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Amtrak fare hits more than wallet
(The following article by Jeff Gammage was posted on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on October 12.) PHILADELPHIA -- Two days after the World Trade Center collapsed, Phyllis Berman was standing on the Amtrak platform in North Philadelphia, preparing to go back to...
Record coal prices: another train derailment compounds export delays
(The following article by Dustin Bleizeffer was posted on the Casper Star-Tribune website on October 11.) GILLETTE, Wyo. -- Wyoming coal prices are at an all-time high amid a series of train derailments out of the Powder River Basin and unrelenting demand among...
Firms will pay $24.75m in Amtrak overcharge case
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on October 12.) WASHINGTON -- Foreign and US companies will pay the government $24.75 million to settle allegations they inflated claims on Amtrak projects to electrify part of the Northeast Corridor, the Justice...
Rep. Castle pushes for train security
(The News Journal posted the following article by Kristin Harty on its website on October 12.) WILMINGTON, Del. -- During most rush hours these days, you can see a police officer and canine walking around the Wilmington Amtrak station, casually patrolling and letting...
CP Rail’s Holiday Train rolls December 9-16
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- Minnesota's John "the voice of new folk" Gorka and Wisconsin folk-rocker Willy Porter will be the Midwestern headliners aboard the Holiday Train rolling musical shows for hunger relief Dec. 9-16 from Chicago to Minot, N.D. This unusual musical...
UP tries to ease county’s safety concerns
(The following report by Matt Sanders appeared on the Southeast Missourian website on October 11.) BENTON, Mo. -- Union Pacific railroad has alleviated some fears Scott County officials had about a proposed track swap. Railroad representatives met with the Scott...
Sunset Limited won’t be back Tallahassee for months
(The following report by Tony Bridges appeared on the Tallahassee Democrat website on October 11.) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Looks like the Sunset Limited, the only passenger train with service to Tallahassee, will be a little late for its next stop. About six months late,...
Critics of planned port rail yard raise smog concerns
(The following story by Josh Grossberg appeared on the Daily Breeze website on October 10.) TORRANCE, Calif. -- Although still in the early planning stages, a sprawling rail facility that would straddle Wilmington and Long Beach has many Harbor Area residents...
2 teens injured jumping from train bridge
(The following story by Ben Zion Hershberg appeared on The Louisville Courier-Journal website on October 11.) LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Two Floyd County teenagers were injured Sunday evening while trying to take photographs from a train trestle in Georgetown. Joseph...
Losing sleep takes toll on your health
(The following story by Rob Stein appeared on The Washington Post website on October 9.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- With a good night's rest increasingly losing out to the Internet, e-mail, late-night cable and other distractions of modern life, a growing body of scientific...
