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State rail safety role questioned
(The following story by John Spano appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on January 16.) LOS ANGELES, Calif. — California officials lack the authority to determine whether Metrolink was partly responsible for the deaths of 11 people in a commuter train crash in...
Calif. ports OK cargo fee to help fund projects
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on January 15.) The Los Angeles and Long Beach Boards of Harbor Commissioners yesterday approved a measure to establish a cargo fee at the two major West Coast ports next year. The commissions expect the...
Amtrak back on the rails
(The following is a transcript of a National Public Radio story by Danielle Karson, which appeared at www.npr.org on January 16. To listen to the report, click here.) Doug Krizner: The number of passengers traveling by train in the U.S. is rising. That's good news for...
Amtrak strike would be commuter nightmare
(The Associated Press circulated the following by Sarah Karush on January 15.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Commuters stranded from Virginia to Massachusetts. Train service shut down at major terminals in New York, Chicago and Boston. A flood of extra cars on congested highways...
Deadline is Jan. 22 for Teamster disaster relief assistance in Ore., Wash.
CLEVELAND, January 15 — The Teamsters Disaster Relief Fund is accepting applications for assistance from members in the states of Oregon and Washington regarding severe storms, flooding, landslides and mudslides that damaged property on December 1, 2007. Oregon...
Soldier survived World War II train disaster
(The following story by Bill Jones appeared on The Tribune-Democrat website on January 12.) JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — The train had covered about 50 miles in eight hours, stopping at several villages and rarely moving as fast as 10 mph. It was pulled by an aged British...
Historic UP depot readied for move
(The following story by Ryan Morgan appeared on the Boulder Daily Camera website on January 15.) BOULDER, Colo. — In the near future, people on their way to get groceries or books at the shopping center at 30th and Pearl streets are going to glance at the northeast...
German locomotive engineers win 11% wage increase
(The following story by Hugh Williamson appeared on the Financial Times website on January 15.) BERLIN — German train drivers are to receive an 11 per cent pay increase under an outline agreement with the state-owned railway operator Deutsche Bahn - a move that could...
ODU to test another maglev train
(The following story by Debbie Messina appeared on The Virginian-Pilot website on January 15.) NORFOLK, Va. — Old Dominion University is partnering with a Massachusetts-based company to test another maglev train on its campus. The partnership, which has won the...
Editorial: W.Va. can’t miss out on chance to invest in NS transfer yard
(The following editorial appeared on The Herald-Dispatch website on January 14.) HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Construction has begun on what could be the largest and most important transportation project in this region in years. Norfolk Southern has begun work to raise the...
