31.   The two rail companies announced Thursday their intention to merge, pending regulatory and shareholder approvals.

32.   Train drivers threatened Wednesday to consider going on strike unless rail companies respond positively within seven days to demands for a package of improved safety measures.

33.   Train drivers on Wednesday threatened a possible strike unless rail companies respond positively within seven days to demands for a package of improved safety measures.

34.   U.S. rail companies are expected to report higher second-quarter earnings, thanks to traffic increases spurred by a strong economy and favorable weather, analysts said.

35.   U.S. rail companies are expected to report mixed results for the fourth quarter, as declining shipments ate into profits.

36.   Without regulatory intervention, the rail company that wins the battle for Conrail will dominate the East.

37.   With the state and city talking with rail companies about increasing freight traffic, the department now sees the route mainly as a rail line.

38.   Outside a morgue in the capital, Maputo, trucks from the national rail company unloaded dozens of pine coffins and laid them out in a parking lot.

39.   Rail companies said they were planning extra trains from the north on Saturday, and London hotel operators said they were expecting heavy bookings.

40.   A head-on collision between two passenger trains in northern Portugal on Thursday killed four people and seriously injured five others, the national rail company said.