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New $17.7 million MBTA station under way in Dorchester
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on July 19, 2010.) On Friday, Massachusetts and local officials held a groundbreaking for a $17.7 million Four Corners/Geneva commuter-rail station in Dorchester, one of four stations to be built along the...
Opinion: Stimulus funds give high-speed rail a kick in the caboose
(The following column by Brian Palmer appeared on the Washington Post website on July 20, 2010. Palmer, a freelance writer living in New York, is a regular contributor to Slate.com's Explainer column.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans love to complain about the pitiable...
GATX deploys low-emission Genset locomotive
(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on July 19, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rail equipment lessor GATX took delivery of a low-emission “genset” switcher locomotive from Wabtec’s MotivePower unit, as the popular yard engines...
Opinion: Virginia must get serious on high-speed rail
(The following column by Michael Paul Williams appeared on the Richmond Times-Dispatch website on July 20, 2010.) RICHMOND, Va. — As Sam Brubaker waited for a late-running train, high-speed rail service from Richmond to Raleigh must have looked like a pipe dream....
What’s at stake in North Charleston rail debate
(The following story by Daniel Brock appeared on the Charleston Regional Business Journal website on July 19, 2010.) CHARLESTON, S.C. — On a warm evening in early July, North Charleston Mayor Keith Summey grabbed a microphone and laid out a plan to save his city....
Moving those trains through Raleigh
(The following story by Bruce Siceloff appeared on the News & Observer website on July 20, 2010.) RALEIGH, N.C. — You get history by the earful when you ride around Raleigh with railroaders. And a little prehistory, too. "See how the Norfolk Southern corridor hugs the...
Nebraska jury says UP owes injured worker $560,000
(The Associated Press circulated the following on July 19, 2010.) GERING, Neb. — Union Pacific Corp. should pay a worker who was injured when she tripped over an object on the job $560,000, a Scotts Bluff County jury ruled. The jury ruled last week in favor of...
VRE express train starts with delays, crowds
(The following story by Kytja Weir appeared on The Examiner website on July 20, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The new express train on Virginia Railway Express did not deliver the express ride it promised eager commuters on its inaugural run Monday morning, arriving...
Railroad shares down at the close of July 19 trading
(The Associated Press circulated the following on July 19, 2010.) NEW YORK — Shares of some top railroads companies were down at the close of trading: CSX fell $.33 or .7 percent, to $49.79. Canadian National fell $.03 or .1 percent, to $59.19. Canadian Pacific fell...
Kansas City Southern: The little railroad that could
(The following story by Randolph Heaster appeared on The Kansas City Star website on July 19, 2010.) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In 1995 when railroad veteran Michael Haverty joined Kansas City Southern Railway as chief executive, the carrier seemed to be chugging into a long,...
