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Taxpayer-funded railroad in Va. has yet to see train
(The following story by Robert McCabe appeared on The Virginian-Pilot website on August 2, 2010.) PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Mary Terwilliger's 5-year-old son, Jacob, spent nearly three years watching as workers laid a rail line in the medians of Va. 164 and Interstate 664....
Malfunction on train sends metal into NY home
(The Associated Press circulated the following on July 31, 2010.) MAMARONECK, N.Y. — Investigators say pieces of metal that smashed through the window of a Westchester County home earlier this week have been linked to a passing Amtrak train. Police say a train passing...
Northern Quebec conductors ratify new agreement
(CN issued the following on July 29, 2010.) MONTREAL — CN conductors represented by the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) on the Company's Northern Quebec Internal Short Line have ratified a new five-year collective agreement. Retroactive to Dec. 15, 2007, the...
N.C. officials urged to use $2 million rail corridor earmark soon
(The following story by Ray Gronberg appeared on the Herald-Sun website on August 1, 2010.) DURHAM, N.C. — Aides to U.S. Rep. David Price, D-N.C., have warned Durham officials that they need to find a way soon to use a $2 million budget earmark intended to help...
Trains roll through new Union Pacific yard in Joliet
(The following appeared on the Suburban Chicago News website on August 1, 2010.) JOLIET, Ill. — Union Pacific has set Oct. 18 as the date for a grand-opening celebration of its new Joliet intermodal yard. But trains already have begun to stir in the intermodal yard,...
BNSF completes ‘Chihuahuita Connection’ at U.S.-Mexico border
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on July 30, 2010.) BNSF Railway Co. recently completed the “Chihuahuita Connection” along the El Paso, Texas/Juarez, Mexico gateway. In conjunction with a planned grade separation project in the city of...
NS completes $21 million worth of track work in southwestern Pa.
(Norfolk Southern issued the following on July 30, 2010.) NORFOLK, Va. — Earlier this month, Norfolk Southern’s Maintenance of Way and Structures Department completed $21 million in track, signal and bridge work in seven days on one if its primary coal lines in...
Amtrak’s Maine Downeaster reports record ridership
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by David Sharp on July 30, 2010.) PORTLAND, Maine — Amtrak's Downeaster that runs between Portland and Boston bounced back from a dip last summer and fall to finish the fiscal year with its best performance yet, an...
Regulators want truckers on road to shape up
(The following report by Frank Morris appeared on the National Public Radio website on August 1, 2010.) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Federal regulators have announced plans to step up scrutiny of sleep apnea and other health issues affecting truckers, a move that has put them...
DOT announces $727,000 for New York high-speed rail
(The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following on July 30, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced $727,000 for the State of New York to continue work on its high-speed rail program with the rehabilitation of the...
