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Missouri’s name the train contest has five finalists
(The following story by Ken Leiser appeared on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch website on December 28.) ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Five finalists have been selected to name Amtrak's passenger rail service between St. Louis and Kansas City. Amtrak and the Missouri Department of...
Amtrak trains delayed by bitter cold, snowstorms
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Michael Tarm on December 23.) CHICAGO — On one of the biggest travel days of the year, hundreds of Amtrak passengers bound for holiday destinations hunkered down in waiting rooms — some for nearly 24 hours — as...
UP’s Nevada derailment won’t disrupt service after all
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Martin Griffith on December 28.) RENO, Nev. — A freight train derailment in Nevada will not disrupt rail service on one of the country's main east-west lines as initially feared, Union Pacific officials said...
Proposed Amtrak expansion generates excitement in Kansas
(The following appeared on the Lawrence Journal-World website on December 29.) LAWRENCE, Kan. — Carey Maynard-Moody is no Dr. Emmett Brown, but she does share the confidence of the movie character who realized his time-traveling dreams with the help of a...
Coal freight battle may fuel spike in rural electricity bills
(The following story by Russell Ray appeared on The Tampa Tribune website on December 23.) TAMPA, Fla. — About 1.7 million customers served by a group of rural electricity cooperatives face the specter of higher electricity bills because the fee to transport coal by...
Opinion: An Obama presidency can get rail-passenger service rolling again
(The following column by Neal Peirce appeared on the Seattle Times website on December 26.) SEATTLE — Rail enthusiasts, for decades spurned by presidents of both parties, were elated by the news that Barack Obama will travel to Washington for his inauguration by train...
High-speed rail optimistic about more funding
(The following story by Michael Cabanatuan appeared on the San Francisco Chronicle website on December 26.) SAN FRANCISCO — With the economy in recession, California's plan to ask the federal government for billions of dollars to help build the nation's first...
Union Pacific withdraws objection to CN’s EJ&E bid
(The following story by Robert McCoppin appeared on the Chicago Daily Herald website on December 23.) CHICAGO — Union Pacific Railroad Co. has withdrawn its objection to Canadian National Railway Co.'s plan to acquire the EJ&E Railroad. The move is one of a series of...
Armed gang holds up KCS train in Mexico, robs freight
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Gustavo Ruiz on December 27.) MORELIA, Mexico — A gang of about 20 men armed with assault rifles robbed a train in the western Mexican state of Michoacan and carted off some of its freight, the state prosecutor's...
Opinion: What message does camera surveillance of Metrolink locomotive crews send?
(The following column by Alan Kandel appeared on the California Progress Report website on December 27.) According to the Dec. 25, ’08 Los Angeles Times, there is mention of a move apparently to monitor the actions of Metrolink commuter train locomotive personnel via...
