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Wooden rail bridge burns, 11 cars derail
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on October 17.) SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- A weekend fire destroyed a wooden bridge along the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern railroad's main line near Midland in western South Dakota and 11 cars went off the track, Kevin...
Metrolink ridership on the increase
(The following article by Phil Pitchford was posted on the Press-Enterprise website on October 17.) RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Bob Todd sees every morning what Metrolink's statistics are just starting to document -- more people are riding the commuter railroad to avoid...
Union Pacific to use more fuel-efficient locomotives
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on October 16.) OMAHA, Neb. -- The Union Pacific Railroad plans to invest in 111 low-emissions locomotives that should help reduce pollution in Texas over the next decade. The new locomotives, which are also more...
FRA probes N.Y. derailment
(The following article by Cathy Woodruff was posted on the Albany Times Union website on October 16.) ALBANY, N.Y. -- The Federal Railroad Administration is investigating what caused a CSX freight train to derail in Amsterdam on Wednesday, sending 18 cars tumbling off...
Opinion: Rail security is already on borrowed time
(The following editorial by Harry F. Themal was posted on the News Journal website on October 17.) WILMINGTON, Del. -- No one can be sure if and when our country will again sustain destruction. The sheer size of the United States makes it impossible to protect every...
Opinion: An Insecure Nation — Trouble on the Tracks
(The following editorial was posted on the New York Times website on October 16.) NEW YORK -- Since Sept. 11, 2001, downtown Washington has come to look like a city under lockdown. But federal officials are being reckless about one of the greatest threats - deadly...
Record numbers ride Amtrak
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on October 16.) WASHINGTON -- Amtrak reported record ridership in the 2005 budget year, which ended last month at the federal level, said Sen. Conrad Burns, R-Mont. Nationally, Amtrak served more than 25.3 million...
Amtrak directors try to slip passenger rail onto states to run
(The following editorial was posted on the News Journal website on October 16.) WILMINGTON, Del. -- Amtrak may be one step closer to disappearing and that could be a big mistake. The directors of the national passenger rail service have voted to spin the Northeast...
Opinion: An attack on Amtrak
(The following editorial was posted on the Boston Globe website on October 17.) BOSTON -- It might not happen until gasoline reaches $5 a gallon, but at some point the United States is going to realize it needs a high-functioning intercity rail system. Achieving this...
Opinion: Few straight answers on Amtrak
(The following editorial was posted on the Atlanta Journal Constitution website on October 17.) ATLANTA -- The Bush administration speaks out of both sides of its mouth when it comes to Amtrak. While publicly claiming to support interstate rail service, the White...
