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Opinion: Are Amtrak’s days numbered?
(The following column by Arthur Frommer, On a Budget was posted on the Los Angeles Times website on December 11.) LOS ANGELES -- In the last several weeks, while the news was full of disasters and discussion of avian flu, Amtrak was dealt two quiet blows. The...
Opinion: Can Amtrak survive three more years of Bush?
(The following editorial by Neil Peirce was posted on the Seattle Times website on December 12.) SEATTLE -- The United States needs strong regional passenger-rail systems, linked across the country to provide alternatives to highway grids already choked by autos and...
Congressman adds more vegetables to Amtrak’s load
(The following article by Matthew L. Wald and Glen Justice was posted on the New York Times website on December 10.) WASHINGTON -- Amtrak certainly knows how to lose money, but the railroad says it can lose less if only it can get out of the business of hauling cars...
Let the good times roll!
(The following article by Carol Graham was posted on the Grand Forks Herald website on December 8.) GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- Hundreds of thousands of lights decorate the Canadian Pacific Railway's Holiday Train that will make its way through Minnesota and North Dakota...
U.S. rail traffic mixed in November
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following news release on December 8.) WASHINGTON -- Intermodal traffic was up, but carload freight was down in November on U.S. railroads, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported today. U.S. railroads...
Union Pacific receives 2005 C. Everett Koop National Health Award
(Union Pacific issued the following news release on December 8.) OMAHA, Neb. -- During a special ceremony on December 7, The Health Project -- a non-profit, private-public consortium chaired by former Surgeon General Dr. C. Everett Koop -- awarded Union Pacific the...
BNSF board approves increase in share repurchase program
(BNSF issued the following news release on December 8.) FORT WORTH, Texas -- The Board of Directors of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation today, December 8, authorized the extension of the current BNSF share repurchase program, adding 30 million shares to the...
Burlington Northern files $500 mln shelf offering
(Reuters circulated the following article on December 8.) WASHINGTON -- U.S. railroad company Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. on Thursday said it may periodically sell up to $500 million in debt securities and trust preferred securities. The company said in a shelf...
Estimated cost of Yucca Mountain railroad raised to $2 billion
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on December 7.) LAS VEGAS -- The estimated cost of building a railroad line to ship nuclear waste across Nevada to the proposed Yucca Mountain repository has more than doubled, to about $2 billion, an Energy...
NS chief urges cooperation among cities
(The following article by Tom Shean was posted on the Virginian-Pilot website on December 9.) NORFOLK, Va. -- If they expect to alleviate traffic congestion and resolve other problems, Hampton Roads cities must work more closely with one another, the chairman of...
