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Agreement rescues Empire Builder from rising Devils Lake
(The following appeared on The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead website on June 16, 2011.) FARGO, N.D. — Although the funding is not yet in place, it appears Amtrak’s Empire Builder may be rescued from the flooded Devils Lake Basin. BNSF Railway, Amtrak and a federal-state...
Railroads steaming ahead to a better fuel
(The following appeared on the Bio Diesel Magazine website on June 14, 2011.) Some railroads are beginning to recognize the benefits associated with employing a renewable fuel in their operations. In fact, Amtrak and BNSF Railway Co. are each participating in...
Railroad fights fines over Mexican drugs hidden on trains
(The Associated Press circulated the following on June 16, 2011.) EL PASO, Texas — A border security program to X-ray every train rolling into the US has prompted as much as $400 million in fines against US railroads, which are held responsible for bales of marijuana,...
Would airport-style train security make us less safe?
(The following appeared on the Infrastructurist website on June 15, 2011.) After intelligence gathered at Osama bin Laden’s compound raised fears of a terrorist attack on America’s trains, Senator Chuck Schumer called for Amtrak to embrace airport-style security...
Sen. Hutchison probes threats to rail security at Congressional hearing
(The office of Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison issued the following on June 15, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a Senate Commerce Committee hearing on Tuesday, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) called for greater emphasis on rail security and pressed John Pistole, the...
Amtrak chief: Trains more vulnerable than planes
(The Associated Press circulated the following on June 15, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak President Joseph Boardman says he wants to step up security patrols of the passenger rail network and explore new technologies able to provide advance warning of track...
Editorial: Passenger rail service essential to America
(The following editorial appeared on the Independent Record website on June 15, 2011.) HELENA, Mont. — Lots of folks are fond of saying that government needs to be run more like a business, and we agree — to a point. When it comes to finding efficiencies, streamlining...
Hoffa: ‘We will not be silenced’
(The International Brotherhood of Teamsters issued the following on June 15, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa today said the Wisconsin Supreme Court set a dangerous precedent by stripping government workers of their collective bargaining...
Investors could take stake in Amtrak under proposal
(Reuters issued the following on June 15, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Legislation proposed on Wednesday would open ownership of Amtrak's Northeast operations to private investment as a catalyst for developing high-speed service on the heavily used route. U.S....
Third set of M-8s goes into service on Metro-North
(The following appeared on the Stamford Advocate website on June 14, 2011.) STAMFORD, Conn. — A few more New Haven Line riders got a surprise Tuesday morning when the latest six-car set of new M-8 cars went into service during morning rush hour, the first new group of...
