Senate gives Snow thumbs up as treasury secretary; CSX names Ward Snow's successor
UP to implement locomotive remote controls at Bailey Yard
NS, UP to add three cities to Blue Streak intermodal service
Long Island Rail Road president to join RailWorks as CFO
A. Stucki Co. parent purchases Independent Draft Gear
Sound Transit, Port of Seattle share light-rail vision
Tri-Rail expects ridership growth in 2003
Alexander to focus on development, growth for Connex
CSX posts positive yearly, quarterly financials
KCS reports mixed results in annual, quarterly financial performance
Small road to lease, operate UP's Missouri line
To reduce debt, RailAmerica opts to sell Chilean rail interests
NS posts positive yearly, quarterly financial figures
BNSF, Ferromex trim transit time from truck-competitive Mexi-Modal intermodal service
CSXT, CSXI to join U.S. Customs' anti-terrorism program
NS taps Moorman as top corporate services exec
Transit systems crack down on vandals
New name 'unifies' Bi-State Development Agency
Study shows DART stations increase value of nearby properties
MBTA ready to renovate Malden Center Station
CPR posts record operating ratio, income in 2002
TCU: Arbitrator's ruling on national agreement for carmen, clerks is 'disappointing'
Rail-car builders' doldrums might cease and desist in 2003, ARCI says
BNSF goes down swinging on UPS failure-free service streak
GM honors UP's service performance
Railcar Custom Leasing names Amick president
Caltrain set to start second phase of CTX
WMATA reports decrease in motor-vehicle thefts
Houston METRO plans public meetings to discuss 20-year plan
DART introduces online trip planner
GE taps Begley as top GETS officer
STB to solicit public's view on proposed rate-challenge amendments
North American Technologies obtains financing to increase production of plastic-composite ties
CNN online poll: Amtrak's worth $2 billion a year in taxpayer money
National security: APTA to coordinate public-transportation ISAC
KCS promotes financial, legal execs
Bombardier, Greenbrier joint venture receives 500-car order from TTX
New Hampshire seeks to acquire line from Maine Central Railroad
CN's fourth-quarter, annual financial performance left to one's own speculation
UP, TRANSFLO to create transload-terminal network targeting non-rail served chemical customers
ASLRRA forming committee to provide small roads more focused technology review
Harsco supplies switch, crossing grinders to China's Guangzhou Metro System
Union Switch installing last piece of NJ Transit's wayside speed-enforcement system
CTA taps Smith to head capital construction program
SamTrans elects chairman, board members
BNSF's promising fourth-quarter financial results cap cash-strapped year
Conser caps 42-year career, retires from RailAmerica
North Shore Railroad System taps Shields as president
Yardmasters ratify UTU, Grand Trunk Western Railway contract
Montreal, Maine & Atlantic cuts pay, temporarily lays off workers to counterbalance lost business
BLE files dissent in locomotive remote-control arbitration case
Wisconsin & Southern seeks to acquire CPR line
Vermont set to purchase line from former Bangor & Aroostook
UP to test RailPower Technologies' Green Goat in Chicago yard
New Jersey Transit set to build consolidated training center, two parking decks
FTA schedules emergency-preparedness forum for Newark
WMATA to rename training facility after first female, African American general manager
CSXT partners to promote its services to Spanish, Portuguese shippers
CPR sells little-used northern New Brunswick spur line to CN
KCS gains access to seventh U.S. port
Bush appoints Hammerschmidt as NTSB head
Senate approves amendment that would meet Amtrak's appropriation request
Transit advocacy groups to Feds: 'Finance passenger-rail development'
Amtrak orders $3 million worth of brake actuators from WABCO Transit
IEEE issues standard for battery compartment size in rail-transit vehicles
Senate's verdict on Amtrak appropriation could come today
AAR releases most recent edition of rail-industry trends
BNSF chips in by helping Indian reservation move salvaged logs
Watco Cos. to centralize purchasing under five categories
Pennsylvania provides more than $6 million toward small-road projects
Locomotive remote controls are safe, AAR says
RailAmerica hits the ground running on 2003 growth plans
CSXT to jam weeks worth of track maintenance into four-day March 'Jamboree'
STB invites public to observe first open-voting conference
Grisso begins tenure as Alliance for Rail Competition's executive director
Iowa Interstate, carmen union agree on tentative contract
Joint venture delivers 22 rail cars to Shanghai Railways
Paris agency places $156.3 million trainset order with Bombardier-ALSTOM consortium
Minnesota commuter-rail project garners FTA's environmental seal of approval
Senate targets late January hearing to consider Snow's nomination
BNSF grows wheat business east of the Mississippi River
FRA offers Web-based grade-crossing evaluation tool
RailAmerica's annual carload account an up-and-down tale
Federal bankruptcy court OKs Buckeye Steel's asset sale
Arbitrator rejects BLE's position on locomotive remote-control assignment
Supplier launches software targeting cuts in railroads' fuel costs
BNSF eliminates 332 jobs at three locomotive shops
CSXT joins EPA's emission-control program
Battling budget shortfall, WMATA staff recommends fare, parking-fee increases
Washington State DOT launches voice-driven portal for travel information
Computer-based training: BART provides online courses
France's SNCF, Continental Airlines form air/rail codeshare partnership
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ACTA names Doherty head of construction, engineering
Republicans take control of House transportation committee
U.S. Steel to acquire National Steel's assets, including Michigan short line
German agency orders 40 double-deck coaches, eight locomotives from Bombardier
Swiss Federal Railways places $122.7 million rail-car order with Bombardier-ALSTOM venture
New York MTA awards joint venture $90.6 million subway station reconstruction contract
Chicago CTA board blesses $33.8 million connector-track renovation
Emmett eyes May end to NITL career
Smithsonian exhibit to highlight U.S. transportation history
Timken names Happach to head rail business
Omaha Public Power District seeks short-line service provider, line maintainer
CSXT hopes cash awards entice small roads to augment Class I's carloads
TMCA seeks Tranny Award entries
Safety training: KCS to lean more heavily on operational tests, less on written exams
BNSF on a service failure-free streak for UPS
North Carolina Railroad proposes capital projects totaling $24.5 million
STB taps Schieb as chief of staff, chairman's counsel
New York MTA awards $162 million signal modernization pact to Granite Halmar
Arbitrator nears decision on unions' locomotive remote-control dispute
Greenbrier achieves quarterly gains in rail-car orders, backlog
International Steel Group makes bid for Bethlehem Steel
U.S. roads' intermodal up, carloads down saga holds true through 2002
Alaska Railroad seeks public comments on capital projects
International Container Terminal Services to shutter rail-served terminal in the Philippines
SFO extension won't open at month's end, BART says
DART general counsel resigns, returns to private sector
Australia to simulate rail operations in cyberspace
STB clears path for Portland & Western to lease BNSF line
ASLRRA to promote small roads' purpose by producing industry data
Public-conduct policing: WMATA creates 'Rail Anti-Crime Target Squad'
GO Transit adds Mount Joy trains
Teamsters/BLE to represent Iowa, Chicago & Eastern workers