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NJ Transit adjusting railroad schedules
(The following article by Larry Higgs was posted on the Asbury Park Press website on January 5.) NEWARK, N.J. -- New schedules for NJ Transit trains will take effect Jan. 14 and will bring changes on several lines, including the North Jersey Coast Line. Coast Line...
MBTA to buy locomotives and coaches
(The following article by Mac Daniel was posted on the Boston Globe website on January 4.) BOSTON -- MBTA officials said Thursday they plan to buy 38 commuter rail locomotives and 75 double-decker coaches in a major step to improve reliability and cut overcrowding on...
Study slams MTA and LIRR gap response
(Newsday posted the following article by Jennifer Sinco Kelleher on its website on January 4.) NEW YORK -- From a wheelchair at the Long Island Rail Road station where Natalie Smead fell to her death, an advocate for disabled riders said Thursday that MTA and LIRR...
U.S. Court upholds DM&E Powder River project approval
(Reuters circulated the following article on January 4.) NEW YORK -- A U.S. appeals court upheld the approval of Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad Corp.'s $6 billion rail expansion project to serve coal mines in the Powder River Basin, L.B. Foster Co. said...
Schumer pushes for train safety legislation
(The Elmira Star-Gazette posted the following article on its website on January 4.) ELMIRA, N.Y. -- U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., announced today he plans to reintroduce railroad safety and security legislation that would direct millions of dollars in new funding...
Train tanker blaze forces evacuations
(The following article by Anne Miller was posted on the Albany Times Union website on January 5.) BETHLEHEM, N.Y. -- A train tanker car holding 22,000 gallons of highly explosive methanol caught fire at the CSX rail yard in Selkirk Thursday night, prompting an...
TCRC: GO job cuts perilous
(The following article by Brian Gray was posted on the Toronto Sun website on January 4.) TORONTO -- GO Transit is jeopardizing its safety record by reducing the size of its train crews, the union representing locomotive engineers said yesterday. As of last Saturday,...
Rail rates rock state companies
(The following article by Marv Balousek was posted on the Wisconsin State Journal website on January 3.) MADISON, Wisc. -- Rail customers in Wisconsin say they're struggling to pay higher shipping rates while national railroads report record- setting operating income....
Steven R. Chealander becomes NTSB member
(The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following news release on January 3.) WASHINGTON -- Steven R. Chealander was sworn in today as a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board. Mr. Chealander brings a wealth of both civilian and military...
Update on NTSB investigation into WMATA track inspector fatalities
(The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following news release on January 3.) WASHINGTON -- The National Transportation Safety Board continues to investigate the November 30, 2006 accident in which two Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority...
