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Safety measures proposed after train wreck
(The following article by Matthew L. Wald was posted on the New York Times website on November 29.) WASHINGTON -- To prevent train wrecks like one in January that killed nine people and forced thousands from their homes for days in Graniteville, S.C., railroads should...
Trains hauling dangerous gases need to go slower, U.S. panel says
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Leslie Miller on November 30.) WASHINGTON -- Trains carrying poisonous gases should be required to go slowly through populated areas, say safety officials who investigated a crash that killed nine people when...
Stuck monorail trains begin moving
(The following article by Athima Chansanchai and Kathy Mulady was posted on the Seattle Post Intelligencer website on November 29.) SEATTLE, Wash. -- If you didn't capture a picture of the two Monorail trains stuck together over the weekend, you may be out of luck....
Subway pulls out of Amtrak
(The following article by Eric Anderson was posted on the Albany Times-Union website on November 28.) RENSSELAER, N.Y. -- The trial was to have lasted four months. But Subway food service on Amtrak trains between Rensselaer and New York City was gone in less than a...
Opinion: End the political theater over Amtrak’s future
(The following editorial was posted on the Des Moines Register website on November 29.) DES MOINES, Iowa -- Here we go, again. Another episode of "The Perils of Pauline" stars the Bush administration as the villain in black hat and waxed moustache, tying the hapless...
Union Pacific ends force majeure on coal rail line
(Reuters circulated the following article on November 28.) NEW YORK -- Union Pacific Corp., the largest U.S. railroad, has lifted the "force majeure" -- under which it did not have to honor delivery contracts -- for the track it jointly runs out of the vast Powder...
BNSF Railway and New Mexico DOT reach agreement
(BNSF issued the following news release on November 28.) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) today announced that an agreement has been reached with the New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) to sell the nearly 300-mile BNSF main rail line...
BNSF to sell New Mexico rail line
(Reuters circulated the following article on November 28.) SAN FRANCISCO -- The BNSF Railway Co. unit of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. said on Monday it reached an agreement with the New Mexico Department of Transportation to sell a 300-mile rail line to the...
Fuel leak mop-up goes on as impact on river is debated
(The following article by Alex Nussbaum was posted on the Bergen Record website on November 29.) BERGEN, N.J. -- Workers hosed diesel fuel off the banks of the Hackensack River and scoured the waterline for signs of contamination Monday as the cleanup continued after...
The eagle has landed–on an Amtrak train
(The following article by George Whitehurst was posted on the Free Lance Star website on November 25.) FREDERICKSBURG, Va. -- It started out as a standard day at the Fredericksburg Police Department, with reports of various criminal activity, both large and small. But...
