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Some Amtrak trains to B.C. during Olympics are full
(The following story by Jared Paben appeared on The Bellingham Herald website on January 6, 2010.) BELLINGHAM, Wash. — The two daily trains between Bellingham and Vancouver, B.C., during the Winter Olympics are about 45 percent full, but some trains have no seats...
Remote-control trains cross city streets in Lafayette, Ind.
(The following story by Bob Scott appeared on the Journal and Courier website on February 7, 2010.) LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A reader called the Journal & Courier recently with a comment about signs recently posted at Norfolk Southern railroad crossings on the southside of...
Questions and answers on Ohio’s passenger train
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Matt Leingang on February 7, 2010.) COLUMBUS, Ohio — The state is to get $400 million in federal stimulus money to restore passenger train service among its majorcities, part of a plan to build a national...
Freight comes first on rail in Ohio’s passenger system
(The following story by Adrian Burns appeared on the Business First of Columbus website on February 8, 2010.) COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio’s planned passenger rail system could be on a collision course with another one of the state’s key economic priorities – expanding its...
More than 100 CSX train cars spill coal in Pa.
(The Associated Press circulated the following on February 7, 2010.) WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — Crews from CSX were working to upright rail cars and clean up coal after a train derailed in southwestern Pennsylvania. No one was injured when 113 of the 130-car train derailed...
Fuel spill at Elkhart rail yard causes road closure
(The Associated Press circulated the following on February 8, 2010.) ELKHART, Ind. — A fuel spill in a northern Indiana railroad yard caused authorities to close a main road while it was cleaned up. Elkhart police say it took firefighters and hazardous materials crews...
Florida transportation chief cleared in e-mail inquiry
(The following story by Lee Logan and Steve Bousquet appeared on the Miami Herald website on February 6, 2010.) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Transportation Secretary Stephanie Kopelousos was cleared Friday of allegations that she skirted state public records laws in a...
China’s fast trains may offer tips for U.S.
(The following story by Calum MacLeod appeared on the USA Today website on February 8, 2010.) ABOARD THE GUANGZHOU-WUHAN EXPRESS — Once the speed gauge hits 350 kilometers per hour, or 217 miles per hour, passengers charge down the aisle to photograph the electronic...
Railroad stocks mostly up at close of February 5 trading
(The Associated Press circulated the following on February 5, 2010.) NEW YORK — Shares of some top railroads companies were mixed at the close of trading: Burlington Northern rose $.29 or .3 percent, to $99.72. CSX rose $.59 or 1.4 percent, to $42.92. Canadian...
Riding the rails, until the weather caught up
(The following story by Liz Robbins appeared on the New York Times website on February 7, 2010.) NEW YORK — When the powerful Mid-Atlantic winter storm grounded all flights and shut down highways in the Mid-Atlantic region, Amtrak’s Capitol Limited, bound for Chicago...
