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STB announces cases and matters to be addressed at 11/16 voting conference
(The Surface Transportation Board issued the following news release on November 10.) WASHINGTON -- Surface Transportation Board Chairman Roger Nober has announced the matters and cases to be addressed at the STB's open voting conference to begin at 2:00 p.m. on...
Metra officials cringe as ‘Derailed’ movie opens
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on November 11.) CHICAGO -- Jennifer Aniston's new movie "Derailed" doesn't have anything to do with a train derailment. But Metra train officials here are apologizing to victims of a recent real-life derailment...
Metra gets $30,000 for cooperation in ‘Derailed’
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on November 11.) CHICAGO -- Metra officials won't say they regret associating the commuter rail system with a film entitled "Derailed." But some of them must be wincing as the movie comes out this week. The...
Cuba trade dispute snags talks on transport bill
(Reuters circulated the following article on November 10.) WASHINGTON -- Final negotiations between the Senate and U.S. House of Representatives on a bill to fund the Transportation and Treasury Departments snagged on Thursday over food sales to Cuba. Rep. Joseph...
Opinion: Derailing Mr. Gunn
(The Albany Times-Union posted the following editorial on its website on November 11.) ALBANY, N.Y. -- The sudden ousting of Amtrak President David Gunn comes as yet another reminder of how determined the Bush administration is to dismantle the national passenger...
Opinion: Will Gunn’s firing derail Amtrak?
(The Minot Daily News posted the following editorial on its website on November 10.) MINOT, N.D. -- Amtrak president David Gunn has consistently disagreed with the Bush administration's assessment that federal subsidies for the troubled rail service should be...
Opinion: An ideological detour for Amtrak
(The Roanoke Times posted the following editorial on its website on November 11.) ROANOKE, Va. -- Amtrak's board of directors fired the company's president Wednesday, striking an ideological blow for the Bush administration that could prove fatal to the passenger...
Amtrak head’s firing may lead to closure of long lines
(The following article by Ledyard King was circulated by Gannett News Service on November 10.) WASHINGTON -- The firing of Amtrak President David Gunn on Wednesday could make it easier to eliminate cross-country train lines and turn over the deteriorating Northeast...
CSX locomotive loses wheel
(The Seymour Daily Tribune posted the following article on its website on November 11.) SEYMOUR, Ind. -- A CSX Transportation locomotive being hauled through Seymour Wednesday morning appears to have lost one wheel off the tracks as it pulled through a spur connecting...
NTSB to meet on Federal Most Wanted recommendations
(The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following news release on November 9.) WASHINGTON -- The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a public Board meeting on Tuesday, November 15, 2005 at 9:30 a.m. in its Board Room and Conference Center 429...
