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In Missouri, Amtrak weathers the storm, gets passengers home
When the airports closed and portions of the Missouri interstate system shut down during the storm, one mode of transportation was still on track — Amtrak. Rod Massman is the Rail Administrator for the Department of Transportation. He says the tracks and the trains...
Weather strands Amtrak passengers in Macomb, Ill.
Macomb police say that a disabled Amtrak train has left two dozen passengers stuck in Macomb until at least Thursday. According to reports, the passenger train from Chicago went out of service at the Macomb train depot Tuesday night. Approximately 27 passengers exited...
Metra schedules begin to get back on track after storm
Metra plans to operate a normal weekday schedule Thursday on seven of its lines but only a "modified" weekday schedule on the remaining four lines. This will particularly affect riders on BNSF and UP West, North and West lines, Metra said. Metra advised riders to...
Winter storms disrupt trucking, rail traffic
The massive winter storm hitting a broad swath of the U.S. is delaying or stopping truck and train transport, as states shut icy highways or impose truck limits. The worst of the snow and ice hit the Midwest, from Kansas and Oklahoma to Chicago on Tuesday and was...
Historic blizzard wreaks havoc on air, ground travel
The historic blizzard of 2011 brought transportation chaos that left virtually no corner of the nation untouched, from canceled flights and stranded airline passengers, to closed interstate highways, motorists trapped in their cars, and rail passengers stuck on the...
Norfolk Southern Foundation awards nearly $5.6 million to charity in 2010
(Norfolk Southern issued the following on February 1, 2011.) NORFOLK, Va. — The Norfolk Southern Foundation, the charitable giving affiliate of Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC), announced today that it awarded nearly $5.6 million in grants during 2010 to...
Suicide was conclusion in 6 of 20 subway train victims, according to new report
About a third of people killed or injured by subway trains jumped in apparent suicide attempts, reports by state investigators show. Of the 20 people who were struck by trains from March to June of last year, six launched themselves from the platform to the tracks and...
New Metra CEO vows to boost passenger satisfaction, bring reforms
The new executive in charge of running Metra vowed Tuesday to make passenger satisfaction, fiscal responsibility and in-house reforms his top priorities in taking over the nation's third-largest commuter rail system. Metra's directors unanimously named Alex Clifford,...
In Chicago, a crush of commuters before the storm
Leaving work early didn't do all that much good. Area workers in droves Tuesday left their jobs well before quitting time trying to beat the blizzard, but the the preemptive move still didn't prevent hundreds of the early commuters from getting stuck on buses, trains...
Mica’s new clout in House huge boost to high-speed-rail projects
For insight into U.S. Rep. John Mica's priorities as new chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure committee, just look at his calendar. On Thursday, just one day after Mica organized his 59-member committee in Washington, the Winter Park Republican held...
