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Amtrak bill on track to Senate passage
(The following report appeared on the Congressional Quarterly website on October 26.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Senate is headed for a vote early next week on legislation to reauthorize funding for Amtrak, with passage likely despite continued efforts by GOP critics to...
Senate set to consider 6-year, $19.2B Amtrak legislation
(Gannett News Service circulated the following story by Raju Chebium on October 28.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Senate is scheduled to consider an Amtrak bill Tuesday that would provide the nation's passenger railroad more money than it ever has received and make a major...
Railroad worker fatally crushed between two rail cars
(The Associated Press circulated the following on October 27.) RACELAND, Ky. — A 52-year-old railroad worker was fatally crushed between two rail cars in Greenup County Saturday morning. William L. Worsham got pinned between two cars during a routine switching...
2007 CP Rail Holiday Train raises money, food and awareness for food banks
(Canadian Pacific issued the following on October 26.) CALGARY — For more than 100 communities in Canada and the United States, the spirit of giving to local food banks will again be front and centre with the ninth annual Canadian Pacific Holiday Train Program - North...
BLET member Prone proud to run ceremonial train
(The following story by Sue Scheible appeared on The Patriot Ledger website on October 29. Richard S. Prone is a member of BLET Division 57 in Boston. George Newman is chairman of the Massachusetts State Legislative Board.) BOSTON — The engineer who will operate the...
Teamsters Disaster Relief assistance available for California
CLEVELAND, October 26 — 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...
Opinion: ‘Beat the train’ idea can be a loss of life
(The following column by Jim Cain appeared on the Nashville Tennessean website on October 26. Cain is a former locomotive engineer and currently serves as a member of the CSX public affairs and safety team.) NASHVILLE — As a former freight-rail locomotive engineer, I...
Metra fares may jump 30% by 2010
(The following story by Richard Wronski appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on October 25.) CHICAGO — Metra riders can expect fares to increase up to 30 percent over the next three years and trains to be slower, dirtier and more crowded if the commuter rail...
Train horns may blast for Halloween debut
(The following story by Peter J. Howe appeared on the Boston Globe website on October 26.) BOSTON — Toot-toot for trick-or-treat. South Shore officials girding for the Oct. 31 return of commuter trains to the Greenbush Line asked federal railroad regulators yesterday...
BNSF structure no cause for fear, engineer says
(The following story by Tim Potter appeared on The Wichita Eagle website on October 26.) WICHITA, Kan. — Emery Goad is a private investigator, not an engineer. But from his office along Wichita's recently opened Downtown Rail Corridor, he says he saw what looked like...
