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Editorial: Bush budget gives Amtrak the blues
(The following editorial appeared on the New York Times website on February 7.) NEW YORK — Among the many flaws with President Bush’s newly released budget is what it thinks of Amtrak: not very much. It calls for cutting funding from roughly $1.3 billion to around...
EJ&E sale public comment deadline extended to Feb. 15
(The following appeared on the Suburban Chicago News website on February 8.) CHICAGO — The Surface Transportation Board has extended the deadline for public comment on the Canadian National's proposed acquisition of the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway. The board's...
Rivals argue over DM&E measure
(The following story by Terry Woster appeared on the Argus Leader website on February 8.) PIERRE, S.D. — A bill to speed up state hearings on a railroad's attempt to use condemnation for its proposed coal-train project brought two old rivals to the state Capitol on...
Canadian rail accidents down almost 7 percent in 2007
(The Railway Association of Canada issue the following on February 5.) OTTAWA — Canada’s railways were pleased with their safety results in 2007 and look forward to on-going improvements. There were 1,282 rail-related accidents in 2007, down 6.9 per cent from 1,378 in...
Sens. Baucus, Tester vow to reverse Amtrak cuts
(The Associated Press circulated the following on February 7.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Montana's U.S. Senators say they'll fight proposed cuts in funding to Amtrak and Essential Air Service. Democratic Senators Max Baucus and Jon Tester say the cuts would make travel to...
AAR: U.S. rail traffic up in January
(The Association of American Railroads posted the following on February 8.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Despite severe weather in parts of the country and continued weakness in the housing and automotive sectors, U.S. rail carload traffic rose 0.9 percent (13,876 carloads) to...
Amtrak locomotive hits MARC train, injuring 7
(The following story by Eric Weiss appeared on the Washington Post website on February 8.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board is looking into a crash yesterday at Union Station involving a MARC train and an Amtrak locomotive. A MARC commuter...
On this day in history: 1951 Jersey railway disaster
(The following appeared on the Brooklyn Eagle website on February 6.) WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Pennsylvania Railway’s Number 733, the “Broker,” was the deluxe commuter train running from Newark to Red Bank and making stops at the upper-middle-class havens along the New Jersey...
Opinion: Canada by trail a rail adventure
(The following story by Tom Koenninger appeared on The Columbian website on February 6.) JASPER, Alberta — Our first hint of trouble on the return home from Canada came when we were told the train hit a moose east of this Canadian Rockies town in Alberta, near its...
B.C. anniversary train to roll
(The following story by Tom Fletcher appeared on the BC Local News website on February 6.) VANCOUVER, B.C. — CP Rail and the provincial government are sponsoring a vintage train tour in June to mark the 150th anniversary of the founding the Crown colony of British...
