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Amtrak service still down in N.D., Minnesota
(The following appeared on the Grand Forks Herald website on June 13, 2011.) GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Amtrak's passenger trains still aren't running west of St. Paul because of water-related track closures between Devils Lake and Rugby, N.D., and between Sandpoint, Idaho,...
Amtrak touts international peer review of high-speed rail plans
(The following appeared on The Hill website on June 13, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The national passenger rail service, better known as Amtrak, said Monday that rail companies in Europe and Japan said its plans to build high-speed railways in the Northeast were sound....
CP Rail stresses long-term view after weather woes
(Reuters circulated the following on June 13, 2011.) VANCOUVER, B.C. — Canadian Pacific Railway will have to work to earn back customer confidence lost because of recent weather woes, but it expects any drop in market share is temporary. Flooding and other weather...
Police say Tennessee man shot at NS train with AK-47
(The following appeared on the Knoxville News Sentinel website on June 14, 2011.) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Authorities say Claiborne County resident Mark Anthony Bruce was irate when he learned a train struck and killed his deaf friend. So he allegedly got drunk, grabbed an...
Amtrak continues Illinois high-speed rail corridor work
(Amtrak issued the following press release on June 13, 2011.) CHICAGO — Upgrading of approximately 96 miles of railroad track, including installation of 110,000 railroad ties for future high-speed Amtrak trains, will resume June 16. This work will lead to the...
Switch tampering raises rail security alert in Iowa
(The following appeared on the Des Moines Register website on June 14, 2011.) MENLO, Iowa — Railroad employees are watching track equipment closely after a switching mechanism was tampered with in west-central Iowa. Early Sunday morning, an observant Iowa Interstate...
BLET sets the record straight as Metra UP West Line runs out of engineers
(The following appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on June 13, 2011.) CHICAGO — Staffing increases should ensure that Metra trains run normally Tuesday, officials said, after a shortage of engineers upended train — and commuters' — schedules on the Union Pacific...
Metra sets stage for fare hike
(The following appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on June 10, 2011.) CHICAGO — Warning of a looming $100 million deficit prompted by a sales tax shortfall and rising costs like diesel fuel, Metra’s chief executive today set the stage for a possible fare increase,...
Assault on Amtrak train disrupts service in Va.
(Source: New Era Progress, June 20, 2011.) AMHERST, Va. — Drugs may have been partially to blame in an assault on an Amtrak train that sent a train conductor and three Nelson County Sheriff’s Office deputies to the hospital Thursday morning, Sheriff David Brooks said...
Up to 100 trains per day expected in Maricopa by year-end
MARICOPA, Ariz. — Union Pacific Railroad’s yearslong project of adding an additional train track in Maricopa will be completed this year, effectively doubling the number of trains passing through Maricopa to as many as 100 per day. Full story: www.inmaricopa.com
