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Firms pledge upkeep on Mich. Amtrak lines
(The following story by Alex Nixon appeared on the Kalamazoo Gazette website on August 30.) BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — If they showed up expecting a fight, politicians from across southern Michigan left Battle Creek disappointed Wednesday morning. More than a dozen people...
UP’s runaway tanker could have been a disaster for Vegas
(The following story by Jesse Corona of KVBC-TV appeared at MSNBC.com on August 31.) LAS VEGAS — Lucky. That's what hazmat officials are calling Las Vegas. On Wednesday, a runaway tanker full of liquid chlorine escaped a railyard south of the city and raced through...
Las Vegas officials react to UP’s runaway railcar
(The following report by Edward Lawrence appeared on the KLASS-TV.com website on August 30.) LAS VEGAS — Reaction and the fallout from Wednesday's runaway railcar containing the deadly chemical chlorine has come from just about everywhere. From changes the city of Las...
After inspection, NS bridge in Va. closed for repairs
(The following story by Michael Laris appeared on the Washington Post website on August 31.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Virginia engineers shut down a one-lane, wood plank bridge in Prince William County owned by Norfolk Southern Railway yesterday, saying the 125-year-old...
Surface trade with NAFTA partners rises
(The Associated Press circulated the following on August 30.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Trade using trucks, railroads and pipelines between the U.S. and its North American Free Trade Agreement partners rose about 4 percent to nearly $69.53 billion in June, according to...
AAR: Rail freight traffic flat during most recent week
(The following report appeared on the Association of American Railroads website on August 30.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Freight traffic on U.S. railroads was flat during the week ended August 25 in comparison with the corresponding week last year, the Association of...
Russian TV crew detained for planting fake bomb on tracks
(The following report appeared on The Moscow Times website on August 30.) MOSCOW — Guards at a railway in the Sverdlovsk region detained a television crew Wednesday after the journalists planted a fake bomb on the tracks while filming an episode on terrorism for a...
38 years later, her train dream reaches last stop
(The following story by Jonathan Casiano appeared on the Star-Ledger website on August 30.) NEWARK, N.J. — Peering over a schedule book propped against the control room window, Andrea Vibbert leaned for ward to make the announcement she'd made a thousand times be...
Google may provide online guides for MTA, NJ Transit
(Bloomberg News circulated the following on August 28.) NEW YORK — Google Inc. provides online transit guides for more than a dozen American cities including Dallas and San Diego. Now it may take on the biggest. New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority and New...
RailAmerica announces new additions
(RailAmerica issued the following on August 29.) BOCA RATON, Fla. — RailAmerica, Inc., a leading operator of regional and short line roads, announced that Josh Putterman was named Assistant Vice President and Darryl Gabriel was named Regional Chief Engineer effective...
