Berkshire buying Burlington Northern
NEW YORK (AP) Legendary investor Warren Buffett is making what he calls an all-in wager on the U.S. economy $34 billion to buy a major railroad that hauls everything from corn to cars across the country. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.,...
5.9K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 1000.0

Junction City sues railroads
JUNCTION CITY (AP) Junction City is suing two railroad companies, claiming more than $860,000 in street damage from freight operations. The lawsuit was filed Friday against Burlington Northern Santa Fe and Portland Western Railroad Inc. ...
1.1K - Sep. 17, 2009; scored 625.0

Junction City sues railroads
JUNCTION CITY (AP) ” Junction City is suing two railroad companies, claiming more than $860,000 in street damage from freight operations. The lawsuit was filed Friday against Burlington Northern Santa Fe and Portland & Western...
1.0K - Sep. 16, 2009; scored 625.0

Cheers and jeers
Left, right, left, right Cheers for the dedicated folks wearing out their sneakers today in the Relay for Life at Sunset Middle School. By tomorrow, they'll be footsore but happy, having raised much-needed money to fight cancer. Green? Yellow? Hello?...
1.9K - Jun. 27, 2009; scored 526.0

New end in sight
Most conductors would be satisfied with one caboose at the end of their train. Oregon Coast Historical Railway boss Dick Jamesgard wants three. For now, the association president is pleased to have two. His museum's latest acquisition is a wooden cab...
2.5K - Jun. 25, 2009; scored 526.0

What is it; only three guessed it
I was a telegraph operator for the Santa Fe Railroad in 1946 and we had something similar, said North Bend resident Buddy Hincke, who correctly guessed last week s mystery item. It was a telegraph or telegraph key. Others who got it right included R...
0.6K - Jun. 3, 2009; scored 526.0