UP's plan may help residents who live near line
(09/10/06)
Union Pacific's new plan to improve its efficiency in Southeast Missouri will likely help some Scott County residents, the county's presiding commissioner said. On Sept. 1, the railroad announced it would abandon its proposal to acquire a Burlington-Northern Santa Fe rail line between Rockview and Sikeston, instead double-tracking seven miles of its line between Rockview and Dexter...
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Railroad swap
UP: Rockview project not tied to track swap
(08/07/06)ROCKVIEW, Mo. -- For months Rockview residents have been watching the railroad improvement work going on outside their homes -- some of them wondering if the work is part of a plan bigger than the new curve in the track beside their town. Since spring 2005 Union Pacific Railroad has been working on a $4.2 million project to install a new connector track on the edge of the town -- work that is now in its final stages...
Scott County group opposes track swap
(07/24/06) A group of Scott County residents says it has 2,000 signatures on a petition against the proposed increase of train traffic through the county, and that more are on the way. The group, made up of residents of Sikeston, the Sikeston city government and residents from the county's northern section, have gone door to door and posted the call for signatures on Sikeston's Web site...
Feds OK Colorado half of railroad track swap
(06/23/06) Half of the proposed track swap between the Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroads has been approved quietly, without the public outcry that has sprung up over the swap's potential impact on Southeast Missouri. BNSF filed a petition on April 14 to gain approval from the Surface Transportation Board -- the federal regulatory body that reviews railroad track acquisitions -- to acquire 30 miles of track in northeast Colorado...
Sikeston officials, residents air concerns to MoDOT over UP track swap
(05/27/06) SIKESTON, Mo. -- In a meeting where the mood fluctuated between heavy tension and diplomacy, Sikeston city officials and residents made their thoughts known directly to MoDOT on the issue of the Union Pacific Railroad track swap proposal Friday. Over 20 people attended the meeting at MoDOT's regional headquarters in Sikeston. ...
Sikeston leaders unsure of MoDOT railroad proposal
(05/19/06) SIKESTON, Mo. -- Leaders in Sikeston don't yet know how they stand on MoDOT's safety recommendations for an alternative route to Union Pacific Railroad's acquisition of track between Rockview and Sikeston in Scott County. But they do know they would've preferred to have had a say in the recommendations before they were made public...
MoDOT submits recommendations for Union Pacific/BNSF track swap
(05/18/06) The Missouri Department of Transportation released its recommendations for improvements Thursday on an alternative route to the Union Pacific Railroad track swap with Burlington Northern Santa Fe. In a letter to the federal Surface Transportation Board, the agency reviewing the proposal, MoDOT recommended $8.5 million in safety improvements for the alternative route. Recommendations include overpasses on Highway 77 north of Chaffee and Route M west of Scott City and Kelso...
Trains, trains, go away
(03/26/06) The train tracks that cross U.S. 60 near Morehouse, Mo., don't see much use -- only one or two trains cross there on a weekly basis. Most people who use the route would say that's a good thing, considering about 12,000 vehicles cross over the tracks every day, traveling at a speed of 65 mph on the four-lane divided highway...
Crossing safety emphasized in advance of train traffic increase
(02/08/06) Steve Baldwin, a Cape Girardeau native and engineer for Union Pacific railroad said safety is his passion. "It all boils down to safety, and if we can save one life, then I think we've done our job," he said. That is why Baldwin uses his free time to educate people about railway safety and the importance of what he calls the three Ls, "Look, Listen and Live."...
Emerson opposes boost in train traffic for Scott County
(01/18/06) SIKESTON, Mo. -- U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson wants Sikeston city leaders to know she stands with them in their opposition to a proposed train traffic increase through their city. On Tuesday, Emerson visited Sikeston city leaders and toured the areas that would be affected by increased train traffic to give her ammunition to take back to Washington, D.C...
Railroad officials ease safety concerns
(10/11/05) Upgrades will be part of a railroad trade which will bring more train traffic the to county. BENTON, Mo. -- Union Pacific railroad has alleviated some fears Scott County officials had about a proposed track swap. Railroad representatives met with the Scott County Commission last week, announcing plans to improve several railroad crossings in the area...
Trapped by traffic: Rockview resident worries about more trains
(07/07/05)
ROCKVIEW, Mo. -- The tiny town of Rockview near Chaffee, Mo., has long been in an intimate embrace with the railroad. The unincorporated village sits right at the intersection of two tracks -- a north-south track owned by Burlington-Northern Santa Fe and an east-west track belonging to Union Pacific... |