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Rail freight traffic up in holiday week
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following news release on December 2.) WASHINGTON -- Freight traffic on U.S. railroads rose during the week ended November 26 in comparison with the corresponding week last year, the Association of American Railroads...
Christmas trains: All aboard the iron reindeer
(The following article by Jennifer Margulis was posted on the New York Times website on December 2.) NEW YORK -- The heyday of train travel in America may be over, but this Christmas season at least, there are plenty of special trains, trams, trolleys and steam...
CN sues over municipal rail speed limits
(The following article by Lee Bloomquist was posted on the Duluth News Tribune website on December 2.) DULUTH, Minn. -- The Canadian National Railway Co. is suing the city of Orr over a railroad speed limit within the municipal limits enacted by leaders of the small...
Railcars full of hazards
(The following article by Jennifer Lin was posted on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on December 2.) PHILADELPHIA -- Every day, railcars filled with dangerous chemicals that could take out much of Center City move unhindered and unnoticed from one end of...
Only some train – crossing accidents probed
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on December 2.) WASHINGTON -- The federal government is investigating less than 1 percent of accidents at railroad crossings and imposing few fines for defective safety equipment, the Transportation Department's...
Rail officials are faulted on crash investigations
(The following article by Walt Bogdanich was posted on the New York Times website on December 2.) NEW YORK -- The Federal Railroad Administration should stop accepting the word of railroads when they blame drivers for most collisions at grade crossings and should...
Tragedy intensifies debate over trains in ‘push-pull mode’
(The following article was posted on the ABC television website on December 1. PrimeTime Live aired a story on this topic on December 1.) NEW YORK -- On an early morning this past January, Juan Alvarez parked his SUV on the railroad tracks in Glendale, Calif. -- and...
Amtrak expansion urged in Illinois
(The following article by Lisa Kernek was posted on the Springfield Journal Register website on December 1.) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- An advocacy group wants the state to add two more trips a day to the Amtrak route between Springfield and Chicago. The Chicago-based...
Plan to fund Va. rail projects is approved
(The following article by Chip Jones was posted on the Richmond Times-Dispatch website on December 1.) RICHMOND, Va. -- The state Rail Advisory Board yesterday approved a $23.2 million plan that will replace track switches at Richmond's Acca Yard and study a new...
Union Pacific Railroad selects Wabtec and March Networks for mobile digital video surveillance
(Union Pacific issued the following news release on December 1.) OTTAWA, ON -- March Networksa leading provider of Internet Protocol (IP)-based digital video surveillance solutions, announced today that Union Pacific Railroad (UP) has selected Wabtec VideoTrax(TM),...
