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Opinion: Think privatizing Amtrak is a good idea? Think again
(Source: dc.streetsblog.org, June 21, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Republicans are moving forward with a plan to hand over the Northeast Corridor to private companies, despite (or because of) the fact that such a move could write Amtrak’s obituary. Is privatizing...
Norfolk Southern to plant trees in Mississippi Delta
(Norfolk Southern issued the following press release on JUne 20, 2011.) YAZOO CITY, Miss. — Underscoring its leadership in “conservation capitalism” -- the growing understanding that environmental progress and American business are closely linked -- Norfolk Southern...
KCS to update investors on intermodal service, cross border growth
(Kansas City Southern issued the following press release on June 20, 2011.) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Southern (KCS) will present updated information to investors concerning its intermodal traffic growth and other cross border business opportunities. The...
Union Pacific making Idaho track improvements
(Union Pacific issued the following press release on June 20, 2011.) POCATELLO, Idaho — Union Pacific Railroad will continue improving Idaho's transportation infrastructure with a $23.1 million investment in the rail line that runs from Weiser to Mountain Home in the...
Amtrak bolsters terror security measures
(Source: Progressive Railroading, June 20, 2011.) Amtrak is taking additional security measures to detect threats and deter terrorists, Amtrak Chief of Police John O’Connor said June 14 in testimony before Congress. Threats against rail are “very real” and continue to...
Editorial: Virginia needs to connect the dots on high-speed rail
(Source: Fairfax Times, June 17, 2011.) FAIRFAX, Va. — A transportation exists in Virginia, and the establishment of high-speed rail would be a benefit to commuters and the state as a whole. Full editorial: Fairfax Times
Editorial: Amtrak privatization plan not ready to leave the station
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, June 21, 2011.) PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — A plan rolled out in the Republican-controlled House to offer Amtrak's Northeast Corridor to private operators is not ready to leave the station. The Philadelphia Inquirer editorial says that the...
House transportation committee has new Republican member
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on June 20, 2011.) On Friday, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman John Mica (R-Fla.) announced that U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.) had joined the committee. The body’s full...
W.Va.’s Rockefeller, Rahall oppose Amtrak privatization plan
(The following appeared on the Charleston Gazette website on June 20, 2011.) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Senator Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., and Rep. Nick J. Rahall, D-W.Va., are opposed to a House Republican plan to privatize Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor. Both legislators told...
Rahall: Republican plan to abolish Amtrak ‘death knell’ for passenger rail service in America
(U.S. Rep Nick Rahall (D-WV) issued the following press release on June 15, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Republicans on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee today unveiled a controversial partisan proposal to privatize Amtrak that will destroy American...
