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Editorial: Tennessee should get aboard high-speed rail
(The following editorial appeared on The Tennessean website on August 20, 2010.) NASHVILLE, Tenn. — When the idea of an Atlanta-Chattanooga-Nashville high-speed train route was talked about publicly two years ago, proponents contended it should be given serious...
LaHood: Peoria could get high-speed rail
(The following story by Terry Bibo appeared on the Peoria Journal Star website on August 19, 2010.) PEORIA, Ill. — U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Thursday that Peoria could be part of a high-speed rail system that will rival the nation’s interstates....
Opinion: Calif. residents should fear UP’s monster trains
(The following column by Dennis Wyatt appeared on the Manteca Bulletin website on August 20, 2010.) MANTECA, Calif. — Union Pacific Railroad unleashed what critics are dubbing “the monster train” on unsuspecting Southern Californians earlier this year. The train was a...
Amtrak offers September discount on Vancouver travel
(The following appeared on the Seattle Times website on August 19, 2010.) SEATTLE — Riders on Amtrak Cascades trains traveling between Washington State and Vancouver, B.C. will be offered a 25 percent discount on travel in September to encourage ridership. After one...
USA Truck, BNSF Railway sign intermodal pact
(The following story by William B. Cassidy appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on August 19, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — USA Truck is rebounding from the recession and expanding its fast-growing intermodal business. The dry-van truckload carrier said Aug. 18 it...
Officials look at rail safety on trip through Ga.
(The Associated Press circulated the following on August 19, 2010.) AUSTELL, Ga. — Representatives of Norfolk Southern Railway and Georgia Operation Lifesaver took a train ride together to promote safety. About 100 local, state and federal officials made a roundtrip...
Group launches passenger rail manufacturing center in Ohio
(EWI issued the following on August 11, 2010.) COLUMBUS, Ohio — EWI launched a first-of-its-kind Passenger Rail Manufacturing Center from its headquarters in Columbus, Ohio. The mission of the Center is to develop and strengthen manufacturing supply chains for the...
Amtrak service restored in Connecticut
(The Associated Press circulated the following on August 19, 2010.) BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Amtrak service has been restored to a busy part of the Northeast after a train became tangled in overhead wires in Connecticut. Service was suspended Thursday afternoon between New...
CSX says broken rail caused Baltimore tunnel derailment
(The following story by Michael Dresser appeared on The Baltimore Sun website on August 19, 2010.) BALTIMORE, Md. — CSX Transportation has determined that the cause of the Aug. 5 derailment in the Howard Street Tunnel was defective track, spokesman Gary Saese said...
NS police target Toledo track trespassers
(The following story by David Patch appeared on the Toledo Blade website on August 20, 2010.) TOLEDO, Ohio — Seventeen-year-old Franco Harris and his cousin, Jason Abranczyk, 11, thought the railroad tracks behind a friend's house in East Toledo would be a good...
