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Port of Seattle’s container trade takes a hit
(The following story by Kristen Millares Young appeared on the Seattle Post-Intelligencer website on August 20.) SEATTLE — As the economy goes, so goes the port. The Port of Seattle's containerized trade has dropped along with the spending habits of the Midwestern...
UP holds up toll road construction in Fort Worth
(The following story by Gordon Dickson appeared on the Forth Worth Star-Telegram website on August 22.) FORT WORTH, Texas — The effort to build the Southwest Parkway toll road over the Davidson rail yard west of downtown Fort Worth is suffering another setback, but...
Editorial: Don’t miss the high speed train
(The following editorial appeared on the Memphis Commercial Appeal website on August 22.) MEMPHIS, Tenn. — If passenger trains propelled along magnetized tracks to speeds exceeding 300 miles per hour sound like pure science fiction, you obviously haven't been watching...
First of 300 GE mainline locomotives to arrive in China
(GE Transportation issued the following press release on August 21.) BEIJING and ERIE, Pa. — GE Transportation, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), announced that the first China Mainline Locomotive (CML) will be delivered around Aug. 30, 2008, to the...
Rail noise to increase in Littleton during Democratic convention
(The following story by Paige Ingram appeared on the Littleton Independent website on August 21.) LITTLETON, Colo. — Littleton will be a part of the upcoming Democratic National Convention in Denver — whether it wants to or not. Police have been training for months,...
Railroad bridge collapse disrupts NS service
(The Associated Press circulated the following on August 21.) JAMES CITY, N.C. — The collapse of a 100-foot railroad bridge has disrupted train service between New Bern and the port at Morehead City, a route that includes Camp Lejeune and Cherry Point Marine bases....
Amtrak employee killed by train was from Baltimore area
(The following story by Richard Irwin appeared on the Baltimore Sun website on August 22.) BALTIMORE — An Amtrak employee who died Wednesday after he was struck by an Acela Express train has been identified as a Baltimore County resident, a railroad spokeswoman said...
Editorial: Amtrak use grows
(The following editorial appeared on the Merced Sun-Star website on August 22.) MERCED, Calif. — The best news in Valley transportation matters is not the recent decline in gas prices, welcome as that is. The San Joaquins, Amtrak's Valley passenger train service, saw...
Obama campaign suggests supporters use Amtrak to Springfield
(The following appeared on the State Journal-Register website on August 21.) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Barack Obama campaign this morning urged Chicago supporters to sign up soon if they want to travel by train to Obama's Springfield kickoff of his "battleground states"...
Congressman, local mayors launch effort to support EJ&E sale
(The following story by Chad Brooks appeared on the Chicago Daily Herald website on August 22.) CHICAGO — Believing the benefits outweigh the negatives, a new suburban coalition fronted by Congressman Dan Lipinski was launched Thursday in support of the controversial...
