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In Chicago, upgrades planned for Metra’s UP West line
(The following story by Marni Pyke appeared on the Daily Herald website on April 18, 2010.) CHICAGO — Improvements to Metra's Union Pacific West Line this spring and summer run the gamut from expediting freight trains to stopping pedestrians from zipping around...
Chicago Transit Authority tests new car prototypes
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on April 16, 2010.) Yesterday, the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) introduced prototypes of its new 5000-series rail cars. The agency will begin testing the cars in passenger service starting next week....
Colton, San Bernardino rail yards to cut emissions further by 2020
(The following story by Michael J. Sorba appeared on the San Bernardino Sun website on April 18, 2010.) SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — State air quality regulators say local rail yards have reduced emissions of a toxic pollutant by about 50 percent since 2005 and want it...
Short line volume spikes to highest level in more than a year
(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on the Journal of Commerce website on April 16, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A surge in chemicals and other industrial cargoes, plus strength in construction materials pushed weekly traffic at small railroads in North America...
Illinois line among fastest growing for Amtrak
(The following story by Tim Landis appeared on the State Journal-Register website on April 17, 2010.) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Amtrak’s route through Springfield was one of the fastest-growing in the nation in the first six months of the federal fiscal year. Nearly 296,000...
CSX foresees all shipments rising in 2010
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Samantha Bomkamp on April 17, 2010.) NEW YORK — Railroad CSX Corp. believes the economic recovery is sustainable, but it's hedging that bet through small efficiency improvements that it hopes will counter any...
Amtrak riders express love of the Auto Train
(The following story by Jon Hilkevitch appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on April 18, 2010.) SANFORD, Fla. — Four times a year Roy and Mary DeVore of Maryland pack their car into a long rolling suitcase and they hit the road. It just might be the closest thing...
NY’s high speed rail chief quits over governor’s “lies”
(The following story by Brendan Scott appeared on the New York Post website on April 19, 2010.) ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Paterson's high-speed rail effort ground to a screeching halt last week after the program's chief quit in disgust amid claims of lies and chaos, The...
U.P. asks court to overturn $61 million in drug fines
(The following story by Joe Ruff appeared on the Omaha World-Herald website on April 17, 2010.) OMAHA, Neb. — Fighting nearly a decade of fines exceeding $61 million and the seizure of 24 railroad cars, Union Pacific Corp. asked a judge Thursday to stop the government...
Railroad Retirement Board 2010 informational conferences
CLEVELAND, April 16 — The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board will hold free informational conferences throughout 2010 for elected officers of all railroad labor unions. The following is a list of informational conferences that have been scheduled thus far for 2010....
