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Railroad repairs in Iowa could take a year (WHO-TV 13 Des Moines)
Associated Press - July 24, 2008 8:04 AM ET DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - State officials say it could take up to year to repair and rebuild hundreds of miles of railroad tracks and 17 bridges...

BNSF Railroad CEO Matthew Rose is Keynote Luncheon Speaker at 19th Annual Breakbulk Conference & Exhibition Oct. 14-16 ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Matthew K. Rose, CEO, Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad, will deliver the keynote luncheon address at the 19th Annual Breakbulk Conference & Exhibition in New Orleans, taking place October 14 to 16 at the Ernest N.

Railroad Repairs in Iowa Could Take a Year (KCRG-TV9 Cedar Rapids)
DES MOINES (AP) - State officials say it could take up to year to repair and rebuild hundreds of miles of railroad tracks and 17 bridges damaged or destroyed by last month's flooding in Iowa.

Railroad, bridge repairs may take full year (The Des Moines Register)
Iowa?s freight railroads tallied at least $67 million to $82 million in losses in recent flooding that washed out hundreds of miles of tracks and destroyed or damaged 17 railroad bridges, a state report shows.

California: Railroad to Pay $102 Million in Wildfire (New York Times)
Union Pacific will pay $102 million to the United States Forest Service to settle a lawsuit over damage caused by a huge wildfire north of Sacramento in 2000 that was started accidentally by railroad employees, officials said. United States Attorney McGregor Scott said the damage recovery would be the largest ever for the Forest Service in a wildfire. Union Pacific, based in Omaha, agreed to the ...

Paterson signs measure on Underground Railroad (The Buffalo News)
Gov. David A. Paterson signed a bill Wednesday to establish a 13-member commission that will develop a plan to create an Underground railroad heritage area in Niagara Falls.