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MBCR graduates record number of women locomotive engineers
(Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad Company issued the following news release on December 1.) BOSTON -- Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad Company (MBCR) today announced its second class of new Locomotive Engineers who will operate commuter rail trains throughout...
Higher VRE fares are proposed to offset budget shortfall
(The following article by Lisa Rein was posted on the Washington Post website on December 5.) WASHINGTON -- Virginia Railway Express should raise fares, reduce station security and slash rider discounts to cover a nearly $8 million budget deficit created by plunging...
Higher VRE fares are proposed to offset budget shortfall
(The following article by Lisa Rein was posted on the Washington Post website on December 5.) WASHINGTON -- Virginia Railway Express should raise fares, reduce station security and slash rider discounts to cover a nearly $8 million budget deficit created by plunging...
Transportation Secretary meets with DM&E opponents, supporters
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on December 5.) ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters stepped into the 9-year-old debate over the expansion of the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad on Monday, visiting railroad...
Transportation Secretary meets with DM&E opponents, supporters
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on December 5.) ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters stepped into the 9-year-old debate over the expansion of the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad on Monday, visiting railroad...
Evacuations follow Ill. train derailment
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Jim Suhr on December 4.) CHRISTOPHER, Ill. -- A Union Pacific freight train derailed in southern Illinois early Monday, spilling 20,000 gallons of oil products and forcing the evacuation of more than 70 homes....
Evacuations follow Ill. train derailment
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Jim Suhr on December 4.) CHRISTOPHER, Ill. -- A Union Pacific freight train derailed in southern Illinois early Monday, spilling 20,000 gallons of oil products and forcing the evacuation of more than 70 homes....
U.P. eyes safety, lower fuel costs
(The following article by Stacie Hamel was posted on the Omaha World-Herald website on December 5. John Bentley is the BLET’s spokeman.) OMAHA, Neb. -- Union Pacific is preparing to test two technologies it believes could save the Omaha-based railroad at least $150...
U.P. eyes safety, lower fuel costs
(The following article by Stacie Hamel was posted on the Omaha World-Herald website on December 5. John Bentley is the BLET’s spokeman.) OMAHA, Neb. -- Union Pacific is preparing to test two technologies it believes could save the Omaha-based railroad at least $150...
DM&E sues for right to survey land
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on December 4.) GILLETTE, Wyo. -- Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad has initiated court proceedings against more than a dozen northeastern Wyoming landowners for permission to look over their land for a...
