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NJ Transit constructing $6.4M pedestrian bridge
(The following story by Judy Rife appeared on the Times Herald Record website on February 12.) HOBOKEN, N.J. — NJ Transit started construction yesterday of a $6.4 million pedestrian bridge that will link Hoboken Terminal and Jersey City, completing a critical segment...
CN coal derailment may take days to clear
(The following story by Tim Doherty appeared on the Hattiesburg American website on February 12.) JACKSON, Miss. — Forrest County officials estimate it could take up to three days to clean up the site of a train derailment Monday morning that spilled more than 3...
Shortline to make its own biodiesel
(The following story by Kris Bevill appeared on the Biodiesel Magazine website on February 12.) A steady supply of affordable biodiesel is hard to come by in the Pacific Northwest. That’s why Green Diesel Inc. has decided to make its own. The subsidiary of Tri-City &...
Teamsters: “We’re on a roll now”
(The International Brotherhood of Teamsters issued the following on February 8.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Teamsters Union added 23,000 members last year and is on pace to add even more this year, General President Jim Hoffa said today. The Teamsters organized more than...
All aboard at Amtrak
(The following story by Ann Kammerer appeared at RedOrbit.com on February 11.) EAST LANSING, Mich. — "Passenger trains are part of our culture," said Mark Buckley, lead ticket master for the East Lansing Transportation Center, mid- Michigan's hub for Amtrak. "They...
Via Rail to upgrade 98 cars
(The following story appeared on the Montreal Gazette website on February 12.) MONTREAL — Via Rail is forging ahead with Phase 2 of its $692-million federally funded modernization program by seeking tenders for the upgrade of its 98 LRC-type passenger cars used mainly...
Opinion: High speed rail advances globally, crawls in the U.S.
(The following appeared on the Green Energy News website on February 11.) Somewhere deep in the pages of President Bush’s proposed 2009, $3.1 trillion budget is a 40 percent cut in Amtrak funding. A cut so deep that the quasi-government interstate passenger rail...
EJ&E sale backtalk in overtime
(The following story by Dan Moran appeared on the Suburban Chicago News website on February 12.) LAKE ZURICH, Ill. — Public opposition to the proposed Canadian National Railway purchase of the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern line went into overtime Monday night as area...
N.J. Transit investigates after death on tracks
(The following story by Ken Belson appeared on the New York Times website on February 12.) NEW YORK — New Jersey Transit suspended all scheduled repair work on Monday, one day after a track welder was struck and killed by a train in the first fatal accident involving...
FEMA looks at trains for evacautions
(The Associated Press circulated the following by Cain Burdeau on February 12.) NEW ORLEANS — The Federal Emergency Management Agency may expand the use of passenger trains to evacuate the sick and elderly in advance of hurricanes across the Gulf Coast, a FEMA...
