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UP plan to add double track across S. Ariz. has its critics
(The Associated Press circulated the following on April 14.) PHOENIX, Ariz. — State regulators are saying "not so fast" to Union Pacific's plan to add a second track to its main line across southern Arizona, a project that the railroad says would allow more trains to...
The Crossing: Last Run
(Editor’s Note: Earlier this year, the Rocky Mountain News published a 34-part series of articles by Kevin Vaughan about the worst traffic accident in the history of Colorado. At 7:59 a.m. on Dec. 14, 1961, a Union Pacific high-speed passenger train smashed into a...
Amtrak woos top D.C. official
(The following story by David Nakamura appeared on the Washington Post website on April 14.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — D.C. Chief Financial Officer Natwar M. Gandhi is being wooed by Amtrak, which has offered him $350,000 to take control of the debt-ridden railroad's...
Opinion: CSX practices endanger safety along the rail line
(The following column by John F. Collins appeared on the Buffalo News website on April 16. Brother Collins in Chairman of the BLET’s New York State Legislative Board.) BUFFALO, N.Y. — The article by Doug Turner, headlined “Congress Renews Calls for CSX Investigation,”...
U.P. train carrying executives hits car
(The following story by Kevin Cole appeared on the Omaha World-Herald website on April 13.) OMAHA — A Union Pacific train carrying several executives and guests, including company President Jim Young, was involved in a noninjury accident Wednesday near Scottsbluff....
Teamsters Disaster Relief available for members in New Mexico
CLEVELAND, April 13 — The Teamsters Disaster Relief Fund is accepting applications for assistance from members in the state of New Mexico regarding severe storms and tornadoes that caused major damage on March 23-24, 2007. BLET members in the following New Mexico...
Lots of advice, but no pot of gold for SEPTA during budget hearing
(The following story by Paul Nussbaum appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on April 13.) PHILADELPHIA — SEPTA got lots of advice yesterday about fare hikes and service cuts, but nobody showed up with $129 million. That's the amount of additional funding SEPTA...
LIRR lacks emergency equipment at Penn, Jamaica
(The following story by Jennifer Maloney appeared on the Newsday website on April 12.) NEW YORK — The Long Island Rail Road's two busiest stations — Penn and Jamaica — have no emergency medical technicians on duty, and the LIRR Commuters Council wants to determine the...
Illinois officials place trust in state for Amtrak route
(The following story by Thomas V. Bona appeared on the Rockford Register Star website on April 12.) MACHESNEY PARK, Ill. — Local leaders are speaking in a unified voice on which Amtrak route should be chosen — let the state decide. Rather than back one of the three...
UP train leaves the tracks in Ore.
(The following story by Kathy Aney appeared on the East Oregonian website on April 13.) UMATILLA, Ore. — A train derailed near Umatilla Thursday morning. Seven tanker cars, part of a train that included two Union Pacific engines, 11 cars and a caboose, slipped off the...
