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Collisions can be devastating for train crews
(The following article by Darryl Mills was posted on the Cochrane Times website on October 19.) COCHRANE, Alta. -- Life on the rails is one filled with the possibility of death and danger around every corner, as was illustrated last week, when a 23-year-old Morley man...
Wisconsin a key player in Amtrak’s record ridership
(The following article by Larry Sandler was posted on the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel website on October 19.) MILWAUKEE, Wisc. -- Against a backdrop of soaring gas prices, Wisconsin's two Amtrak routes played key roles in leading the national passenger railroad to a...
Annual Amtrak ridership of 25.4 million marks third straight year of record increases
(Amtrak issued the following news release on October 19.) WASHINGTON -- Amtrak ridership increased in FY 2005 to 25,374,998, marking the third straight year of passenger gains for the national intercity passenger railroad, despite service disruptions that included...
Railroads have 30 days to improve switches
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on October 20.) WASHINGTON -- The Federal Railroad Administration has ordered all railroad companies to improve manual track switching procedures by Nov. 22 or be liable for civil penalties up to $27,000, the...
Railroads get 30 days to fix problem of misaligned track switches, U.S. Transportation Secretary Mineta says
(The Department of Transportation issued the following news release on October 19.) WASHINGTON -- The nation's railroads have been given 30 days to fix a growing safety problem with an increasing number of train crashes due to track switches left in the wrong...
FRA announces agreement with DM&E Railroad to improve compliance with rail safety regulations
(The Federal Railroad Administration issued the following news release on October 18.) WASHINGTON -- Citing serious safety problems with track maintenance, employee training, bridge inspections, and highway-rail grade crossing warning systems, the Federal Railroad...
Nevada, U.S. face off over Yucca rail plan
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Erica Werner on October 19.) WASHINGTON -- An attorney for Nevada told a federal appeals court on Tuesday that the Energy Department should be forced to redo its plan for shipping nuclear waste to Yucca...
Proposal would OK San Antonio rail bonds
(The following article by Patrick Driscoll was posted on the San Antonio Express-News website on October 19.) SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- San Antonio residents last year saw the horrors of trains crashing, spewing poison, spilling fuel and killing people. Five people died...
MTA stresses need for service expansion
(The following article by Mark Ginocchio was posted on the Stamford Advocate website on October 19.) NEW YORK -- Rail transit operators and experts met yesterday to discuss two of the most daunting challenges facing mass transit in the metropolitan region -- service...
CN bottom line tracks higher
(The following article by Paul Delean was posted on the Montreal Gazette website on October 19.) MONTREAL -- Canadian National Railway is still on a roll. Despite the negative impact of hurricanes, higher fuel costs, a couple of major derailments and an appreciating...
