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Metra service at risk with EJ&E plans
(The following story by Guy Tridgell appeared on the Southtown Star website on January 11.) CHICAGO — Two sets of railroad tracks meet at East End Avenue and 23rd Street in Chicago Heights in an area known for aging homes and vacant brick warehouses. It is an area...
More freight traffic through Ocala hinges on deal for commuter line
(The following story by Bill Thompson appeared on the Star-Banner website on January 11.) OCALA, Fla. — Just before Christmas, vehicular traffic began rolling over westbound lanes of the new railroad overpass on Southwest 17th Street, about four months before the...
Push for restored Amtrak service grows in Florida
(The following story by Ryan Burr appeared on the News Herald website on January 10.) CHIPLEY, Fla. — Amtrak is experiencing a growing chorus of agencies, lawmakers and local governments calling for restoration of rail passenger service in Florida. Amtrak had operated...
Florida commuter rail falters again as supplier fails
(The following story by Lindsay Peterson appeared on the Tampa Tribune website on January 22.) TAMPA, Fla. — When Florida Department of Transportation officials chose a Colorado company early last year to build 10 railcars for its new Orlando commuter system, they...
Editorial: STAR line can help CN build goodwill in the suburbs
(The following editorial appeared on the Daily Herald website on January 12.) CHICAGO — We hope Metra Executive Director Phil Pagano is correct. He told transportation writer Marni Pyke in Sunday's Daily Herald that the STAR line - the suburb-to-suburb rail system...
Appeal of STB decision still in the works for New Lenox
(The following story by Laura Michaels appeared on the New Lenox Patriot website on January 12.) NEW LENOX, Ill. — New Lenox officials are determined to continue their fight against Canadian National Railway's purchase of the EJ&E Railroad, Village Administrator Russ...
Union Pacific workers get double pay — accidentally
(The following story by Mark Young appeared on The North Platte Telegraph website on January 10.) NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — In these tough economic times and with the Union Pacific Railroad having to furlough many of its employees, it might be nice to learn that your pay...
Hundreds to be idled at famed hotel that hid bunker
(Reuters circulated the following on January 9.) CHICAGO — The Greenbrier Hotel, the resort and spa in the Allegheny Mountains where the U.S. government built a top-secret nuclear shelter for Congress during the Cold War, said on Friday it would furlough hundreds of...
No decision on Metrolink CEO’s possible ouster
(The following story by Steve Hymon appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on January 10.) LOS ANGELES — Upon emerging from the 90-minute session, Solow told reporters, "There is no announcement," and declined to comment further. Solow has been under fire since...
Mild layoffs, store closures hit Barstow workers
(The following story by Abby Sewell appeared on the Desert Dispatch website on January 9.) BARSTOW, Calif. — As unemployment numbers continue to rise nationwide, Barstow’s major employers are reporting few layoffs, but some local businesses have closed their doors in...
