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California train service would cost $1 billion
(The following story by Rasha Aly appeared on The Desert Sun website on September 21.) PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — The idea of a new rail line in the Coachella Valley may be grand, but officials say it will cost $1 billion to establish. “You got to have money to do this,”...
Editorial: Time for San Antonio to explore light rail
(The following editorial appeared on the San Antonio Express-News website on September 21.) SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Proposals for light rail haven't faired well in San Antonio. A 1993 undertaking that would have connected downtown to Fiesta Texas — later modified to...
Opinion: UP chief says freight should get top priority
(The following column by David Hendricks appeared on the San Antonio Express-News website on September 20.) LAREDO — Twenty-five people died last weekend when a commuter rail train collided with a Union Pacific Corp. freight train. It's just one more reason Union...
Locomotive engineers help BNSF cut fuel usage
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on September 19.) A new fuel conservation practice is paying dividends for BNSF Railway Co. This summer, locomotive engineers began using a speed/throttle limiting process to save fuel on trains operating...
Departure of CP Rail Olympic ‘Spirit Train’ met with protesters in B.C.
(The Canadian Press circulated the following on September 22.) PORT MOODY, B.C. — A cross-country rail trip aimed at boosting enthusiasm for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver was disrupted Sunday by noisy demonstrators protesting the Games' impact on the...
Biden no longer riding the rails solo
(The following story by Fabian Loehe appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on September 22.) PHILADELPHIA — At 3:17 p.m., Joe Biden, the longtime U.S. senator from Delaware, steps off the Acela train at the Wilmington Amtrak station - and rushes back to say...
Metrolink contractor lobbied for delays in meal breaks
(The following story by Patrick McGreevy appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on September 20.) SACRAMENTO — The company that provides engineers for Metrolink trains spent $105,000 during the last two years lobbying state lawmakers to give it flexibility to delay...
NTSB team sorting out what happened in Metrolink crash
(The following story by Robert J. Lopez appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on September 20.) LOS ANGELES — Engineer Robert M. Sanchez pulled Metrolink 111 out of the Chatsworth station and was rolling north at 54 mph. About a mile later, he entered a restricted...
Timeline of fatal Metrolink accident
(The following story by Sue Doyle appeared on the Contra Costa Times website on September 21.) LOS ANGELES — Following are key events leading up to the deadly head-on collision between Metrolink Train 111 and a Union Pacific freight train. Focusing on the actions of...
Metrolink runs on a shoestring budget in a complex environment
(The following story by Steve Hymon appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on September 20.) LOS ANGELES — The commuter rail service known as Metrolink -- Southern California's only true regional mass transit carrier -- gets little money and even less political...
