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Amtrak, MARC resume full schedules after main break
(The following story by Katherine Shaver appeared on the Washington Post website on April 30, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak and MARC returned to full schedules this morning, but some trains could be delayed up to 30 minutes between Washington and Baltimore through...
Police riding rails in Denver to save lives
(The following story by Jeffrey Leib appeared on The Denver Post website on May 1, 2009. C.S. Peters is a member of BLET Division 133 in Denver, Colo.) DENVER, Colo. — As Union Pacific Railroad engineer Craig Peters starts his locomotive south out of Brighton toward...
Florida’s SunRail project may be on its last legs
(The following story by James Miller appeared on the Daytona Beach News-Journal website on May 1, 2009.) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida Senate today delivered a potentially fatal blow to the proposed SunRail commuter system connecting DeLand and metropolitan Orlando....
Backers of Orlando commuter hope Tri-Rail money lures South Florida lawmakers
(The following story by Dara Kam appeared on the Palm Beach Post website on April 30, 2009.) TALLHASSEE, Fla. — Supporters of the controversial Sunrail/CSX bill will dangle a $181 million TriRail carrot before South Florida Democratic senators in hopes of toppling...
Senate confirms Szabo’s nomination as FRA administrator
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on April 30, 2009.) Next month, Joe Szabo will become the 13th administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). Yesterday, the Senate confirmed his nomination as the agency’s leader. A...
Souter to retire from U.S. Supreme Court
(The following story by David G. Savage appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on May 1, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Justice David H. Souter, a New Hampshire Republican who became a key liberal vote on the Supreme Court, reportedly plans to retire this summer,...
Biden hopes Specter backs card check compromise
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Sam Hananel on April 30, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday he believes Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter would have "an open mind" on voting for a bill that makes it easier to form...
BMWED ratifies agreement with Soo Line Railroad
(The Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division issued the following on April 28, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division (BMWED), Midwest System Federation membership finalized ratification of its Tentative Agreement...
Study: $50B needed to fix rail transit systems
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Joan Lowy on April 30, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — More than one-third of the trains, equipment and facilities of the nation's seven largest rail transit agencies are near the end of their useful life or past that...
Kansas City Southern posts 1st-quarter loss
(The Associated Press circulated the following on April 30, 2009.) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Railroad operator Kansas City Southern on Thursday posted a loss, driven by $11 million in nonrecurring charges, a 15 percent decline in sales volumes and a decline in fuel surcharge...
