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Grant to help reduce Missouri Amtrak delays
(The following appeared on the Webster-Kirkwood Times website on October 3.) WEBSTER GROVES, Mo. — The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) received a $3.3 million federal grant on Tuesday that will help increase freight mobility and reduce delays for Amtrak...
Opinion: McCain’s health care destruction
(The following column by Paul Krugman appeared on the New York Times website on October 6.) NEW YORK — Sarah Palin ended her debate performance last Thursday with a slightly garbled quote from Ronald Reagan about how, if we aren’t vigilant, we’ll end up “telling our...
Railroad rally fizzles after House OKs rescue bill
(The Associated Press circulated the following on October 3.) NEW YORK — Railroad stocks rose, but lost some steam Friday afternoon following House passage of the $700 billion financial rescue package. The stocks had followed the broader market higher earlier in the...
Opinion: Congress’ boost to Amtrak fueled by high gas prices, too much traffic
(The following column by Jon Hilkevitch appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on October 6.) CHICAGO — Highway congestion, high fuel prices, dependence on foreign oil, pollution and global warming are creating perfect conditions for reforming stagnant transportation...
New suit against BNSF filed in Louisiana derailment
(The following story by Jason Brown appeared on The Advocate website on October 4.) LAFAYETTE, La. — Another class-action lawsuit has been filed in federal court against a railroad company involved in a May train derailment in Lafayette. The incident occurred at the...
CSX reaches $3 million settlement in ’07 wreck in Kentucky
(The following story by Jason Riley appeared on the Louisville Courier-Journal website on October 4.) LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A federal class-action lawsuit over a fiery train derailment in Bullitt County in January 2007 has been settled for $3 million, with about 17,000...
Indiana health agencies to inspect railroad camp cars
(The following story by Michael Schroeder appeared on The Journal Gazette website on October 4.) FORT WAYNE, Ind. — A new state rule – expected to take effect by the end of the year – will require local health departments to inspect rail camp-car systems when they...
STB slows NS-Pan Am deal
(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on the Traffic World website on October 3.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Norfolk Southern Railway's bid to unite with Pan Am Railways in a New England joint venture network will go slower than first expected, after the Surface...
Laredo basks in boom aided by NAFTA
(The following story by David Hendricks appeared on the San Antonio Express-News website on October 3.) LAREDO, Texas — Warehouse manager Tom Wade remembers Laredo in the days before the North American Free Trade Agreement. Hardly any residential and commercial...
Witnesses say light was green just before Metrolink train crashed
(The following story by Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Rich Connell and Robert J. Lopez appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on October 4.) LOS ANGELES — Three observers who say they were at the Chatsworth Metrolink station before last month's deadly train crash have...
