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Historic Iowa depot to be restored
(The following story by William Petroski appeared on the Des Moines Register website on December 11.) OSCEOLA, Iowa —Osceola's century-old passenger train depot, which serves Iowa's busiest Amtrak stop, is finally on track for a historic restoration. After years of...
GO Transit must reduce delays, collect unpaid fares
(The following story by Jeff Gray appeared on the Globe and Mail website on December 12.) TORONTO — Delay-prone GO Transit not only needs to do more to keep its trains on time, it should crack down on passengers who fail to pay their fares, a report by Ontario's...
Gunman in shootout with NS police died of self-inflicted wound
(The following report appeared on the Indianapolis Star website on December 12.) NEW ALBANY, Ind. — Floyd County Prosecutor Keith Henderson says a man who exchanged fire with a railroad police officer in New Albany died of a self-inflicted wound. Henderson said an...
Chicago gridlock may put federal funding at risk
(The following report by Richard Wronski appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on December 12.) CHICAGO — The legislative deadlock over state funding for mass transit may jeopardize federal dollars for major commuter rail improvements in the Chicago region, two...
Car strikes, derails train in Indy
(The following report appeared at TheIndyChannel.com on December 12.) INDIANAPOLIS — A car struck a freight train on the city's south side Tuesday night, knocking a couple of the train's cars off the tracks and causing no serious injuries. The CSX train was crossing...
Ridership rises significantly on Caltrans/Amtrak San Joaquins trains
(The California Department of Transportation issued the following on December 11.) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Ridership on the state-supported Amtrak San Joaquins Corridor service exceeded all expectations during the month of November with a dramatic jump of 13.1 percent,...
Littleton light-rail service at standstill
(The following story by Kirk Mitchell, Jeffrey Leib and Manny Gonzales appeared on The Denver Post website on December 12.) LITTLETON, Colo. — Transit officials don't know when a section of the light-rail system in Littleton will reopen after service was halted...
Trains collide in Colorado
(The Associated Press circulated the following on December 12.) DENVER — A light-rail passenger train collided with a coal train early Tuesday as a storm hit metropolitan Denver during the morning rush hour, reducing commuters to a crawl. No injuries were reported in...
Train victim’s estate awarded $2.5 million
(The following report appeared on the website Riverside/ Brookfield Landmark on December 12.) OAK PARK, Ill. — The Burlington Northern-Santa Fe Railroad has settled a lawsuit filed against it by the estate of an Oak Park woman who was killed by a Metra express train...
N.J. Transit to stop idling trains starting next year
(The following story by Kathy Chang appeared on the Woodbridge Sentinel website on December 12.) NEWARK, N.J. — Richard Sarles, NJ Transit executive director, announced in November that NJ Transit would move to a new policy that would significantly reduce the historic...
