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House GOP seeks to redistribute high-speed rail money
(Source: Sacramento Bee, July 12, 2011) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressional Republicans are seeking to cut $1.5 billion in high-speed rail money that had been awarded to projects across the country. The GOP lawmakers propose shifting the high-speed rail money to...
Police crack down, but annual mooning of Amtrak continues
(Source: Orange County Register LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. — Over the past three decades, thrill-seekers have ventured here to participate in the annual "Mooning of Amtrak." This year, however, participants are blaming a police crackdown for the smaller than normal...
Durbin announces rail studies will be combined
(Source: State Journal-Register, July 10, 2011) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The State Journal-Register is reporting that a rail-consolidation study in Springfield, Ill., will be rolled into a larger study of the St. Louis-Chicago rail corridor, according to U.S. Senator Dick...
Ridership on Amtrak’s Silver Star route continues to increase
(Source: Tampa Bay Tribune, July 8, 2011) TAMPA, Fla. — Amtrak's ridership in Tampa continues to grow as the passenger railroad's ridership also grows nationwide. The Silver Star, Amtrak's route from New York to Miami, saw a ridership increase of 12.7 percent from May...
Death toll climbs to 80 in India rail accident
(Source: Reuters, July 11, 2011) LUCKNOW, India — The death toll in a train accident in northern India climbed to 80 on Monday with more than 350 injured in one of the worst rail disasters to hit the country's troubled rail network in years. The accident occurred on...
Amtrak suspends Missouri trains because of flooding
(Source: Kansas City Star, July 9, 2011) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Star is reporting that Amtrak is suspending one of its Missouri River Runner round trips between St. Louis and Kansas City to allow diversion of freight traffic from flooded tracks. The train...
CSX seeks to lower operating ratio through ‘Grow to 65’ initiative
(Source: Progressive Railroading magazine, July 11, 2011) In its latest issue, Progressive Railroading magazine explores CSX's "Grow to 65" initiative, a drive to lower the railroad's operating ration to the mid-60s level by 2015. According to the magazine, CSX's...
Man accused in plot to steal locomotive getting mental exam
(Source: Associated Press, July 8, 2011) LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A retired railroad employee accused in a plot to steal a Union Pacific locomotive has been ordered to undergo a mental evaluation by a federal judge. According to the Associated Press, he and two other men...
How trains ‘railroaded’ the American economy
(Source: National Public Radio, July 11, 2011) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Richard White, author of a newly-published book titled "Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America," recently granted an interview to National Public Radio. In the book and in...
Northeast Corridor privatization bill has little protection for NJ Transit
(Source: Daily Record, July 10, 2011) PARSIPPANY, N.J. — The hastily written and poorly thought out plan by Congressional Republicans to privatize the Northeast Corridor fails to properly address how it will impact other commuter rail services along the route — such...
