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Amtrak enjoys boost as travelers hit tracks
(The following story by Stephen Tait appeared on the Times Herald website on November 24.) PORT HURON, Mich. — Ken and Sharon Dunsmore own a Christmas tree farm in Smiths Creek and recently took a trip to Chicago as a getaway before the busy season. But the Dunsmores...
CN awarded $23 million in long insurance fight
(Reuters circulated the following on November 24.) VANCOUVER, B.C. — Canada's highest court ordered insurers to pay Canadian National Railway C$30 million ($23 million) on Friday, ending a 14-year fight over a problematic tunnel-boring machine. The Supreme Court, in a...
Opinion: Spending on rail would be a wise move
(The following column by Andrew L. Warren appeared on the Fort Worth Star-Telegram website on November 24.) FORT WORTH, Texas — There will be lots of talk in coming months about economic stimulus from the federal government. While Americans are ambivalent about such...
More riders use Amtrak Silver Star
(The following story by Ted Jackovics appeared on the Tampa Bay Online website on November 22.) TAMPA, Fla. — Amtrak ridership continues to increase nationwide and on the Silver Star through Tampa as travelers seek alternatives to paying costly gasoline prices. Amtrak...
Biden: ‘Amtrak Joe’ no more
(The following story by Julie Bosman appeared on the New York Times website on November 23.) NEW YORK — Nine days after the election, in a motorcade zipping through the diagonal streets of downtown Washington, Jill Biden sat next to her husband, Vice President-elect...
NTSB: Metrolink train ran red signal in last week’s crash
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Amy Taxin on November 21.) SANTA ANA, Calif. — A Southern California commuter train that sideswiped a freight train this week had run a red signal, an investigator said Friday, and officials are looking at brake...
CSX Santa Claus Special spreads holiday cheer for 66th time
(The following story by J.H. Osborne appeared on the Kingsport Times-News website on November 22. For a video report, visit: http://www.timesnews.net/article.php?id=9009159) ABOARD THE SANTA CLAUS SPECIAL — Frigid temperatures, a dusting of snow along much of its...
12 LIRR trains to be canceled for Monday morning
(The following story by Jennifer Maloney and Reid Epstein appeared on the Newsday website on November 24.) NEW YORK — A Long Island Rail Road train derailment that caused major damage to rails and switches at Jamaica Station yesterday will disrupt the morning rush...
Transportation’s Obama factor
(The following story by Ari Natter appeared on the Traffic World website on November 24. John Tolman is the BLET’s Vice President & National Legislative Representative.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — When potential nominees for top regulatory agency posts with the incoming Obama...
Railroad Retirement announces benefit increases for 2009
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on October 23.) CHICAGO — Most railroad retirement annuities, like social security benefits, are scheduled to increase in January 2009 on the basis of the rise in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) during the 12...
