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Amtrak puts dining cars back on some trains through Cleveland
(The following story by Susan Glaser appeared on The Plain Dealer website on January 9, 2010.) CLEVELAND, — Finally, some national transportation news that will leave a good taste in your mouth: Amtrak has restored full dining service to its Lake Shore Limited trains,...
Illinois Rail tourism corridor proposed
(The following story by Eric Timmons appeared on The (Galesburg) Register-Mail website on January 11, 2010.) GALESBURG, Ill. — Local officials are hoping they can combine the marketing power and attractions of the Quad Cities, Peoria and Galesburg to create a tourism...
Girl’s death ratchets up debate on rail safety
(The following story by Michael Dresser appeared on the Baltimore Sun website on January 10, 2010.) BALTIMORE — The newspaper headline - "Middle River Girl Killed by Train" - could have run last week when 14-year-old Anna Marie Stickel was struck and killed by a...
Editorial: Kansas University study supports Amtrak extension
(The following editorial appeared on the Norman Transcript website on January 9, 2010.) NORMAN, Okla. — Critics of the Amtrak's Heartland Flyer say the train needs more than one route per day and could use a way to go north to Kansas. A new study by Jayhawk Consulting...
Short line railroad P&L looking for new headquarters
(The Associated Press circulated the following on January 9, 2010.) PADUCAH, Ky. — Paducah & Louisville Railway is looking for incentives to build a new headquarters in downtown Paducah rather than move to one of the other cities where it does business. Railroad...
Fewer railcars parked on Montana’s tracks
(The following story by Kim Skornogoski appeared on the Great Falls Tribune website on January 11, 2010.) GREAT FALLS, Mont. — Jim Labuda saw a daily reminder of the state of the economy every day he drove to work. The manager of the Mountain View Co-op in Big Sandy...
Wyoming coal sales decline
(The following story by Dustin Bleizeffer appeared on the Casper Star-Tribune on January 10, 2010.) CASPER, Wyo. — A terrible economy curbed energy demand throughout the United States in 2009, slowing coal production in Wyoming for the first time in more than a...
BNSF’s Burlington bridge work hits snag
(The following story by Christinia Crippes appeared on The Hawk Eye website on January 9, 2010.) BURLINGTON, Iowa — The very foundation of the Burlington railroad bridge project may have to be shifted before significant work can continue on-site for increasing the...
Georgia governor announces rail security partnership with CSX
(The Georgia governor’s office issued the following on January 8, 2010.) ATLANTA — Governor Sonny Perdue today announced that the State of Georgia has entered into a rail security partnership with CSX Transportation (CSXT) that represents a model for use by other...
LIRR, Metro-North set on-time performance records in 2009
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on January 8, 2010.) In 2009, MTA Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) achieved record on-time performance (OTP) of 95.2 percent, the third-straight year the railroad reached an OPT high-water mark. LIRR...
