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Amtrak picking up allies
(The following article by Paul Nussbaum was posted on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on March 3.) PHILADELPHIA -- Amtrak is still fighting Bush administration demands that it turn a profit, but prospects are improving for long-term federal funding to improve...
28 Union Pacific cars derail in East Texas
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on March 4.) CHANDLER, Texas -- Twenty-eight cars of a Union Pacific train derailed Sunday afternoon just west of the Neches River in Henderson County. No injuries were reported but some nearby homes were...
8 cars on CSX freight train derail
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on March 4.) BEAVER FALLS, Pa. -- Eight cars of a CSX freight train derailed in Beaver County on Saturday night, but none of the cars were carrying hazardous material and no injuries were reported, company...
Metra train engineer hit by rock
(The Chicago Daily Southtown posted the following article on its website on March 5.) CHICAGO -- A rock flew through a running Metra train window, shattering glass and injuring its engineer Sunday afternoon. Metra spokeswoman Meg Reile said it appears someone threw a...
Passengers pan NJ Transit fare hike plan
(The following story by Jim Walsh appeared on the Courier-Post website on March 1.) CAMDEN, N.J. — At a public meeting here Wednesday, an NJ Transit official made a case for boosting bus and rail fares by nearly 10 percent. But at a local bus stop, the agency's riders...
22-month-old hops on train without parents
(The following story by Nicole Bode and Tracy Connor appeared on the Daily News website on March 2.) NEW YORK — He's 22 months old, stands less than 3 feet tall and is still in diapers - yet somehow he managed to ride a No. 7 express all on his own. Stuart Tito took...
Amtrak service between Vancouver and Seattle to double
(The Vancouver Sun posted the following article on its website on March 2.) VANCOUVER -- By the summer of 2008, there should be two Amtrak passenger trains running between Vancouver and Seattle each day. The B.C. government announced today it will contribute a maximum...
AAR: Intermodal up, carload freight down on nation’s railroads
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following news release on March 1.) WASHINGTON -- Intermodal volume was up but carload traffic was down on U.S. railroads during the week ended February 24 in comparison with a year ago, the Association of American...
Boy falls through LIRR gap
(Newsday posted the following article by Jennifer Maloney on its website on March 2.) NEW YORK -- Delmy Alvarado gripped a suitcase in one hand and her 4-year-old in another as she stepped off a train at the Long Island Rail Road station in Westbury. Then, she said,...
Weeks after toxic train fire, some families still displaced
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Dylan T. Lovan on March 2.) LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- It’s been six weeks since Angela Smith slept in her own bed. That morning she awoke to a thick black cloud of smoke billowing from burning rail cars that went off...
