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Nuke ‘Death Train’ rolls into history
(The following article by Jim McBride was posted on the Amarillo Globe-News website on August 6.) AMARILLO, Texas -- Once they served as Cold War sentinels, protecting heavily armed crews who crisscrossed the country with nuclear warheads in tow. But several Pantex...
Nuke ‘Death Train’ rolls into history
(The following article by Jim McBride was posted on the Amarillo Globe-News website on August 6.) AMARILLO, Texas -- Once they served as Cold War sentinels, protecting heavily armed crews who crisscrossed the country with nuclear warheads in tow. But several Pantex...
Railroads back on track and hiring
(The Atlanta Journal-Constitution posted the following article by Matt Kempner on its website on August 6.) ATLANTA, Ga. -- The baby-faced 22-year-old's arms shake as he hangs from the ladder, his boots on a rung a mere 4 inches off the ground. All he has to do is...
Railroads back on track and hiring
(The Atlanta Journal-Constitution posted the following article by Matt Kempner on its website on August 6.) ATLANTA, Ga. -- The baby-faced 22-year-old's arms shake as he hangs from the ladder, his boots on a rung a mere 4 inches off the ground. All he has to do is...
Train cars derailed in Arizona
(The following article by David L. Teibel was posted on the Tucson Citizen website on August 5.) TUCSON, Ariz. -- Eight railroad cars derailed just outside Marana on Friday night, hitting three vehicles but injuring no one, authorities said. Authorities were unclear...
Train cars derailed in Arizona
(The following article by David L. Teibel was posted on the Tucson Citizen website on August 5.) TUCSON, Ariz. -- Eight railroad cars derailed just outside Marana on Friday night, hitting three vehicles but injuring no one, authorities said. Authorities were unclear...
Opinion: Host railroads put Amtrak on wrong track
(The following article by Guy Darst was posted on the Boston Herald website on August 7.) BOSTON -- Amtrak increasingly is getting shafted by most of the railroads whose track its passenger trains must use. This ought to be better known, both to stimulate some...
Opinion: Host railroads put Amtrak on wrong track
(The following article by Guy Darst was posted on the Boston Herald website on August 7.) BOSTON -- Amtrak increasingly is getting shafted by most of the railroads whose track its passenger trains must use. This ought to be better known, both to stimulate some...
Senate to debate Lott/Lautenberg Amtrak legislation
(The Meridian Star posted the following article on its website on August 6.) MERIDIAN, Miss. -- United States Senators Trent Lott (R-Miss.) and Frank R. Lautenberg (D-N.J.) have reached a deal with Senate leaders to bring up the lawmakers’ landmark legislation to...
Senate to debate Lott/Lautenberg Amtrak legislation
(The Meridian Star posted the following article on its website on August 6.) MERIDIAN, Miss. -- United States Senators Trent Lott (R-Miss.) and Frank R. Lautenberg (D-N.J.) have reached a deal with Senate leaders to bring up the lawmakers’ landmark legislation to...
