Strasburg to expand freight transfer in Paradise NEWSWIRE

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In August 2013, Strasburg 2-10-0 No. 90 switches freight at the NS interchange in Paradise, Pa., near the location of a new transload facility. Trains: Jim Wrinn STRASBURG, Pa. — The Strasburg Rail Road plans to expand its freight services with the addition of a new facility at the other end of its line in […]

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UP Minnesota branch loses major customer NEWSWIRE

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UP’s local arrives at the old M&StL depot in New Prague on Sept. 4, 2012. Steve Glischinski NEW PRAGUE, Minn. – Employees at Miller Milling in New Prague got coal in their Christmas stocking this month when the company announced it was shutting down its mill in New Prague served by Union Pacific. The flour […]

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JB Hunt names incoming intermodal division leader NEWSWIRE

LOWELL, Ark. – Darren Field, 48, is slated to become J.B. Hunt Transport executive vice president and president of intermodal upon the April 1, 2020, retirement of Terry Matthews from that position. For the past few quarters J.B. Hunt has been working on the transition of leadership in intermodal, where the company derives more than […]

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UP sues to end employment provision in Texas town

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PALESTINE, Texas — Union Pacific has filed suit to overturn a contract dating to 1872 that guarantees a certain number of jobs in Palestine, an east Texas community of 18,136 located 110 miles southwest of Dallas. The Palestine Herald-Press reports the suit, filed on Nov. 27, contends the contract should have been invalidated by a […]

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CN begins construction of western Wisconsin auto facility NEWSWIRE

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NEW RICHMOND, Wis. – Canadian National subsidiary Wisconsin Central has begun construction on a new AutoPort automobile processing and transshipment facility just west of New Richmond along its former Soo Line/WC Minneapolis Subdivision. The facility will serve as an unloading site for vehicles, which will then be trucked to dealers in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. […]

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