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President of Amtrak is said to oust 5 of its top officials
(The following article by Matthew L. Wald was posted on the New York Times website on December 15.) WASHINGTON -- In an unusually large management shake-up, the new president of Amtrak fired four top officials Friday and put a fifth in a 90-day temporary position,...
Amtrak president reorganizes management
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on December 18.) WASHINGTON -- Amtrak's new president on Monday announced broad changes to the company's senior management and said his new team would be better able to reform the much-criticized passenger...
Amtrak president reorganizes management
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on December 18.) WASHINGTON -- Amtrak's new president on Monday announced broad changes to the company's senior management and said his new team would be better able to reform the much-criticized passenger...
Rail yard worker struck by train
BETHLEHEM, N.Y. -- An employee crossing tracks at the Selkirk rail yards around midnight was killed when a freight train struck his ATV, officials said today. John A. Williams, a mechanic with 13 years of experience at the railroad, was traveling an access road from...
Rail yard worker struck by train
BETHLEHEM, N.Y. -- An employee crossing tracks at the Selkirk rail yards around midnight was killed when a freight train struck his ATV, officials said today. John A. Williams, a mechanic with 13 years of experience at the railroad, was traveling an access road from...
Candid cameras for trains
(The following article by Richard Wronski was posted on the Chicago Tribune website on December 16.) CHICAGO -- The video taken from a Metra train cab is unnerving: In one scene, a woman, oblivious to the 130-ton engine bearing down on her, gingerly steps across the...
Candid cameras for trains
(The following article by Richard Wronski was posted on the Chicago Tribune website on December 16.) CHICAGO -- The video taken from a Metra train cab is unnerving: In one scene, a woman, oblivious to the 130-ton engine bearing down on her, gingerly steps across the...
Opinion: Railroad transport needs reasonable security rules
(The following editorial was posted on the Herald Dispatch website on December 18.) HUNTINGTON, WVa. -- More than five years after 9/11, the Bush administration has gotten around to developing a plan to prevent against terrorist attacks on trains. The proposal by the...
Opinion: Railroad transport needs reasonable security rules
(The following editorial was posted on the Herald Dispatch website on December 18.) HUNTINGTON, WVa. -- More than five years after 9/11, the Bush administration has gotten around to developing a plan to prevent against terrorist attacks on trains. The proposal by the...
Officials tighten security for railroad shipments
(The following article by Del Quentin Wilber was posted on the Washington Post website on December 16.) WASHINGTON -- Federal officials unveiled a plan Friday to tighten security for railroad shipments of hazardous materials, saying the rules would reduce the risk of...
