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Prosecutor wants death for man in LA train wreck
(The following story by Linda Deutsch appeared on the San Jose Mercury News website on July 7.) LOS ANGELES — A cry of anguish rang from a victim's relative as a prosecutor implored jurors Monday to recommend the death penalty for a man convicted of murdering 11...
Canadian government looks to reduce number of rail suicides
(The Canadian Press circulated the following on July 7.) OTTAWA — Dan Shewchuk is still chilled by the image of people jumping out in front of his train, trying to commit suicide. It happens far more often than people think, Shewchuk says, leaving him and other train...
Railroads must find safest routes for toxic cargo
(The following story by Scott Streater appeared on the Fort Worth Star-Telegram website on July 7.) FORT WORTH, Texas — Railroad companies are beginning a months-long process to determine the safest routes for transporting hazardous rail shipments as part of a new...
Dukakis back on track to Amtrak board?
(The following story by Wally Edge appeared at Politicker.com on July 7.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In case you missed it over the holiday weekend, Derrick Jackson ran an item speculating that Michael Dukakis would find himself back on Amtrak's board of directors in an Obama...
Amtrak train struck by truck in Calif.; Five injured
(The following story by Jason Kobely appeared at News10.net on July 6.) DIXON, Calif. — Four passengers were injured and an Amtrak employee was hospitalized after a train bound for Sacramento was struck by a truck Sunday afternoon, an Amtrak spokeswoman said. The...
California town, UP in tussle over communal strip of land
(The following story by Hans Laetz appeared on the Ventura County Sun website on July 5.) LA CONCHITA, Calif. — Residents of the hard-luck beachside community of La Conchita call it the "great railroad robbery." The Union Pacific Railroad has fenced off the track-side...
Amtrak aboard N.C. town’s rail plans
(The following story by Mark Schultz appeared on the Chapel Hill News website on July 6.) HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. — Art Mines knew the train passed by Hillsborough. He heard it each night as he drove to his home just north of town. Woudn't it be great, he thought, if...
Idling NS trains still annoy Ithaca neighbors
(The following story by Krisy Gashler appeared on the Ithaca Journal website on July 5.) ITHACA, N.Y. — It's not uncommon for trains to idle next to Nate's Floral Estates trailer park for four days at a time. “Four days and four nights,” said Alderwoman Maria Coles,...
Funding, culture could derail dream of rail service
(The following story by Ed Marcum appeared on the Knoxville News website on July 6.) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Asked to speculate about passenger rail as an alternative for a nation dealing with high transportation costs, Pete Claussen, chairman of Gulf & Ohio Railways Inc.,...
Opinion: The mass clamor for mass transit
(The following column by Derrick Z. Jackson appeared on the Boston Globe website on July 5.) BOSTON — Michael Dukakis says he is not itching to be the next transportation secretary, but if Barack Obama wins the White House and needs a bullhorn for high-speed rail...
