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Report faults Amtrak execs over inspector general’s firing
(The following appeared on the Washington Times website on March 23, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Top Amtrak officials failed to give “adequate consideration” to a federal mandate to inform Congress before they removed the rail service’s longtime inspector general in...
VP Biden slams Florida governor over high-speed rail
(The following appeared on the Miami Herald website on March 23, 2011.) TAMPA — Vice President Joe Biden chastised Gov. Rick Scott in Tampa on Wednesday, saying he cost Florida thousands of jobs and cutting-edge infrastructure improvements by rejecting $2.4 billion in...
GOP bills would weaken Florida’s public-employee unions; critics call it ‘political payback’
(The following appeared on the Palm Beach Post website on March 22, 2011.) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The statewide teachers’ union gave more than $3.4 million in campaign contributions last year, mostly to Democrats. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal...
Freight train strikes van in Washington state, killing 2 crew members and van driver
(The Associated Press circulated the following on March 24, 2011.) LONGVIEW, Wash. — A Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad spokesman says a freight train has struck a shuttle van carrying BNSF crew members in Washington state, killing three people and seriously...
MBTA deal soured by lemon locomotives
(The following appeared on the Boston Herald website on March 23, 2011.) BOSTON — Two of the five loaner locomotives the T rented from an Idaho company as back-up engines for its beleaguered commuter rail service turned out to be too beat-up for use, MBTA General...
Class I railroads pitch plan to run New Orleans Public Belt RR
(The following appeared on the Times-Picayune website on March 22, 2011.) NEW ORLEANS — A proposal to hand over management of the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad to a consortium of five of the six Class I railroads that use the city-owned railway got a cool reception...
Canadian Pacific warns of lower earnings
(The following appeared on the Journal of Commerce website on March 22, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Citing severe winter weather and a lag in fuel surcharges catching up with a surge in diesel prices, Canadian Pacific Railway said its "first quarter earnings will be...
Passenger rail under unprecedented attack in Ohio
(All Aboard Ohio issued the following press release on March 22, 2011.) CINCINNATI, Ohio — The Cincinnati Streetcar, the Ohio Department of Transportation’s highest-ranking transportation project pending anywhere in the state, is being singled out by an unprecedented...
Second phase of Illinois high-speed rail expected to begin April 5
(The following appeared on the Bloomington Pantagraph website on March 22, 2011.) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The second phase of Illinois’ venture into speedier passenger rail service is expected to begin April 5. In an announcement in Chicago on Tuesday, state and federal...
Illinois officials tout high-speed rail construction
(The Associated Press circulated the following on March 22, 2011.) CHICAGO — The next phase of construction on a high-speed rail route between Chicago and St. Louis will begin next month, a high-stakes transportation project similar to those that other states have...
