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RR incident draws passengers’ ire
(The following story by Genevieve Reilly appeared on the Connecticut Post website on October 10.) FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Ray Battaglia commutes to New York City every day. Thursday was no different as he boarded the 8:16 a.m. Metro-North train out of Fairfield to New...
Opinion: That not-so-lonesome whistle
(The following story by Eugene L. Meyer appeared on the New York Times website on October 10.) NEW YORK — It used to be that fathers bonded with sons over shared interests, like baseball and fast cars — the child striving toward adulthood, the father yearning for...
Univ. of Wisconsin courses help growing railroad industry stay on track
(The following story by Sandra Knisely appeared on the University of Wisconsin website on October 9.) MADISON, Wisc. — With merely one gallon of fuel, a train can move one ton of freight 400 miles. Despite such astonishing fuel efficiency, the railroad industry shrank...
Amtrak could service Madison, Wisc., within 3 years, DOT says
(The following story by Steven Elbow appeared on the Capital Times website on October 10.) MADISON, Wisc. — High gas prices, global warming and increasing traffic congestion, though nightmares for motorists, are good times for rail advocates. With bipartisan,...
Canadian National upgrading iron-ore car fleet
(The Canadian Press circulated the following on October 9.) MONTREAL — The railway did not release the cost of the program in a statement Thursday from Duluth, Minn. Delivery of the new cars is to begin in January, allowing CN to retire the same number of old cars...
U.S. Rep. Jim Oberstar and future transit funding
(The following appeared on the Kansas City Star website on October 9.) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — U.S. Rep. Jim Oberstar chairs the House transportation committee and will have some sway in transit funding for light rail in Kansas City and elsewhere in the future. The...
Miss. spends $22M to improve railroad crossings
(The Associated Press circulated the following on October 9.) NEW YORK — Mississippi Department of Transportation officials say about 130 crossings have been upgraded on Kansas City Southern Railway, Norfolk Southern Corporation and CSX Transportation lines. Of 55...
Analysis: High-speed trains will be a boon for Southern California
(The California High Speed Rail Authority issued the following on October 9.) LOS ANGELES — An economic analysis on the impact of the California high-speed train system in the Los Angeles area has determined that the project will be an immediate stimulus to the...
Falling volumes at CN, CP offset by U.S. dollar
(The following story by David Pett appeared on the National Post website on October 10.) OTTAWA — Lower volumes are in the cards for both Canadian National Railway Co. and Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. but a strengthening U.S. dollar will offset some of the bottom...
Railways not immune from slowdown
(The following story by Nathan VanderKlippe appeared on the National Post website on October 8.) VANCOUVER, B.C. — Until mid-September, just about the only thing not falling off the economic rails was the railroad companies themselves. Fuelled by rising Asian demand...
