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Burlington Northern spent $1.5M lobbying in 4Q
(The Associated Press circulated the following on February 27, 2009.) FORT WORTH, Texas — BNSF Railway Co., the nation's second-largest freight railroad, spent nearly $1.5 million in the fourth quarter to lobby on antitrust protection and other issues, according to a...
Rails top focus in current intermodal planning
(The following story by R.T. Morgan appeared on The Town Talk website on March 1, 2009.) ALEXANDRIA, La. — Intermodal may be the catchword of choice to describe a transportation facility local industries and business organizations are working to bring to Central...
Higher gas prices boost Amtrak’s ridership
(The following story by Kim Skornogoski appeared on the Great Falls Tribune website on February 28, 2009.) GREAT FALLS, Mont. — In 2005, the governor and Montana's senators led rallies in Havre, Glasgow and Shelby hoping to muster enough support to save passenger rail...
USDOT outlines FY2010 budget framework, proposes $5 billion for high-speed rail
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on February 27, 2009.) On February 26, the U.S. Department of Transportation unveiled the framework of its proposed FY2010 budget. Additional details will be available in April. "This Administration...
Plans for New York rail line on track
(The following story by Jill Terreri appeared on the Democrat and Chronicle website on February 28, 2009.) ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A high-speed rail line with cars that can travel up to 150 miles per hour from Buffalo to Albany will be pursued instead of a faster line, Rep....
High-speed rail plan would connect Waco with state’s largest cities
(The following story by J.B. Smith appeared on the Tribune-Herald website on March 1, 2009.) WACO, Texas — Someday you may be able to hop on a sleek elevated train at downtown Waco’s transit center and zoom off to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in about half...
Opinion: Obama gets behind intercity rail system
(The following column by Douglas Turner appeared on the Buffalo News website on March 2, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Reversing more than three decades of neglect, even attempted bureaucratic suffocation, President Obama has placed the White House strongly behind Amtrak...
Lawmakers caution Obama on transportation funding
(The following story by Colby Itkowitz appeared on the Congressional Quarterly website on February 27, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A bipartisan group of lawmakers sent a letter to President Obama today urging him to reconsider an “ill-advised proposal” to open up...
Metrolink’s commitment to safety reforms comes under scrutiny
(The following story by Rich Connell and Robert J. Lopez appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on March 2, 2009.) LOS ANGELES — Within weeks of a commuter rail disaster in Chatsworth last fall, Metrolink engineers twice did the same thing that is suspected to have...
Engineer in fatal Metrolink crash let teens ride in cab, sources say
(The following story by Rich Connell and Robert J. Lopez appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on February 28, 2009.) LOS ANGELES — Federal investigators have cellphone text messages indicating that the engineer blamed for last fall's Metrolink rail disaster in...
