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Engineer of Amtrak train had been certified 3 months
(The following story by Rosalind Rossi appeared on the Chicago Sun-Times website on December 4.) CHICAGO — An Amtrak engineer who plowed into the rear of a freight train had been fully certified for only about three months when he sped up — despite a signal that...
Deadline is December 10 for Teamster Disaster Relief assistance in Calif.
CLEVELAND, December 3 — The Teamsters Disaster Relief Fund is accepting applications for assistance from members in the state of California regarding wildfires that caused major damage in the following counties on October 21, 2007: Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San...
An End to the Free Ride on Trains in Los Angeles
(The New York Times circulated the following story by Randal C. Archibold on December 2) LOS ANGELES, Ca. — It may be hard to fathom for subway riders in cities like New York, Chicago and Boston, but the transit system in Los Angeles has no turnstiles, gates or other...
CSX says new tunnel a long dig away
(The following story by Michael Dresser appeared in the Baltimore Sun on December 2) BALTIMORE, Md - The Howard Street Tunnel has been a headache from the day its opened in 1895. It drove the railroad that built it into bankruptcy. It's been obsolete for decades. A...
Delay-prone diesel trains pose dilemma for LIRR
(The following story by Steve Ritea appeared on Newsday.com on December 2) In the nine weeks after starting her first full-time teaching job, Long Island Rail Road commuter Robin Larsen was late to work four times. She always caught the 5:37 a.m. train out of...
Train braked, officials say, NTSB says cause of wreck still unclear
(The following story by Monique Garcia and Emma Graves Fitzsimmons, Tribune staff reporters appeared in the Chicago Tribune December 2) An Amtrak train traveling about 40 m.p.h. applied its brakes for 9 seconds and skidded 400 to 500 feet before hitting a stopped...
Glacier National park officials: BNSF Howitzer ban in limbo
(The following story written by Michael Jamison appeared on Missoulian News Online on December 3) WEST GLACIER - Glacier National Park officials want to deny a railroad's request to bomb the park's avalanche alleys with howitzers, but that denial is on hold and many...
Proposed sale of EJ&E is put on hold
(The following story by Cindy Wojdyla Cain appeared in the Beacon News, December 2) AURORA, Il - -The U.S. Surface Transportation Board has put the brakes on the proposed sale of the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railroad to Canadian National Railway Co. The agency said...
President Bush to nominate Francis Mulvey for STB
(White House press release November 30) WASHINGTON, DC – The President intends to nominate Francis Mulvey, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Surface Transportation Board, for an additional five-year term expiring 12/31/2012. Mr. Mulvey currently serves as a Member of...
President Bush to appoint members of Presidential Emergency Board #242
(White House press release November 30) WASHINGTON, DC – November 20 - The President intends to appoint the following individuals to be Members of the Presidential Emergency Board #242 to investigate the dispute between AMTRAK and eight Unions: Ira F. Jaffe, of...
