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Acela service from New York to Boston shut down through Sunday
(Source: Boston Globe, September 26, 2013) BOSTON — Amtrak’s high-speed Acela Express service between New York and Boston is shut down today due to a power problem in the New York area, and will remain out of service through Sunday, Amtrak says. Full story: Boston...
SEPTA warns of ‘devastating’ cuts
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, September 27, 2013) PHILADELPHIA — With a showdown looming in Harrisburg, SEPTA officials made a final pitch Thursday for millions more in state aid to avoid a "devastating" cutback in service. A House vote is expected as early as next...
20 years later: Memories of the 1993 Amtrak Sunset Limited crash ‘never go away’
(Source: www.al.com, September 21, 2013) MOBILE, Ala. — At 2:48 a.m. on September 22, 1993, Amtrak's Sunset Limited train crossed Bayou Sara while a majority of its 220 passengers and crew members slept, unaware that in just a few short minutes they would witness the...
Private prison quotas rob taxpayers, Teamster urge criminal justice reform
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, September 25, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Teamsters Union is denouncing the findings of a new study revealing that private prison management firms have contracts that directly link profits to inmate...
Insights from Rep. Chris Taylor, a Democratic who attended ALEC conference in Chicago
(Source: Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, September 19, 2013. State Rep. Chris Taylor (D-Madison) will soon introduce the ALEC Accountability Act into the Wisconsin Legislature. Before being elected to the Assembly, Taylor, an attorney, served as public policy director for...
VIA Rail’s new trauma guidelines put to use for employees
(Source: CBC News, September 26, 2013) OTTAWA — VIA Rail employees affected by last week's fatal crash with an OC Transpo bus have a new set of resources to draw from, according to the company. Two engineers have been given three mandatory days off, with the option to...
Groups seek feedback on improving Amtrak’s Wolverine line
(Source: Press & Guide, September 25, 2013) DETROIT — Several governmental groups and a private company are working on a way to improve the Amtrak commute on the Wolverine line between Pontiac and Chicago. The hitch is that the six trains a day — three each way, each...
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture backs South Dakota in DM&E Railroad issue
(Source: Associated Press, September 25, 2013) PIERRE, S.D. — The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture is backing South Dakota in the state’s effort to make sure the owner of the old Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad has fulfilled its promises to upgrade the line before...
BNSF defends safety of oil trains to West Coast regulators
(Source: OPB, September 25, 2013) PORTLAND, Ore. — The biggest railroad in the Northwest forcefully defended the safety of oil trains Wednesday. It happened at a meeting in Seattle of environmental regulators from the West Coast. The context is the rapid rise in crude...
Pepsi pays NJ Transit $1.1 million to adorn stations, trains with ads
(Source: Star-Ledger, September 25, 2013) NEWARK, N.J. — NJ Transit and its advertising contractor will get more than $1 million from Pepsi to decorate stations, trains and buses in advertising leading up to the Super Bowl. The contract runs until the day after the...
