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Union Pacific makes track improvements to line from Spring to Houston
(Union Pacific issued the following on March 16, 2011.) OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific Railroad continues improving Houston's transportation infrastructure with an $18.7 million investment to enhance a rail line that parallels the Hardy Toll Road from Spring to...
Train study: Amtrak service from Maine to Montreal could cost $900 million
(The following appeared on the Sun Journal website on March 17, 2011.) LEWISTON, Maine — Establishing regular rail service between Auburn and Portland in 2020 could cost up to $234 million to start and could require an $8 million annual subsidy, according to a new...
DHS, MBTA launch updated security campaign
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on March 16, 2011.) U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano and Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray earlier this week announced an updated version of the Massachusetts Bay...
Opinion: High-speed rail means prosperity for Florida’s future
(The following column appeared on the Florida Times-Union website on March 17, 2011.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Imagine what life in Florida would be like if, in the 1950s, we had declined to accept federal money to construct the interstate highways because it required us...
Deadline extension sought for Positive Train Control implementation
(The following appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on March 17, 2011.) LOS ANGELES — The nation's leading coalition of local transit agencies wants Congress to delay a key rail safety reform prompted by the deadly Metrolink commuter disaster three years ago in...
Opinion: Labor’s Herculean moment
(The following column appeared on the Indianapolis Star website on March 15, 2011.) INDIANAPOLIS — Frank DeGraw is a burly, sun-baked blue-collar union man who isn't going anywhere any time soon when he takes a seat across the table from management. These days, he's...
$5 a gallon gas could spur up to 1.5 billion additional passenger trips on U.S. public transportation systems
(The American Public Transportation Association issued the following on March 14, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A study released today by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) predicts that as gasoline prices continue increasing, Americans will turn to...
Washington DOT seeks federal rail money for mudslide prevention
(The following appeared on the Seattle Post-Intelligencer website on March 15, 2011.) SEATTLE — Mudslides triggered by heavy rain forced passenger trains between Seattle and Everett to be canceled Tuesday in what's been a remarkably tough winter to keep the tracks...
Two men held in assault on Amtrak conductor
(The following appeared on the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review website on March 15, 2011.) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Two men from out of state are facing charges in Fayette County after they allegedly assaulted an Amtrak train conductor Monday night. When Connellsville police went...
U.S. appeals court backs Chicago suburbs in CN-EJ&E fight
(The following appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on March 15, 2011.) CHICAGO — A U.S. appeals court in Washington on Tuesday upheld a ruling by federal regulators requiring the Canadian National Railway to pay the majority of the costs for building two key...
