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GOP to press Obama for private bids on $117 billion rail project
(The following appeared on The Hill website on May 23, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Republicans on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will use a Thursday hearing to press the Obama administration to rely more on private investment for a high-speed rail...
UP opens $24 million yard in Wyoming
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on May 20, 2011.) On May 19, Union Pacific Railroad held a ceremony to officially open a new $24 million yard about 20 miles west of Green River, Wyo. Construction began on the Blacks Fork Rail Yard in...
Hampton Roads would benefit from CSX rail expansion
(The following appeared on The Virginian-Pilot website on May 22, 2011.) NORFOLK, Va. — CSX Corp., the nation's third-largest railroad, is investing an additional $160 million to complete its National Gateway project, a planned double-stack rail route connecting...
Amtrak’s City of New Orleans back on track
(The Associated Press circulated the following on May 20, 2011.) CHICAGO — The Amtrak train that runs from Chicago to New Orleans is about to be back in business, weeks after being shut down because flooding made part of the route impassable. Amtrak says it'll resume...
California bulks up high-speed rail lobbying effort
(The following appeared on the Sacramento Bee website on May 22, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The California High-Speed Rail Authority has bulked up its lobbying even as some lawmakers question its effectiveness. Facing a skeptical Congress, the Sacramento-based...
Opinion: High-speed rail would be good for Texas
(The following column appeared on the Fort Worth Star-Telegram website on May 21, 2011.) FORT WORTH, Texas — Twenty years ago a proposed "bullet train" connecting Dallas-Fort Worth with Houston, Austin and San Antonio seemed on track and picking up speed despite some...
All aboard! Amtrak sees surge in ridership
(The following appeared on the MSNBC website on May 20, 2011.) NEW YORK — With gas prices hovering around $4 a gallon and this summer shaping up to be the most expensive ever for air travel, some vacationers may be turning to another method of transportation: train...
Railroads building on current anti-terror technology
(The following appeared on the Journal News website on May 22, 2011.) NEW YORK — Anti-terrorism measures on trains remained in the news last week when Amtrak CEO Joseph Boardman argued before a Senate subcommittee that more money should be spent on the effort. One...
Q&A: The future of freight railroading
(The following appeared on the Wall Street Journal website on May 23, 2011.) NEW YORK — Once a dying industry, railroads have made a strong comeback and are poised to become busier places in the years ahead. Forecasts for freight growth are substantial, prompting...
New technology is transforming freight rail
(The following appeared on the Wall Street Journal website on May 23, 2011.) NEW YORK — The digital revolution is coming to freight rail. Major railroads are installing digital communications, global positioning receivers, sensors and computerized controls on their...
