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Metra posts highest 1Q ridership ever
(The following report appeared at the Crain’s Chicago Business website on May 12.) CHICAGO — Metra posted its highest-ever first-quarter ridership numbers this year. Ridership for the first three months of the year was 19.6 million, about 1% higher than Metra’s...
Managers to hit tracks as CP rail strike starts
(The Canadian Press circulated the following on May 16.) TORONTO — Workers who maintain tracks and bridges at Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. walked off the job starting early today, bringing the country its second national railway strike this year. But officials at...
TCRC maintenance workers walk off job at CP
(The Canadian Press circulated the following on May 15.) OTTAWA — Workers who maintain track and bridges for Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. have walked off the job, the second strike at one of Canada's national railways this year. A 2 a.m. ET strike deadline passed...
Cleveland men want to turn freight cars into billboards
(The following story by Frank Bentayou appeared on the Cleveland Plain Dealer website on May 12.) CLEVELAND, May 12 — These are not the usual graffiti, rude slogans spray-painted on the rolling billboards that thousands of railroad freight cars might become if the...
LIRR seeks $1.7M for track sanders
(The following report by Jennifer Maloney appeared on the Newsday website on May 14.) NEW YORK — Long Island Rail Road officials hope that sand will solve the autumnal problem of slippery, leaf-blanketed tracks. The railroad will ask the LIRR/Long Island Bus Committee...
Irregular track alignment causes UP derailment in Neb.
(The Associated Press circulated the following on May 14.) KEARNEY, Neb. — Irregular track alignment caused two coal trains to collide between Kearney and Gibbon and temporarily close three rail lines over the weekend, a Union Pacific Railroad spokesman said. The...
UP train jumps tracks in Colton, forces evacuation
(The following story by Stacia Glenn appeared on the Daily Bulletin website on May 14.) COLTON, Calif. — The second derailment of railroad cars in two weeks briefly forced the evacuation of 40 residents of a Colton neighborhood Monday. Eight cars of a Union Pacific...
N.J. gets green light on funding rail tunnel
(The following story by Tom Feeney appeared on the Star-Ledger website on May 15.) NEWARK — The Corzine administration got approval yesterday for its plan to use federal highway aid to help pay for a new rail tunnel beneath the Hudson River. The North Jersey...
Suspicious Amtrak passenger released
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on May 15.) DENVER — A passenger on a Chicago-bound Amtrak train who was detained in Colorado after other passengers became suspicious was released Monday after the FBI determined he was not a threat. The man, whose...
Denver TransPort hub nears deal for link to UP service
(The following story by Chris Walsh appeared on the Rocky Mountain News website on May 15.) DENVER — Developers planning a multibillion-dollar transportation hub east of Denver are close to finalizing a major agreement to bring rail service to the area. The deal would...
