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SEPTA approves $1 billion FY09 budget
(The following on Progressive Railroading website on May 28.) The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) board has signed off on a $1.1 billion operating budget for fiscal-year 2009, which begins July 1. The spending plan is about $15 million...
Opinion: Railroad Expansion
(Appeared originally in the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 5/28/2008, section B , page 3) As Northeast Mississippians and others continue working toward full funding of the Vision 21 Highway Program and four-laning to meet the Toyota growth challenge, parallel...
CSX spent nearly $1.1 million lobbying in 1Q
(The Associated Press circulated the following on May 28.) WASHINGTON, D. C. – Railroad operator CSX Corp. spent nearly $1.1 million to lobby on legislation dealing with the industry's antitrust exemptions and other issues in the first quarter of the year. The company...
CSXT adds two low-emission locomotives
(The following appeared in the Jacksonville Journal on May 27.) CSX Transportation Inc. is introducing two ultra-low emission GenSet locomotives at its Rougemere Yard in Dearborn, Mich. GenSet locomotives reduce nitrous oxide and particulate matter emissions by 80...
Congress Eyes a Rocket Train To Washington
New York Run Would Take Two Hours (The following story by Peter Kiefer appeared on the New York Sun website on May 28.) A two-hour rocket train between New York and Washington is the goal of new legislation that cleared a key hurdle in Congress last week, the House...
Amtrak train, truck collide in Miss.; 7 hurt
(The Associated Press circulated the following on May 28.) JACKSON, Miss. — An Amtrak passenger train collided with a garbage truck on a rural stretch of central Mississippi track on Tuesday, injuring at least seven people, authorities said. A fire broke out after the...
Train-spotter captures close call on NS
(The following story by Sara K. Satullo in The Express-Times on May 28.) PHILLIPSBURG, Pa. - Sunday morning railroad enthusiast Rick Glosser was underneath the black bridge on South Main Street poised to photograph an approaching Norfolk Southern train when something...
Analyst sees stellar future for rails
(The Associated Press circulated the following on May 28.) NEW YORK, NY - Railroad stocks rose Tuesday, as the broader market edged higher and a Stifel Nicolaus analyst predicted the group could produce "stellar" earnings growth over the next several years as some...
Defendant apologizes for SoCal commuter rail deaths
(The Associated Press circulated the following by Linda Deutsch on May 28.) LOS ANGELES, Ca. – A man who admitted causing a commuter train disaster that killed 11 people apologized at his murder trial Tuesday, saying he was trying to kill himself and never meant to...
A rail hater she’s not
(The following story by Jay Hamburg appeared on the Orlando Sentinel website on May 25.) ORLANDO, Fla. — Julie Townsend helped lead a protest against the $650 million Central Florida commuter-rail deal that included CSX's sale of 61 miles of tracks to the state. Among...
