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Conn. says no to last call on bar cars
(The following article by Mark Ginocchio was posted on the Stamford Advocate website on December 9.) STAMFORD, Conn. -- State Department of Transportation officials say they intend to keep the New Haven Line's bar car stocked and in service for the foreseeable future,...
Amtrak official suggests extending Heartland Flyer route to Tulsa
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on December 9.) TULSA, Okla. -- The continued viability of the Heartland Flyer rail line could be increased if state leaders decided to extend it from Oklahoma City to Tulsa, an Amtrak official said Friday. The...
Amtrak official suggests extending Heartland Flyer route to Tulsa
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on December 9.) TULSA, Okla. -- The continued viability of the Heartland Flyer rail line could be increased if state leaders decided to extend it from Oklahoma City to Tulsa, an Amtrak official said Friday. The...
Capitol Corridor marks 15 years as it looks ahead
(The following article by Erik N. Nelson was posted on the Inside Bay Area website on December 9.) OAKLAND, Calif. -- Rising from the ashes of early 1990s Amtrak cutbacks, the Capitol Corridor passenger rail service between Sacramento and the Bay Area celebrated its...
Capitol Corridor marks 15 years as it looks ahead
(The following article by Erik N. Nelson was posted on the Inside Bay Area website on December 9.) OAKLAND, Calif. -- Rising from the ashes of early 1990s Amtrak cutbacks, the Capitol Corridor passenger rail service between Sacramento and the Bay Area celebrated its...
Train-based cargo transport grows
(The Indianapolis Star posted the following article by Ted Evanoff on its website on December 10.) INDIANAPOLIS -- Buy a winter coat made in China, and chances are good it was shipped on a freighter to Los Angeles, loaded on a train for Chicago, then trucked to...
Train-based cargo transport grows
(The Indianapolis Star posted the following article by Ted Evanoff on its website on December 10.) INDIANAPOLIS -- Buy a winter coat made in China, and chances are good it was shipped on a freighter to Los Angeles, loaded on a train for Chicago, then trucked to...
Black Hills Central RR keeps the steam engine experience alive
(The following story by Dustin D. Floyd appeared in the online version of Deadwood Magazine’s December 2006 issue.) DEADWOOD, S.C. — In the middle of the 20th century, railroads found stiff competition in the form of the automobile and freeways. Now, at the beginning...
Black Hills Central RR keeps the steam engine experience alive
(The following story by Dustin D. Floyd appeared in the online version of Deadwood Magazine’s December 2006 issue.) DEADWOOD, S.C. — In the middle of the 20th century, railroads found stiff competition in the form of the automobile and freeways. Now, at the beginning...
‘Tis the season for SEPTA’s holiday trolley
(SEPTA issued the following release on December 7.) PHILADELPHIA — Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way, O what fun it is to ride in SEPTA's special "holiday trolley." In service now on the SEPTA Route 15 trolley line the specially decorated PCC II trolley...
