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Amtrak chairman admits secret talks to sell assets
(The following article by J. Scott Orr was posted on the Newark Star-Ledger website on November 16.) WASHINGTON -- The chairman of the board that oversees Amtrak told a House subcommittee yesterday that the board is not scheming to sell off Northeast Corridor assets,...
Strikes multiply amid increase in labor fights
(The following article by Kris Maher was posted on the Wall Street Journal website on November 14.) NEW YORK – The number of work stoppages in the U.S., including strikes by unions and management-sponsored lockouts, is on the upswing as tensions rise between workers...
All aboard SEPTA ‘Santa Express’ service
(SEPTA issued the following news release on November 14.) PHILADELPHIA -- Santa and Mrs. Claus are coming to town on Saturday, November 26, on board one of five special SEPTA Santa Express trains as they make their annual trip to Philadelphia's Center City shopping...
BNSF announces several sales and marketing appointments
(BNSF issued the following news release on November 14.) FORT WORTH, Texas -- Several sales and marketing assignments at BNSF Railway Company were announced today by John Lanigan, BNSF's executive vice president and chief marketing officer: * George Duggan becomes...
Amtrak to offer Subway food
(The following article by Eric Anderson was posted on the Albany Times-Union website on November 15.) RENSSELAER, N.Y. -- Amtrak is turning to Subway Restaurants to bring back food service on the dozen or so trains that lost it last summer in a cost-cutting move. The...
Opinion: Fight Amtrak derailment
(The following editorial was posted on the Asbury Park Press website on November 15.) ASBURY PARK, N.J. -- The firing of Amtrak President David Gunn, a strong advocate of a national rail network, is bad news for the 185,000 New Jersey commuters who ride NJ Transit...
Opinion: Administration derails Amtrak improvements
(The following editorial was posted on the Modesto Bee website on November 15.) MODESTO, Calif. -- David Gunn, who was fired last week as CEO and president of Amtrak, had two options when he took over the nation's troubled passenger rail service three years ago. He...
Accident in rail yard lets loose at least 200 gallons of diesel fuel
(The following article by Paul Sand was posted on the News Tribune website on November 14.) TACOMA, Wash. -- A locomotive hit a train car, slicing open a fuel tank and dumping 200 to 300 gallons of diesel on the ground Sunday in Fife, a Tacoma fire official said. The...
Railroad switch safety demonstration project begins testing
(The Department of Transportation issued the following news release on November 14.) WASHINGTON -- A federally funded test of new technology designed to prevent train accidents in dark, or non-signalled, rail territory by electronically monitoring the position of...
Dream of Richmond port rail yard deferred but still on table
(The following article by Chip Jones was posted on the Richmond Times-Dispatch website on November 14.) RICHMOND, Va. -- The dream of a new rail yard tied in with the Port of Richmond will be deferred for at least a year. But the port's director said last week that...
