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Illinois budget hike for Amtrak to add trains
(The following article by Jon Hilkevitch was posted on the Chicago Tribune website on May 10.) CHICAGO -- Two additional daily Amtrak roundtrips between Chicago and St. Louis and an extra run each on the Quincy and Carbondale lines are being planned as a result of the...
Illinois budget hike for Amtrak to add trains
(The following article by Jon Hilkevitch was posted on the Chicago Tribune website on May 10.) CHICAGO -- Two additional daily Amtrak roundtrips between Chicago and St. Louis and an extra run each on the Quincy and Carbondale lines are being planned as a result of the...
US freight customers rail against delays
(The following article was posted on the Financial Times website on May 10.) NEW YORK -- It is a standoff befitting of the town where Billy the Kid, the legendary Wild West outlaw, was laid to rest. Two stationary freight trains face each other across a 1,500ft-long,...
US freight customers rail against delays
(The following article was posted on the Financial Times website on May 10.) NEW YORK -- It is a standoff befitting of the town where Billy the Kid, the legendary Wild West outlaw, was laid to rest. Two stationary freight trains face each other across a 1,500ft-long,...
Senator Burns says rail rates driving up electricity costs
(The following article by Jo Dee Black was posted on the Great Falls Tribune website on May 10.) GREAT FALLS, Mont. -- Consumers are paying a price for monopoly railroads every time they turn on a light switch. That's the claim of Sen. Conrad Burns, R-Mont., who wants...
Senator Burns says rail rates driving up electricity costs
(The following article by Jo Dee Black was posted on the Great Falls Tribune website on May 10.) GREAT FALLS, Mont. -- Consumers are paying a price for monopoly railroads every time they turn on a light switch. That's the claim of Sen. Conrad Burns, R-Mont., who wants...
Wind blows freight cars off tracks, key rail link closed
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on May 9.) BELLE PLAINE, Kan. -- Authorities now say 16 freight cars were blown off the tracks by wind in southern Kansas early today, shutting down a key rail link. BNSF Railway says 16 of the 30 cars on the...
Wind blows freight cars off tracks, key rail link closed
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on May 9.) BELLE PLAINE, Kan. -- Authorities now say 16 freight cars were blown off the tracks by wind in southern Kansas early today, shutting down a key rail link. BNSF Railway says 16 of the 30 cars on the...
Virginia commits $22 million for rail project
(The following article by Gregory Richards was posted on the Virginian-Pilot website on May 9.) NORFOLK, Va. -- Gov. Timothy M. Kaine and Norfolk Southern Chief Executive Wick Moorman finalized an agreement Monday for the state to contribute $22.3 million to the $251...
Virginia commits $22 million for rail project
(The following article by Gregory Richards was posted on the Virginian-Pilot website on May 9.) NORFOLK, Va. -- Gov. Timothy M. Kaine and Norfolk Southern Chief Executive Wick Moorman finalized an agreement Monday for the state to contribute $22.3 million to the $251...
