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Mich. rail officials say Amtrak will ride on
(The following story by Nick Schirripa appeared on the Battle Creek Enquirer website on August 30.) BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Railroad officials said Wednesday that Amtrak service between Ypsilanti and Kalamazoo is expected to continue after rail ownership changes hands,...
LIRR adding trains for Labor Day holiday
(The following story by Joseph Mallia appeared on the Newsday website on August 29.) NEW YORK — The Long Island Rail Road will add eight eastbound trains from Penn Station on Friday between 2:09 p.m. and 3:48 p.m. for customers planning an early start to the Labor Day...
Orders boost Bombardier
(The Canadian Press circulated the following on August 30.) MONTREAL — Transportation manufacturer Bombardier Inc. is benefiting from the turnaround in the aerospace industry as record aircraft orders have pushed it to boost production and consider bringing back some...
Consultant: CSX plan to cost Fla. county $729,789
(The following story by Tom Palmer appeared on The Lakeland Ledger website on August 30.) BARTOW, Fla. — Growth doesn't pay for itself and forces local officials to choose between increasing taxes or cutting services, a Tallahassee consultant told county commissioners...
Vision for Fla. commuter rail includes more than tracks
(The following story by Jay Hamburg appeared on the Orlando Sentinel website on August 30.) ORLANDO, Fla. — The Central Florida Commuter Rail Commission, meeting for the first time Wednesday, took its thinking way beyond the recently approved rail route from DeLand to...
Amtrak track repairs delay trains between Newark, N.Y.
(The Associated Press circulated the following on August 30.) NEWARK, N.J. — Rail commuters are facing delays between Newark and New York City. NJ Transit says Amtrak had to repair a defect in the tracks in Kearny. Only one track was open until the problem was fixed...
Runaway UP chlorine train car rolls unattended through Las Vegas
(The Associated Press circulated the following on August 30.) LAS VEGAS — Officials are investigating how a runaway chlorine tank car rolled for 20 miles through Las Vegas before train crews stopped it. A Union Pacific Railroad official says no one was hurt, there was...
BLET Engineer gives lessons in railroad safety
(The following story by Mike Rosier appeared on the Index-Journal website on August 29. Terry Erwin is a member of BLET Division 498 in Abbeville, S.C.) GREENWOOD, S.C. — Terry Erwin has been there. Between the realization and the impact. And it’s a very scary place....
Lawsuit blames cancer on BNSF railroad tie plant
(The following story by Max B. Baker appeared on the Fort Worth Star-Telegram website on August 29.) FORT WORTH, Texas — Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. is fighting allegations that pollution from a tie-making plant it once operated contributed to cancer in its...
Fix at Nogales wash out holds up despite rain
(The following story by Brady McCombs appeared on the Arizona Daily Star website on August 29.) NOGALES, Ariz. — Officials continued patching up a section of a concrete wash Tuesday that was torn up by floodwaters in an effort to prevent the rupture of an exposed pipe...
