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Amtrak touts specials for National Train Day
(The following story by Jay Jones appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on May 5.) LOS ANGELES — Amtrak is offering 25% off coach fare on three California routes—including Pacific Surfliner trains between San Diego, Los Angeles and San Luis Obispo—for travel on...
Legislators vow Florida commuter rail far from dead
(The following story by Jay Hamburg and Aaron Deslatte appeared on the Orlando Sentinel website on May 6.) ORLANDO, Fla. — Central Florida commuter-rail supporters are preparing to spend as much as $52 million in the next year to keep their plan on track, despite the...
Opinion: Wreck of the old CSX
(The following editorial appeared on the Lakeland Ledger website on May 6.) LAKELAND, Fla. — When the Florida Legislature's regular session ended Friday, the CSX train did not arrive. Florida Senate Majority Leader Daniel Webster wanted so desperately to be the...
Groups support bill derailing antitrust exemptions for STB
(The following story by Marvin Baker appeared on the Minot Daily News website on May 6.) MINOT, N.D. — Two industries whose commerce depends on rail service say passage of the Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2007 would be a big step in the right direction to...
NJ Transit to take questions about impending disruption
(The Associated Press circulated the following on May 4.) NEWARK, N.J. — Rail commuters on NJ Transit's Northeast Corridor Line, facing an impending service squeeze, will get a chance this week to question a railroad executive. The online chat scheduled for 12:30 p.m....
Two CSX trains derail near in Western Pa.
(The following story appeared on The Tribune-Review website on May 4.) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Two freight trains crashed this morning in a Westmoreland County municipality bordering the Youghiogheny River. A CSX Corp. train heading west from New Castle to Chicago jumped...
FRA awards two grants to Washington State DOT
(The Federal Railroad Administration issued the following on May 2.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Railroad Administration has awarded two grants to the Washington State Department of Transportation to improve rail safety and upgrade infrastructure. A $1.485 million...
Regulator dismisses grain rail complaint
(Reuters circulated the following on May 3.) WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Canada's transport regulator said it has dismissed a request from a group of grain shippers to order Canadian National Railway to stop using a new system to distribute rail cars. The railway's new...
UP approves buyback of up to 20 million shares
(The Associated Press circulated the following on May 1.) NEW YORK — Union Pacific Corp. said Thursday its board has approved the repurchase of an additional 20 million shares by March 31, 2011. Following a two-for-one stock split at the end of May, the repurchase...
How safe are remote-controlled trains?
(The following report appeared at KCRA.com on May 2. Tim Smith is Chairman of the BLET’s California State Legislative Board.) ROSEVILLE, Calif. — Remote-control locomotives are a fairly new technology that's become more common across Northern California. But the...
