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MBTA looks to alter rail pact with MBCR
(The following appeared on the Boston Globe website on May 17, 2011.) BOSTON — Massachusetts transportation officials said yesterday that they were scrutinizing possible changes to the MBTA’s contract with the company that runs the commuter rail system — or perhaps a...
President Obama pushes transportation agenda
(The following appeared on the Journal of Commerce website on May 16, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Obama gave a strong push to a transportation infrastructure 2009 stimulus program to repair roads, re-engineer the rail system and “maintain a world-class...
GE Transportation’s arrival signals welcome economic news for Fort Worth
(The following appeared on the Fort Worth Star-Telegram website on May 16, 2011.) FORT WORTH, Texas — The announcement last week about a major production company coming to Fort Worth was big -- big as a locomotive. GE Transportation's decision to locate a $96 million...
Supreme Court rejects BNSF appeal in rate case
(The following appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on May 16, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court rejected BNSF Railway’s attempt to overturn a 2009 regulatory case decision that the railroad charged unreasonable rates on some coal shipments. The...
Union Pacific seeking buyouts of Iowa businesses to expand rail bridge
(The following appeared on the Clinton Herald website on May 13, 2011.) CLINTON, Iowa — Union Pacific is attempting to purchase area businesses so it can expand its railway bridge. “We’ve had several businesses approach us directly that have been approached directly...
Norfolk Southern locomotives go DC-AC
(The following appeared on the Hampton Roads Inside Business Journal on May 13, 2011.) ROANOKE, Va. — To keep pace with surging freight shipments, Norfolk Southern has ordered 1,500 specially designed coal cars and 242 AC locomotives. AC locomotives? "Locomotives are...
Metra ‘quiet cars’ get ringing endorsement from passengers
(The following appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on May 13, 2011.) CHICAGO — Metra says that about 84 percent of respondents to a survey on quiet cars endorsed them. So beginning June 6, trains on all 11 Metra lines will have quiet cars during rush-hour, making...
Without aid, Wisconsin’s Hiawatha Amtrak service is in a pinch
(The following appeared on the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel on May 15, 2011.) MILWAUKEE, Wisc. — After being turned down for federal high-speed rail funds, state officials are now pondering how to pay for millions of dollars of work needed to keep the existing Amtrak...
Editorial: No-ride list for Amtrak a bad idea
(The following editorial appeared on the Free Lance-Star website on May 15, 2011.) FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — Amtrak last month hit a new high in ridership: 2.7 million passen- gers, up nearly 10 percent from April 2010. On the busy Washington-Boston Northeast Regional...
Soaring fuel costs vex Metra officials
(The following appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on May 13, 2011.) CHICAGO — Fearing Metra will face a $19 million diesel fuel cost overrun by the end of the year if oil prices remain at record high levels, officials of the commuter rail agency acknowledged...
