Transportation Conference at 1:15 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, May 21, in New York City. The presentation will provide highlights of Norfolk Southern's current business and growth initiatives. Interested investors...
Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
Central Florida's commuter rail plans stalled when the Legislature adjourned earlier this month without approving legislation clearing the way for CSX Corp. to lease its tracks to private operators and pulling in federal matching funding. But Rep. Dean Cannon, R-Winter...
DCist (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
Hopefully, you didn't miss us too much last week. But it seems that we weren't the only transit columnists that got stuck on Amtrak during last weekend's travel. WTOP's Adam Tuss writes a sadly typical tale about his Amtrak train to New York's Penn Station breaking down twice and eventually stopping permanently in Newark, New Jersey, due to multiple power failures. This happened on Amtrak's National...
Eddie's Rail Fan Page (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
Yes folks, it wasn't that long ago when the greater Chicagoland area had plenty of snow on the ground. I took this photo after work one day, in early March of 2008. I was traveling south on Lehigh Avenue in north suburban Glenview Illinois, when I spotted this northbound Amtrak Hiawatha service regional train enroute to Milwaukee Wisconsin. The Amtrak Hiawatha corridor, is a very active route between...
