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UP makes effort to solve yard pollution
(The following story by Diane Dietz appeared on The Register-Guard website on August 13.) EUGENE, Ore. — Union Pacific has spent about $6 million addressing pollution at its Eugene rail yard, according to the Department of Environmental Quality. Besides paying a half...
S.D. commission eases way for DM&E to use eminent domain
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Chet Brokaw on August 13.) SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — New rules that likely will be used to handle the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad's application to acquire land for its planned $6 billion expansion project...
New track under construction in Cajon Pass
(The following story by Andrew Silva appeared on the Daily Bulletin website on August 13.) CAJON PASS — The passionate train watchers who flock to the Cajon Pass are being treated to the added bonus of big yellow machines working beside the long trains chugging up and...
Gang members indicted in attack on Amtrak train crew
(The following story by Christina Jewett appeared on the Sacramento Bee website on August 14.) SACRAMENTO — Five alleged members of the Broderick Boys street gang were arraigned Monday on charges that they stopped an Amtrak train in April and attempted to rob and kill...
FRA issues grants to University of Nebraska, Alaska Railroad and Port of Portland
(The Federal Railroad Administration issued the following on August 10.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) announced the award of $18.5 million for 13 U.S. universities to work...
Riding the rails
(The following story by Paul McDonald appeared on the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier website on August 12.) "Good mornin' America, how are you? Don't you know me? I'm your native son! I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans ..." — Arlo Guthrie WATERLOO, Iowa —...
Blazing a new rail for Chicago’s Union Station
(GateHouse News Service circulated the following story by Mike Ramsey on August 11.) CHICAGO — With its marble floors, Corinthian columns and soaring barrel-vaulted ceiling of glass, the Great Hall of Chicago's Union Station has served as a hub for train travelers...
Port discovery shaped Southeast Texas’ economy
(The following story by Heather Nolan appeared on The Enterprise website on August 13.) BEAUMONT, Texas — An accidental discovery in the 1800s has had one of the biggest economic impacts on Beaumont to date. According to the book "Beaumont: A Chronicle of Promise," in...
Switching stories
(The following story by Diane Dietz appeared on the The Register-Guard website on August 12.) EUGENE, Ore. — For a decade, the state Department of Environmental Quality sounded like a broken record on the polluted groundwater that runs under the River Road and...
Opinion: Innovative ideas could revitalize rail service across Canada
(The following column by Martin Wooldridge appeared on the The Leader-Post website on August 11. Wooldridge is president of Transport 2000 Prairie.) REGINA — Transport 2000 Prairie represents Canadians living in Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan who are deeply...
