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U.S. Rep. Hastings: Rejecting high-speed rail money was big mistake for Florida
(The following column by U.S. Rep Alcee L. Hastings appeared on the South Florida Sun-Sentinel website on June 1, 2011. Rep. Hastings serves as senior member of the House Rules Committee, ranking Democratic member of the U.S. Helsinki Commission, and Democratic...
Central Nebraskans tackle cleanup
(The following appeared on the Grand Island Independent website on June 1, 2011.) GRAND ISLAND, Neb. — Central Nebraskans continued to clean up Tuesday after a strong line of thunderstorms swept through late on Memorial Day, producing winds as high as 90 mph and...
Wind, water effect Amtrak travel in N.D.
(The following appeared on the Daily Inter Lake website on June 1, 2011.) KALISPELL, Mont. — Northern railroad travel on Amtrak has been delayed indefinitely Dakota. Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari said Tuesday that high winds on Devil’s Lake in North Dakota caused the...
DOT eyes scaling back Positive Train Control due to cost
(The following appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on June 1, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of Transportation is working on changes in rail regulations that could save the industry more than $1 billion over the next two decades. Transportation...
New applicants for RRB benefits must choose electronic payments starting May 1; Paper checks will also be phased out for existing recipients
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on April 10, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Beginning May 1, new applicants for federal benefits, including those paid by the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB), are required to receive them as electronic payments....
NS officials say stinky pile was train, not feces
(The following appeared on The Star Press website on May 27, 2011.) MUNCIE, Ind. — A communications official with Norfolk Southern said on Thursday that one of its trains left a putrid pile of grain -- and not human waste -- laying in the middle of its tracks on the...
NJ Transit expands quiet car service to Hoboken
(The following appeared at www.nj.com on May 30, 2011.) HOBOKEN, N.J. — Starting Wednesday, NJ Transit rush-hour commuters to and from Hoboken can enjoy the popular Quiet Commute program by riding in train cars free of cell phones and loud talking. It is the final...
Flooding to hit CP Rail’s quarterly earnings
(The following appeared on the Financial Post website on May 27, 2011.) OTTAWA — Severe flooding is expected to once again jam up Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.’s earnings in the second quarter. CP’s management has indicated that the negative impact from flooding along...
Massive train bottleneck leads to a rare form of cooperation
(The following story from Stateline.org appeared on the Bellingham Herald website on May 29, 2011.) CHICAGO — It is an all-too-common experience. An Amtrak passenger train traveling from Michigan, just eight miles from its final stop at Chicago's downtown Union...
MBTA ridership up in April
(The Associated Press circulated the following on May 31, 2011.) BOSTON — MBTA officials say ridership on the system’s buses, subway lines and commuter rail lines climbed last month to its highest level since September 2008. General Manager Richard Davey says an...
