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Two items slated for November NTSB board meeting
(The National Trasnportation Safety Board issued the following news release on November 23.) WASHINGTON -- The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a public Board meeting on Tuesday, November 29, at 9:30 a.m., in its Board Room and Conference Center, 429...
Railways pick up speed
(The following article was posted on the Akron Beacon Journal website on November 28.) AKRON, Ohio -- Although railroads were deregulated in 1980, they remained stuck in a dismal cycle of overcapacity and rate cutting. But because of higher fuel costs and a shortage...
Two injured when Seattle monorails clip
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on November 27.) SEATTLE -- John Gahagan was riding the monorail with his family when the sliding door was ripped off of their car, breaking a window and showering his two children with glass. The train had...
New Jersey Transit River Line ridership increases 24 percent
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on November 25.) TRENTON, N.J. -- The light-rail service from Trenton to Camden is becoming more popular with age. Year-to-date ridership is up 24 percent over the same period last year, said Dan Stessel, a...
Opinion: Amtrak — White House vendetta
(The following editorial was posted on the Charleston Gazette website on November 25.) CHARLESTON, WVa. -- Much of what's wrong with the Bush administration can be found in its handling of Amtrak, the nation's passenger system. Amtrak embodies a number of things the...
Amtrak’s woes shadow travel
(The following article by Christina Murphy was posted on the Staunton News Leader website on November 25.) STAUNTON, Va. -- Joseph Laurenzl traded his traditional plane fare for a train ticket Thanksgiving Eve because he has a soft spot for the children's story "The...
Amtrak sets passenger record in Iowa
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on November 27.) DES MOINES, Iowa -- Iowans are riding Amtrak trains more than ever as gasoline prices have forced some to seek cheaper transportation. More than 61,000 passengers used Amtrak in Iowa this fiscal...
Budget gives Amtrak carrots, but wields sticks as well
(The following article by Matthew L. Wald was posted on the New York Times website on November 25.) WASHINGTON -- Congress was fairly generous with Amtrak in the transportation budget it passed just before it went home for Thanksgiving, but the package has some...
S.D. Governor announces sale of core rail line
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on November 24.) PIERRE, S.D. -- A rail line that the state rescued from abandonment 25 years ago to preserve train service in South Dakota will be sold to Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway. The deal not only...
Locomotive fuel spill fouls the Hackensack River
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on November 28.) RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J. -- Nearly 2,500 gallons of diesel fuel spilled into the Hackensack River this weekend after a parked locomotive sprang a leak. The spill caused an oil slick that spread along...
