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Commuter railroads scramble for contingency plans
(The following article by Patrick McGeehan was posted on the New York Times website on December 12.) NEW YORK -- What may once have been true of a Porsche is certainly true of New York City's fleet of subway trains and buses: There is no substitute. But with a strike...
Attorney sues railroad on behalf of mill workers
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on December 12.) AIKEN, S.C. -- An attorney is seeking class-action status for a lawsuit filed against railroad owner Norfolk Southern, claiming 350 workers laid off by Avondale Mills after a deadly train wreck a...
St. Nick, sans steam
(The following article by Jose Paul Corona was posted on the Columbian website on December 12.) VANCOUVER -- Not even a train derailment could stop Santa Claus from making his scheduled appearance. Eager families braved cold weather Sunday morning and gathered at...
Meth worth $65K found in Amtrak station
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on December 13.) STAPLES, Minn. -- Authorities have arrested four people after finding four pounds of methamphetamine at an Amtrak station in Staples, Minn. A 25-year-old man from Clackamus, Ore., was arrested...
Man who caused bomb scare at Penn Station pleads guilty
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on December 12.) NEW YORK -- A man who claimed he had a bomb -- a statement that emptied busy Penn Station and halted service on Amtrak, commuter trains and subways in July -- pleaded guilty Monday to attempting...
Treasury Secretary Snow cleared of violations
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Jeannine Aversa on December 11.) WASHINGTON -- Federal investigators have concluded that Treasury Secretary John Snow did not violate conflict-of-interest rules in inadvertently investing in the bonds of two...
CSX hands over operation of northern Michigan rail lines
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on December 12.) MUSKEGON, Mich. -- A sign taped to the door of the North Yard building is all there is to suggest that Mid-Michigan Railroad Inc. has replaced CSX Transportation Inc. in this western Michigan...
BNSF to invest $5M or more in line
(The Billings Gazette posted the following article on its website on December 10.) BILLINGS, Mont. -- BNSF Railway Co. said it will invest $5 million to $8 million in its Great Falls-to-Fort Benton branch line, which could lead to construction of one or two high-speed...
Downeaster officials toot horn – riders are up
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by David Sharp on December 12.) PORTLAND, Me. -- Amtrak's Downeaster has bounced back from a drop in passengers last year with a 15 percent increase in ridership through November, a boost spurred in part by high...
Steam engine derails; Santa still on track
(The following article was posted on the Columbian website on December 12.) VANCOUVER -- Santa's train will still roll into Vancouver this morning, a railroad spokesman said. It will just arrive belching diesel soot instead of steam. The SP&S 700 steam engine derailed...
