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Locomotive Engineer carried Lincoln’s body back to Midwest
(The following article, prepared by the Wisconsin Historical Society, appeared at Madison.com on February 8, 2011.) One hundred and fifty years ago this week, Abraham Lincoln left Springfield, Ill., train for nearly two weeks, stopping more than 60 times to speak to...
Obama’s $53 billion high-speed rail pledge could fund huge chunk of California’s project
The White House on Tuesday announced plans to spend $53 billion over the next six years to build high-speed railroads, bringing California's massive bullet train project closer to reality. Should the plan -- one of President Barack Obama's signature job-creation...
CSX to pay $8 million settlement for D.C. oil leak
WASHINGTON, D.C. — CSX has agreed to pay the District of Columbia $8 million in a settlement to clean up a petroleum leak that flowed into the Anacostia River. According to the Associated Press, CSX will pay $7.5 million to clean up both government and private...
Rail exec sees Florida gaining from Panama Canal
The widening of the Panama Canal in 2014 could establish South Florida as a gateway for Asia cargo moving to the Southeast, said James Hertwig, president and CEO of Florida East Coast Railway. Hertwig, former president of CSX Intermodal, told the Los Angeles...
CSX worker found in Jackson River in Covington, Va.
CSX and Covington Police are investigating, after a train worker was found in the Jackson River in Covington, Va., on Tuesday evening (February 8). Covington City Police Chief J.B. Broughman says the Covington Rescue Squad received a call for an injured person in the...
Federal plan may boost Quad Cities passenger rail
Passenger rail supporters hope the Obama administration's plan to boost funding over the next six years for high-speed and intercity rail projects will create an opportunity to fill an existing funding gap for the Quad-Cities' Amtrak link. Vice President Joe Biden...
Amtrak proposes $13.5 billion New Jersey rail tunnel project
Amtrak is proposing a $13.5 billion project that will include building two commuter rail tunnels from New Jersey to New York by 2020, replacing a $9.7 billion project that New Jersey's governor killed. The so-called Gateway project would allow New Jersey Transit and...
U.S. to inject $53 billion into passenger rail
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced an ambitious $53 billion program to build new high-speed rail networks and make existing ones faster over the next six years. Biden, who estimated he has ridden Amtrak between Washington and his home in Wilmington,...
Vice President Biden announces six year plan to build national high-speed rail network
(The White House issued the following on February 8, 2011.) PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Vice President Joe Biden today announced a comprehensive plan that will help the nation reach President Obama’s goal of giving 80 percent of Americans access to high-speed rail within 25...
Giving new life to Laramie’s rail history
Union Pacific steam engine 535 snaked its way through Laramie for the first time in over 50 years on Monday. Crews loaded the 75-ton engine onto a flatbed trailer at LaBonte Park and took it to Railroad Heritage Park at First and Garfield streets. Photographs and the...
