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Amtrak rides high as price of fuel soars
(The following story by Rick Popely appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on July 15.) CHICAGO — Soaring fuel prices are filling seats on Amtrak trains and prompting fare increases at the national passenger railroad. Amtrak raised fares 5 percent last week on routes...
Body found atop moving train in Austin
(The Associated Press circulated the following on July 14.) AUSTIN, Texas — A man has been found dead on top of a freight train traveling through Austin. Authorities are attempting to identify the man, whose body was discovered Monday after a passing driver reported...
Two new port facilities planned in Prince Rupert, North Vancouver
(The following story by Richard Gilbert appeared on the Daily Commercial News website on July 15.) MARKHAM, Ontario — Two new port facilities will be built in B.C. to help ship Saskatchewan potash around the world. A Saskatchewan potash export agency is planning to...
More riders on board with Amtrak
(The following story by Elisa Crouch appeared on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch website on July 15.) ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Gas prices and airline headaches have pushed more people to passenger trains in Missouri, with Amtrak seeing a surge in customers this year. The boost...
Amtrak raises fares on 13 routes
(The following appeared on the Detroit News website on July 14.) DETROIT — Amtrak, the U.S. national passenger railroad, raised fares on 13 routes in the Midwest and Northeast by 3 percent to 5 percent, the Washington, D.C.-based company announced Monday. The...
Jury weighing fate of killer in LA rail disaster
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Linda Deutsch on July 14.) LOS ANGELES — The life-or-death decision about the fate of a man convicted of murdering 11 people by causing a commuter train derailment in 2005 was placed in the hands of jurors Monday...
Texas congressman votes against Amtrak funding
(The following story by Trish Choate appeared on the Times Record News website on July 14.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The congressman representing Wichita Falls gave a thumbs down to a funding boost for Amtrak though rising gas prices are hitting North Texans in the...
Editorial: All aboard Amtrak
(The following editorial appeared on the Times Record News website on July 14.) WICHITA FALLS, Texas — On a recent trip to Chicago, a Wichita Falls husband turned to his wife in the seat next to him, tapped his beer bottle to her tea glass and said, "This is the way...
CN/IC train shot at twice in Mississippi
(The following story by Bob Darden appeared on the Greenwood Commonwealth website on July 14.) GREENWOOD, Miss. — Greenwood Police are investigating an early morning incident today where a Canadian National/Illinois Central Railroad locomotive was shot at and struck...
TCI hedge fund posts biggest monthly loss in June
(Bloomberg News circulated the following story by Bomi Lim on July 14.) NEW YORK — The Children's Investment Fund Management LLP, a London-based hedge fund, lost more than $1 billion in June, posting its biggest-ever monthly loss, the Financial Times reported. The...
