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Opinion: Abandoning Amtrak
(The following editorial was posted on the Bergen Record website on October 17.) BERGEN, N.J. -- It makes no sense to jeopardize the future of one of America's busiest passenger rail lines at a time when gasoline prices are soaring. But that's exactly what the Bush...
Rail line repaired after explosion
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on October 17.) TEXARKANA, Ark. -- Crews repaired a rail line Sunday that was damaged when a railroad tank car containing a volatile chemical exploded the day before, killing a woman in her home. The explosion...
Venice Historical Commission to present legacy award to BLET
(The following report appeared on the Venice Gondolier website on October 13.) VENICE, Fla. -- George Ronald, a Venice resident, will accept the first Venice Legacy Award from the Venice Historical Commission on behalf of his late mother, Betty Arnall, at the Oct. 25...
Rail freight traffic down from last year
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following on October 13.) WASHINGTON -- In spite of the third busiest intermodal week in history, overall freight traffic on U.S. railroads was down during the week ended October 8, comparison with the corresponding...
NJ Transit ridership up
(The following article by Larry Higgs was posted on the Asbury Park Press website on October 14.) ASBURY PARK, N.J. -- When fares go up, ridership usually goes down, but that wasn't the case this summer when NJ Transit fares increased and more people continued to ride...
KC Southern to pay taxes early as relief
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on October 14.) KANSAS CITY -- Kansas City Southern Industries Inc. said Thursday that it would send property tax payments early to areas of Texas and Louisiana to help them rebound from Hurricane Rita. The...
Canadian National challenges western Canadian coal rate ruling
(Bloomberg News circulated the following article by Rip Watson on October 13.) WASHINGTON -- Canadian National Railway Co., the nation's biggest railroad, is challenging an arbitrator's rate ruling in favor of customer Western Canadian Coal Corp., saying the process...
Opinion: Wrong track for Amtrak
(The following editorial was posted on the Albany Times Union website on October 14.) ALBANY, N.Y. -- Despite all the denials, the vote Wednesday by Amtrak's board of directors to carve out the Northeast Corridor into a separate division has all the appearances of the...
Amtrak to spin off corridor
(The following article by Keith L. Alexander was posted on the Washington Post website on October 14.) WASHINGTON -- Amtrak's board of directors has voted to split the train's Northeast Corridor service into a separate subsidiary, a move that railroad officials said...
Amtrak plan riles state’s lawmakers
(The following article by J. Scott Orr was posted on the Newark Star-Ledger website on October 14.) WASHINGTON -- A controversial plan to shift control of Amtrak's Northeast Corridor to a new subsidiary came under attack yesterday from New Jersey lawmakers and others...
