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Getting rail plans on track
(The following article by Kelly Hannon was posted on the Free Lance Star website on September 21.) FREDERICKSBURG, Va. -- Rep. Jo Ann Davis summoned the biggest names in area rail transit to her office last week--Amtrak, Virginia Railway Express and CSX. She posed a...
NJ Transit updates “alert” system
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on September 21.) NEWARK, N.J. -- More commuters riding New Jersey Transit will be able to find out about late trains more quickly with new technology the agency is unveiling today. The "My Transit" system will be...
NJ Transit updates “alert” system
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on September 21.) NEWARK, N.J. -- More commuters riding New Jersey Transit will be able to find out about late trains more quickly with new technology the agency is unveiling today. The "My Transit" system will be...
MTA pushes LIRR gap safety
(Newsday posted the following article by Jennifer Maloney on its website on September 20.) NEW YORK -- "Watch the gap." Riding the Long Island Rail Road these days, you can't miss the message repeated on trains, in stations and on ticket machine screens. "I must have...
MTA pushes LIRR gap safety
(Newsday posted the following article by Jennifer Maloney on its website on September 20.) NEW YORK -- "Watch the gap." Riding the Long Island Rail Road these days, you can't miss the message repeated on trains, in stations and on ticket machine screens. "I must have...
Train cars derail; no one hurt
(The following article by Tom Lundvall was posted on the Cedar Rapids Gazette website on September 20.) VINTON, Iowa -- Twelve cars on an Iowa Northern Railway train carrying corn from local elevators to Cedar Rapids derailed at about 11:35 p.m. Tuesday. The...
Train cars derail; no one hurt
(The following article by Tom Lundvall was posted on the Cedar Rapids Gazette website on September 20.) VINTON, Iowa -- Twelve cars on an Iowa Northern Railway train carrying corn from local elevators to Cedar Rapids derailed at about 11:35 p.m. Tuesday. The...
Crawford returning to normal after train derailment
(The following article by Mike Anderson was posted on the Waco Tribune-Herald website on September 21.) CRAWFORD, Texas -- Phillip Nelms was sitting on his back porch watching a train pass through downtown Tuesday evening when something went terribly wrong. “My...
Crawford returning to normal after train derailment
(The following article by Mike Anderson was posted on the Waco Tribune-Herald website on September 21.) CRAWFORD, Texas -- Phillip Nelms was sitting on his back porch watching a train pass through downtown Tuesday evening when something went terribly wrong. “My...
Senator Durbin lobbies for Amtrak funding
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on September 21.) WASHINGTON -- Illinois officials' ambitious plans to expand Amtrak's intrastate rail service could be thrown overboard as Congress and the Bush administration struggle to determine Amtrak's...
