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Opinion: A billion dollar facelift for Amtrak
(The following column by Richard Straub appeared on the Marion Star website on July 22, 2009. Mr. Straub is a board member of All Aboard Ohio.) MARION, Ohio — More than a billion dollars will be used to expand rail service across the United States. Amtrak has released...
BNSF Railway sues over track in Richland, Wash.
(The following story by Pratik Joshi appeared on the Tri-City Herald website on July 22, 2009.) RICHLAND, Wash. — BNSF Railway Co. filed a lawsuit Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Richland against Tri-City & Olympia Railroad Co. The lawsuit alleges that Tri-City &...
UP crews work to reopen main line to LA after derailment
(The following story by Glenn Kahl appeared on the Manteca Bulletin website on July 22, 2009.) MANTECA, Calif. — Union Pacific Railroad work crews were busy laying new track sections Tuesday morning at the scene of the main line wreck Monday evening as one Manteca...
CSX to weigh East Tampa cleanup
(The following story by Kathy Steele appeared on the Tampa Tribune website on July 22, 2009.) EAST TAMPA, Fla. — CSX officials are promising relief to neighbors who say work is overdue in cleaning and cutting back overgrowth along the railroad track's right of way....
UP freight train derails in Fort Worth
(The following story by Kevin Boie appeared on the MyFox-Dallas/Fort Worth website on July 21, 2009.) FORT WORTH, Texas — A Union Pacific freight train derailed in Fort Worth on Monday afternoon, scattering boxcars and container carriers across a large rail yard in...
Amtrak bridge working normally after daylong disruption
(The following story by Patricia Daddona appeared on The Day website on July 22, 2009.) NEW LONDON, Conn. — The Amtrak Niantic River Bridge was working properly on Tuesday, a day after an electrical relay burned out for unknown reasons and caused the bridge to stay...
Union Pacific proposes solution to Tower 55 gridlock
(The following story by Gordon Dickson appeared on the Fort Worth Star-Telegram website on July 22, 2009.) FORT WORTH, Texas — To relieve the notorious Tower 55 train gridlock in Fort Worth, one of the nation’s biggest railroads wants to dig a 1 1/2 -mile-long trench...
Va. Governor Kaine revs up support for high-speed rail
(The following story by Michael Martz appeared on the Richmond Times-Dispatch website on July 22, 2009.) RICHMOND, Va. — Everyone's on board for high-speed rail in the Richmond region. Gov. Timothy M. Kaine led a community pep rally yesterday to boost faster rail...
Iowa governor rides rails to promote proposed Amtrak lines
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on July 21, 2009.) On Sunday, Iowa Gov. Chet Culver will ride the “Iowa Unlimited” train around the state to raise awareness of key passenger-rail projects. Operated by Iowa Interstate Railroad Ltd., the...
NTSB Chief Mark V. Rosenker announces departure from Board
(The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following on July 21, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — After leading the National Transportation Safety Board for four and a half years, Mark V. Rosenker has announced that he will resign his position as Acting Chairman...
