tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38277436Fri, 08 Feb 2008 05:29:54 +0000http://www.railyakuza.com/blotter/ObviousBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38277436.post-7286778588042225380Fri, 21 Dec 2007 03:43:00 +00002007-12-20T19:46:21.945-08:00By W. C. Forever Special to the Blotter FUDGEPACKER, WISCONSIN | The Green Bay & Western Circle Jerk's third annual convention was held in Fudge Packer, Wisconsin this past weekend. There were ten girlfriend-less members present. A keynote speech was delivered by Bob Humpsasock, GB&WCJ President. Humpsasock spoke on the importance of preservation of the railroad's history, in spite of none of http://www.railyakuza.com/blotter/2007/12/green-bay-western-circle-jerk.htmlObvioustag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38277436.post-6449106045435425803Fri, 16 Mar 2007 23:39:00 +00002007-03-23T17:27:36.276-07:00FORT WORTH, TEXAS | Larry Kaufman, formerly a writer for Business Week, may now be a prophet. Two years ago, he wrote a book called Leaders Count, a corporate history of the BNSF Railway. Known better as the "Book of Krebs", it has become a center of a cult following at the railroad. Said Kaufman, "it seems people read my book, and some of them enter a trance they never come out of." The trancehttp://www.railyakuza.com/blotter/2007/03/bnsf-author-prophet-of-new-religion.htmlObvioustag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38277436.post-4893061891241858213Sat, 03 Mar 2007 00:15:00 +00002007-03-16T01:06:41.350-07:00JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA | CSX Corporation, operator of over 22,000 miles of track mostly in the Eastern US, has announced a deal to sell advertising space on its talking defect detectors. If the deal is carried through, railroad operating crews will be hearing advertisements for various products and services before the end of 2007. "It's a very exciting opportunity for CSX to maximize its revenue,http://www.railyakuza.com/blotter/2007/03/csx-to-sell-advertising-space-on-defect.htmlObvioustag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38277436.post-734581187920068614Fri, 16 Feb 2007 23:31:00 +00002007-02-16T19:08:23.073-08:00OMAHA, NEBRASKA | Shareholders of Omaha based Union Pacific Railroad appear to be discontented. The railroad, one of the largest in North America, posted an increase in its 4th quarter income of $196 over its 2005 performance, with a total revenue of $485 million. Some investors, however, believe this is lower than the company could have produced. "We believe that Union Pacific is not maximizinghttp://www.railyakuza.com/blotter/2007/02/up-investors-angry-over-revenue.htmlObvioustag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38277436.post-1120594714265109569Fri, 02 Feb 2007 23:02:00 +00002007-02-02T15:31:34.675-08:00SOUIX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA | Troubled European aircraft manufacturer Airbus may be on the verge of signing a deal on 50 of its delayed A380 "superjumbo" airliners. Slated to be a cargo variant of the aircraft, the buyer is said to be Souix Falls, South Dakota based Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad. "Since the residents of Rochester, MN don't want us to send our coal on trains through their http://www.railyakuza.com/blotter/2007/02/airbus-finds-new-a380-market_02.htmlObvioustag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38277436.post-116666504301405962Thu, 21 Dec 2006 01:34:00 +00002006-12-20T17:37:23.016-08:00ROCHELLE, ILLINOIS | The Rochelle Railroad Park is about to undergo a massive expansion, thanks to the cooperation of BNSF Railway and Union Pacific. Recent questions over the park's future has led the Rochelle Tourism & Visitor's Association to reveal its master plan ahead of schedule. "The Rochelle Tourism & Visitor's Association has acquired the former Del Monte facility adjacent to the http://www.railyakuza.com/blotter/2006/12/rochelle-railfan-park-expands.htmlObvioustag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38277436.post-116666482167789443Wed, 12 Apr 2006 00:31:00 +00002006-12-20T17:34:05.036-08:00TACOMA, WASHINGTON | Is Canadian shortline millionaire Tom Payne a preservationsist hoping to get into the steam excursion market, or a Canadian spy bent on sabotaging American railfanning? According to sources within various federal agencies, who spoke to The Blotter on the condition of anonymity, it may be the latter. Payne, who made significant money founding a series of shortline railroadshttp://www.railyakuza.com/blotter/2006/04/tom-payne-canadian-sabotuer.htmlObvioustag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38277436.post-116666467744802403Mon, 20 Mar 2006 01:29:00 +00002006-12-20T17:31:17.450-08:00SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA | In a press release issued today, Yahoo! Inc (Nasdaq YHOO) anounced that it now has one million Yahoo! email groups dedicated to railfan topics. The millionth group was titled "santafewemissyou@yahoogroups.com" said Bob Bobertson, assistant senior vice-president for meaningless business units According to Yahoo!, at least one in every four messages on the average railfan http://www.railyakuza.com/blotter/2006/03/yahoo-hosts-millionth-railfan-e-group.htmlObvioustag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38277436.post-116666295814758001Sat, 11 Mar 2006 01:01:00 +00002006-12-20T17:28:29.266-08:00SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH | Years of speculation was confirmed today when the Deseret Morning News ran a story outing Utah's newest rail transit project, the "FrontRunner" commuter rail system. The name, which was picked by planners at parent agency Utah Transit Authority is also the title of a gay novel by author Patricia Neil Warren, as well as a movie which is currently in production that was basedhttp://www.railyakuza.com/blotter/2006/03/transits-alternate-lifestyle-revealed.htmlObvious