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Amtrak routes Empire Builder & California Zephyr disrupted by flooding
(Amtrak issued the following press release on June 7, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak services on two routes in the Central U.S. are affected by current and predicted flooding. Passengers with travel plans on these routes are urged to call 800-USA-RAIL for additional...
Railroads face Missouri River flood delays
(The following appeared on the Journal of Commerce website on June 7, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rising floodwaters on the Missouri River have begun disrupting some rail operations, just the latest in a series of weather problems for U.S. railroads in recent weeks....
Railroads try to stay ahead of flooding
(The following appeared on the Omaha World-Herald website on June 8, 2011.) OMAHA, Neb. — Nobody at Union Pacific or Burlington Northern Santa Fe wants a repeat of 1993 or 2008. The flooding that swept through the Midwest in those years took out railroad bridges and...
How high-speed rail died in Texas, thrived in Spain
(The following appeared on the Miller-McCune website on June 8, 2011.) Once upon a time there was sharp controversy in Spain over a plan for a high-speed rail line from Madrid to somewhere in Andalusia, which lies southeast of the capital, toward Morocco. Critics...
Suit accuses U.P., BNSF of fixing prices
(The following appeared on the Omaha World-Herald website on June 8, 2011.) OMAHA, Neb. — A mining and energy company is suing the country’s two largest railroads, arguing that they conspired to keep prices high and avoid competition. The lawsuit says the Union...
Tab for NJ tunnel fight exceeds $1 million
(The following appeared on the Bergen Record website on June 7, 2011.) The cost of fighting the federal government over a shuttered commuter $1 million, records released Monday show. Attorneys for NJ Transit billed New Jersey's taxpayers $72,588 for work done in...
Oil sands project in Canada will go by rail if pipeline is blocked
(The following appeared on the New York Times website on June 6, 2011.) OTTAWA — One way or another — by rail or ship or a network of pipelines — Canada will export oil from its vast northern oil sands projects to the United States and other markets. So the regulatory...
Obama administration rejects Walker’s request for rail funding
(The following appeared on the Appleton Post Crescent website on June 6, 2011.) APPLETON, Wisc. — Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s plans for upgrading passenger rail service between Milwaukee and Chicago have been derailed in Washington. Democratic President Barack...
DOT encourages American production of steel rails for streetcars
(The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following on June 6, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Transportation today hosted a roundtable discussion in Washington with transportation, manufacturing and steel industry leaders to discuss a plan...
Ridership up on Amtrak’s Heartland Flyer route
(The following appeared on the NBC Dallas-Fort Worth television station website on June 6, 2011.) FORT WORTH, Texas — Amtrak's Heartland Flyer route is seeing more people riding the rails then ever before. The service between Oklahoma City and Fort Worth started in...
