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Norfolk, Va., officials push for high-speed train service to region
(The following story by Debbie Messina appeared on The Virginian-Pilot website on April 12, 2009.) NORFOLK, Va. — Local leaders have renewed efforts to push for high speed passenger train service to Hampton Roads, which they say is critically important to the region....
CSX says it has proven firm was behind asbestos fraud
(The following story by Steve Korris appeared on the West Virginia Record website on April 10, 2009.) WHEELING, W.Va. — CSX Transportation pleads in federal court that it has presented plenty of proof for a claim that asbestos lawyers from Pittsburgh pulled a fraud....
UP makes $11 million investment to improve track near Grand Junction
(The following appeared on the Grand Junction Free Press website on April 13, 2009.) GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Officials with Union Pacific Corporation are predicting local drivers will soon spend less time at crossings waiting for trains to pass, because trains will be...
Cheyenne on board with Amtrak route restoration
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Mead Gruver on April 10, 2009.) CHEYENNE, Wyo. — This city exists because of railroads, but regular commercial passenger trains haven't rumbled through here in almost a dozen years. That could change. Amtrak is...
SunRail’s survival may hang on lawmaker’s quid pro quo
(The following story by Dan Tracy appeared on the Orlando Sentinel website on April 11, 2009.) ORLANDO, Fla. — A key state senator said Friday he is willing to vote for Central Florida's planned commuter train, conceivably pushing the $1.2 billion SunRail project...
Editorial: Don’t let traps stop SunRail
(The following editorial appeared on the Orlando Sentinel website on April 12, 2009.) Saboteurs used deception last year to block commuter rail. Remember how Lakeland Sen. Paula Dockery claimed it would take riders almost two and a half hours to travel the 61-mile...
BNSF cars with hazardous material derail in California
(Reuters circulated the following on April 9, 2009.) LOS ANGELES — Two train cars carrying hazardous liquid derailed into a local waterway south of Los Angeles early on Thursday, fire officials said. One of the cars carrying an alcohol-based material had leaked but...
Annual Amtrak mooning has become expensive for host city
(The following story by Vik Jolly and Lois Evezich appeared on The Orange County Register website on April 10, 2009.) LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. — A decades-long practice with murky origins of people dropping their drawers to moon passing Amtrak trains that last summer...
Railroad stimulus: How to spend $14 billion to improve U.S. rail
(The following story by S.E. Kramer appeared on the Popular Mechanics website on April 9, 2009.) High-speed rail has long been a dream to those looking for an outside fix for airline and car congestion. With stimulus spending, some money to start building those...
Amtrak to spend $50 million in stimulus funds in Washington, Ore.
(The following Associated Press report appeared on the Seattle Times website on April 10, 2009.) SEATTLE, Wash. — Amtrak will spend about spend $50 million in federal stimulus funds in Washington and Oregon, where more than 2 million passengers traveled aboard Amtrak...
