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CTA, Metra to adjust schedules for New Year’s Eve
(The following story by Monifa Thomas appeared on the Chicago Sun-Times website on December 27.) CHICAGO — Football, fireworks and fancy New Year's Eve parties. With all of these events drawing throngs downtown, Sunday night has the potential for a transportation...
Amtrak’s Downeaster has been running for 5 years
(The following report by David Darman appeared on New Hampshire Public Radio on December 26, 2006.) CONCORD, N.H. — Amtrak's Downeaster train has celebrated its fifth anniversary. In 2001, train advocates claimed the Downeaster would fill a transportation need by...
Amtrak’s Downeaster has been running for 5 years
(The following report by David Darman appeared on New Hampshire Public Radio on December 26, 2006.) CONCORD, N.H. — Amtrak's Downeaster train has celebrated its fifth anniversary. In 2001, train advocates claimed the Downeaster would fill a transportation need by...
In big switch, railroads offer carloads of jobs
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by David Pitt on December 25.) BOONE, Iowa -- The hours are irregular and the work means long days away from home, but 22-year-old Brady Foster is following in his father's footsteps and signing on with the...
In big switch, railroads offer carloads of jobs
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by David Pitt on December 25.) BOONE, Iowa -- The hours are irregular and the work means long days away from home, but 22-year-old Brady Foster is following in his father's footsteps and signing on with the...
Railing against train traffic
(The following article by Ron Scherer appeared on the Christian Science Monitor website on December 24.) From his ostrich ranch, Rooster Cogburn looks out over a broad mesa covered with cactuses, pecan groves, and alfalfa. In the distance, the granite summit of...
Railing against train traffic
(The following article by Ron Scherer appeared on the Christian Science Monitor website on December 24.) From his ostrich ranch, Rooster Cogburn looks out over a broad mesa covered with cactuses, pecan groves, and alfalfa. In the distance, the granite summit of...
Railroad, Toledo officials iron out hazmat concerns
(The following story by David Patch appeared on the Toledo Blade website on December 25. Tim Hanely is the BLET’s State Legislative Board Chairman in Ohio.) TOLEDO, Ohio — When a tank car in a CSX railyard in Lake Township was suspected of leaking vinyl chloride...
Railroad, Toledo officials iron out hazmat concerns
(The following story by David Patch appeared on the Toledo Blade website on December 25. Tim Hanely is the BLET’s State Legislative Board Chairman in Ohio.) TOLEDO, Ohio — When a tank car in a CSX railyard in Lake Township was suspected of leaking vinyl chloride...
Hermiston seeks federal pressure against remote-control trains
(The following article appeared on the East Oregonian website on December 23.) HERMISTON, Ore. — The city wants its congressional delegation to help battle Union Pacific's plan to run remote-controlled trains through town. City Manager Ed Brookshier said Friday he...
