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Proposed cuts aimed at Port Huron to Chicago Amtrak route
(The following story by Liz Shepard appeared on the Times Herald website on June 16, 2009.) PORT HURON, Mich. — The daily train trip from Port Huron to Chicago could be threatened as officials work to balance the state's budget. Last week, the Michigan State Senate...
Hope back to roots with Amtrak stop
(The following story by Ken McLemore appeared on the Hope Star website on June 15, 2009.) HOPE, Ark. — Local officials were elated Monday that Hope is returning to its roots as a community board of the expansion of the railroads across Arkansas with the announcement...
Amtrak stop coming back to Hope, Ark.
(The Associated Press circulated the following on June 15, 2009.) HOPE, Ark. — Officials say Hope will soon win back an Amtrak stop in the southwestern Arkansas city. Officials say Amtrak and Union Pacific have agreed to place a stop at Hope. The old brown brick train...
Amtrak may have to save certain parts of rail bridge
(The following story by Amy Renczkowski appeared on The Day website on June 16, 2009.) EAST LYME, Conn. — Even though Amtrak objected to the Niantic River Bridge being placed on the National Register of Historic Places, officials might still have to follow some of the...
UP to upgrade Wisconsin line
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on June 15, 2009.) On Saturday, Union Pacific Railroad crews began a trackwork project on the Class I’s Altoona-to-Humbird, Wis., line. The more than $9 million project calls for removing and installing...
Ground broken for rebuilding of Septa’s Croydon rail station
(The following story by Paul Nussbaum appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website odn June 16, 2009.) PHILADELPHIA — SEPTA officials and local politicians formally broke ground yesterday for a $12 million reconstruction of the Croydon train station. The Bucks County...
Genesee & Wyoming to close Huron Central railroad unit
(Dow Jones Newswires circulated the following story by Kathy Shwiff on June 16, 2009.) NEW YORK — Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (GWR) said its subsidiary Huron Central Railway Inc. will end operations because a drop in traffic means the railroad is "not economically viable...
KCSM adds second WILD; KCSR sets launch date for new Texas service
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on June 15, 2009.) On June 1, Kansas City Southern de México S.A. de C.V. (KCSM) began using a second wheel impact load detector (WILD) south of Nuevo Laredo on the B line between Huizachito and Rodriguez,...
BLET and UTU to FRA: Ban one-man crews
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on June 15, 2009.) Last week, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) and United Transportation Union (UTU) jointly filed a petition with the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)...
UP train derails near Schulenburg, spills chemical
(The following appeared on the Victoria Advocate website on June 15, 2009.) SCHULENBURG, Texas — A train derailment and chemical spill west of Schulenburg led to the evacuation of 75 homes Monday evening, said the Fayette County emergency management coordinator. No...
