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CSX train derails in Greenwood; no one injured
(The following story by E. Richard Walton appeared on the Greenville News website on July 30, 2009.) GREENVILLE, S.C. — About 12 cars of a CSX freight train derailed in Greenwood on Wednesday afternoon, causing a minor chemical spill along State 225, officials said....
SEPTA registers ridership, revenue gains in FY2009
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on July 29, 2009.) For the third-straight fiscal year, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) has boosted ridership and increased revenue. During FY2009, which ended June 30,...
Metra security: $6.5 million in federal stimulus funds to guard against terror attacks
(The following story by Jon Hilkevitch and Richard Wronski appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on July 30, 2009.) CHICAGO — More than $6.5 million in federal stimulus funds was awarded Wednesday to increase transit security and prevent terrorist attacks on the CTA...
‘Comprehensive and systematic changes’ in nation’s transportation approach would improve air quality, APTA says
(The American Public Transportation Association issued the following press release on July 28, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new, first of its kind study, confirms that the single most effective way to address the impact of transportation on climate change is not a...
Norfolk Southern gets bids for Mechanicville rail yard
(The following story by Eric Anderson appeared on the Albany Times-Union website on July 30, 2009.) ALBANY, N.Y. — Work has yet to begin on the $40 million intermodal rail yard announced with great fanfare last July by then-state Senate Majority Leader Joseph L....
Fourth update from NTSB on its investigation into D.C. Metro collision
(The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following on July 29, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board continues to make progress in its investigation of the June 22, 2009, collision of two Washington Metropolitan Area Transit...
Rail industry maintains pursuit of emission-reducing practices
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on July 28, 2009.) The North American rail industry continues to seek ways to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. Last week, Amtrak announced plans to voluntarily and publicly report its emissions, and...
Lawmakers urge train company Talgo to set up shop in Milwaukee
(The following story by Stacy Forster appeared on the Journal Sentinel website on July 29, 2009.) MADISON, Wisc. — Lawmakers who represent the City of Milwaukee are appealing to a Spanish train company planning to make two trains for Wisconsin to locate their...
House subcommittee members laud short-line tax credit extension; Kentucky lawmakers create small-road tax credit
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on July 28, 2009.) Last week, four members of the House Subcommittee on Railroads testified on behalf of the short-line tax credit extension bill during a House Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures...
Norfolk Southern profit falls 45 percent
(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on the Journal of Commerce website on July 29, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Eastern-U.S. carrier Norfolk Southern Railway saw its profit plunge 45 percent from a year earlier in the April-June quarter to $245 million, as...
