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Omaha residents go home; spill is cleaned up
(The following story by Kevin Cole and Jonathon Braden appeared on the Omaha World-Herald website on May 29.) OMAHA, Neb. — South Omaha residents chased from their neighborhood by a chemical spill Wednesday night returned to their homes Thursday after fire officials...
Opinion: Reminded of a near fatality
(The following letter to the editor by John Cage appeared on the Galesburg Register-Mail website on May 31.) GALESBURG, Ill. — I was saddened to hear of the tragic loss at the Sanitary Road crossing in Abingdon last week. Although I no longer live in Abingdon, I grew...
Florida’s cost for CSX deal jumps to $1.25 billion
(The following story by Rick Rousos appeared on The Ledger website on May 29.) LAKELAND, Fla. — The cost of the stalled Orlando-area commuter rail project and the state's deal with CSX isn't the widely disseminated figure of $641 million. Nor is it the often reported...
Track repairs to affect Capitol Corridor train service
(The following story by Aaron Crowe appeared on the Contra Costa Times website on June 1.) WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — Union Pacific will cut back Capitol Corridor service beginning Tuesday while it conducts track work, which is expected to be finished June 28. During the...
Editorial: Rail freight deal could bring real benefits to area
(The following editorial appeared on the Daily Gazette website on June 1.) SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — Commuters and travelers aren’t the only ones saving fuel and the environment by using the train these days, so are shippers. The rail freight business in this country is...
Opinion: Chicago tries to ease traffic mess around train stations
(The following column by Jon Hilkevitch appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on June 2.) CHICAGO — Reconfiguring some one-way streets near downtown Chicago's commuter rail stations to handle two-way traffic and restricting access to curb lanes where taxicabs, buses...
Rail repair close to wrapping up
(The following story by Bill Bishop appeared on The Register-Guard website on May 30.) OAKRIDGE, Ore. — Tourists on Amtrak’s famed Coast Starlight run Thursday peered from their coach windows at the site of the most disruptive landslide to strike the Union Pacific...
Report: More work needed for Canadian rail safety
(Canwest News Service circulated the following story by Amy Husser on May 30.) OTTAWA — Nearly a year after an advisory panel concluded consultations aimed at modernizing Canada's Railway Safety Act, a parliamentary transport committee said their conclusions don't go...
Va. governor says intermodal facility decision coming soon
(The following story appeared on the WDBJ7.com website on June 1.) NORFOLK, Va. — According to Governor Tim Kaine, a decision could soon be made on whether to build an intermodal rail facility in Elliston. Norfolk Southern is eager to move forward but there's been...
Union Pacific eyes adding track in Arizona
(The following story by Jack Gillum appeared on the Arizona Daily Star website on May 31.) TUCSON, Ariz. — As the nation's rail companies brace for gridlock in the coming decades, Southern Arizona will experience the growing pains as well, industry officials and other...
