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Actor Taye Diggs joins Amtrak to celebrate National Train Day
(Amtrak issued the following on March 31, 2010.) NEW YORK — Actor and avid train fan Taye Diggs, star of Private Practice, will join Amtrak to kick-off the third annual National Train Day. Diggs will start the weekend's festivities with a ceremony at New York's Penn...
CN sells section of Toronto track to government-owned Metrolinx for $168 million
(The Canadian Press circulated the following on April 1, 2010.) MONTREAL — Canadian National Railway Co. says it has sold a "key section of track" in Toronto to Ontario government-owned Metrolinx for $168 million. The track, west of Toronto's Union Station, will give...
CP announces new agreement for westbound coal
(Canadian Pacific Railway issued the following on April 1, 2010.) CALGARY — Canadian Pacific Railway Limited today announced it has reached a one-year agreement with Teck Coal Ltd. (Teck) for the transportation of metallurgical coal from their CP served mines in...
‘Surge’ of law enforcement drills at N.Y.C. transit centers
(The Associated Press circulated the following on March 31, 2010.) NEW YORK — Commuters today were greeted by the sight of hundreds of law enforcers fanning out at transit hubs as part of a drill. The three-hour exercise was planned before the Russia suicide bombings....
Worcester committees seek changes to CSX yard expansion plans
(The following story by Nick Kotsopoulos appeared on the Telegram & Gazette website on April 1, 2010.) WORCESTER, Mass. — A joint City Council committee has asked CSX Corp. officials if they can modify plans to double the size of their freight terminal, to address...
UP locomotive honors Boy Scouts of America
(The following report appeared on the KTRK website on March 31, 2010.) HOUSTON — Local scouts cheered as a locomotive dedicated to the Boy Scouts of America rolled into Houston this morning. The Union Pacific railroad created the UP Number 2010 Boy Scouts of America...
Cluster of CN derailments near Toronto raises worries
(The following story by Tess Kalinowski, Carola Vyhnak and Richard J. Brennan appeared on the Toronto Star website on April 1, 2010.) TORONTO — The CN train derailment outside the Pickering GO station Tuesday raises plenty of questions but answers are hard to come by....
Rail cars carrying ammonia derail at Port of Tampa, injuring one
(The following story by Kim Wilmath and Jessica Vander Velde appeared on the St. Petersburg Times website on April 1, 2010.) TAMPA — Rail cars carrying anhydrous ammonia derailed Wednesday morning at the Port of Tampa. No ammonia leaked, authorities said, but one...
Amtrak suspends some trains in flooded Northeast
(The Associated Press issued the following on March 31, 2010.) PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Amtrak has suspended many trains on its busy Northeast lines because of flooding in the region. Amtrak said Wednesday that water on the tracks near Providence, R.I., forced it to stop...
Nation needs to ramp up transit funding, Rep. Nadler says
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on March 31, 2010.) Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) is trying to spearhead efforts to increase transit funding in the fiscal-year 2011 Transportation-HUD Appropriations bill. He recently joined 66 colleagues...
