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DAILY HEADLINES
May 9, 2008

•	AAR: U.S. rail traffic mixed in April

•	Chemical spill in train car derailment forces evacuation in Mass.

•	BLET member donates Cleveland Terminal Tower construction archives

•	NS set to fight EPA lawsuit, CEO tells shareholders

•	Balanced traffic mix drives success, NS CEO says

•	CSX, 46 other companies named in asbestos suit

•	Union Pacific police officer killed

•	San Bernardino train yard cancer risk to be revisited

•	Amtrak bill could benefit Duluth-Twin Cities line

•	NTSB to meet on 2006 NS derailment

•	KCS begins cash tender offer for notes

•	UP increasing train speed on Wisconsin rail line

•	Canadian gov’t. denies 'emergency injunction' blocking CN's rail car program

•	Heat is usual cause of rail wheel cracks

•	UP museum celebrates fifth anniversary in Council bluffs

•	CP Rail’s 'Spirit Train' to promote 2010 games

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