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Wall St Journal article - rail police vs. snowmobilers

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Wall St Journal article - rail police vs. snowmobilers
Posted by jclass on Thursday, February 22, 2007 7:04 PM

Today's issue.  Anybody see it?  Neat to see NS livery on a snowmobile.

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Posted by eastside on Thursday, February 22, 2007 7:35 PM
Trains related stories in today's (22 Feb.) issue of the Wall Steet Journal:

Cold Case: Keeping Snowmobilers Off Straight and Narrow
It's about railroad agents trying to keep snowmobilers from using ROW as trails.  Indeed, in the online edition there's a group of color pictures of snowmobiles in NS livery and the NS agents on patrol in NY.
There's a video in the online edition.

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Canada Rail Strike Disrupts Supply Chain
"A rail strike in Canada, now in its second week, has begun to slow production in the mining, lumber and auto industries and could affect the U.S. economy if it continues much longer.

The strike of 2,800 conductors and yard workers from Canadian National Railway Co., one of the two major railways in the country, already has cut in half the cargo volume handled at Vancouver, Canada's largest port, since the walkout began Feb. 10."

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