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Tampa is Florida’s top city in Amtrak ridership growth
(The following story by Ted Jackovics appeared on The Tampa Tribune website on January 12.) TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa leads Amtrak's passenger growth in Florida, with a 33.5 percent gain in ridership to 100,119 passengers from fiscal 2007-08. That's more than double the...
First day a success for SEPTA ‘quiet car’
(The following story by Paul Nussbaum appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on January 13.) PHILADELPHIA — The "quiet car" lived up to its name yesterday afternoon on the first day of SEPTA's trial run at required silence and civility. The first car of the...
VRE tickets selling fast for inauguration day
(The following story by Kytja Weir appeared on the Washington Examiner website on January 13.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Those who plan to head into the District from Virginia on Inauguration Day are running out of options as the few remaining train tickets are going fast....
No injuries in BNSF train derailment in Ill.
(The Associated Press circulated the following on January 12.) EARLVILLE, Ill. —A freight train carrying coal has derailed in the northern Illinois community of Earlville, causing problems for passenger trains. Spokesman Steve Forsberg from Burlington Northern Santa...
BNSF to replace more than 20 Miles of rail and 50,000 ties in Texas
(BNSF issued the following on January 12.) FORT WORTH, Texas — BNSF Railway Company dispatched four maintenance crews last week to replace rail and ties between Galveston and Temple, and Alvord and Rhome, Tex. "This project is part of our ongoing effort to maintain a...
Water tests in after CP Rail train spill in Minnesota
(The following story by Sarah Elmquist appeared on the Winona Post website on January 11.) WINONA, Minn. — Preliminary water tests are in after the December train derailment, which caused a liquid nitrogen fertilizer mixture to spill into the Mississippi River near...
Connecticut hoping to break Amtrak impasse
(The following story by Don Stacom appeared on The Hartford Courant website on January 13.) HARTFORD, Conn. — Despite acknowledging that a frustrating impasse with Amtrak has stalled plans for a New Haven-to-Springfield commuter rail line, the state's transportation...
Opinion: Amtrak could be the only obstacle to adding limited commuter rail between Springfield and New Haven
(The following column by Rick Green appeared on the Hartford Courant website on January 12.) HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut's top transportation planners are now telling state legislators that limited commuter rail between Springfield and New Haven could begin as soon...
CSX posts preliminary profit that trails estimates
(Bloomberg News circulated the following story by Mary Schlangenstein on January 12.) NEW YORK — CSX Corp., the third-largest U.S. railroad, reported preliminary fourth-quarter earnings that trailed analysts’ average estimate. Profit was 90 cents a share, excluding a...
KCS seeks permit to build bridge into Mexico
(The following appeared on the Pacific Shipper website on January 12.) Kansas City Southern filed an application on Dec. 30 at the U.S. State Department for a presidential permit to build a new rail bridge at Laredo, Texas, into Mexico. The railroad already has an...
