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High-tech gates fail to avert car-train crash
(The following article by Patrick McGeehan and Matthew L. Wald was posted on the New York Times website on September 30.) NEW YORK -- Before Amtrak started running its high-speed Acela Express trains in the Northeast corridor five years ago, it installed sophisticated...
Norfolk Southern names Moorman CEO
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on September 28.) NORFOLK, Va. -- Norfolk Southern Corp., owner of the major freight railroad of the same name, said Wednesday that it named Charles W. Moorman to succeed David R. Goode as chief executive Nov. 1....
Moorman will take helm at Norfolk Southern
(The Virginian-Pilot posted the following article on its website on September 29.) NORFOLK, Va. -- Charles W. “Wick” Moorman IV, 53, will succeed David R. Goode as chief executive officer at Norfolk Southern Corp., the Norfolk-based railroad announced Wednesday. The...
U.S. deploys subway dogs, but N.Y. declines
(The following article by Sewell Chan and Matthew L. Wald was posted on the New York Times website on September 29.) NEW YORK -- The Department of Homeland Security is spending $2.7 million to provide 30 bomb-sniffing dogs, along with training for their police...
TSA expanding national explosives detection canine teams to mass transit and commuter rail systems
(The Transportation Security Administration issued the following news release on September 28.) WASHINGTON -- The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced today the expansion of the National Explosive Detection Canine Team Program to 10 mass transit and...
Texas football fans take the ‘game train’
(The Texas Eagle Marketing & Performance Organization issued the following news release on September 28.) AUSTIN, Texas -- For the second year in a row, University of Texas fans heading to the Red River Rivalry can ride the rails from San Antonio or Austin to Dallas,...
Opinion: Disappearing Railroad Funds
(The following editorial was posted on the Lakeland Ledger website on September 29.) LAKELAND, Fla. -- In the great days of rail travel, most trains had names. Some still do. With the exception of World War II's years, the Orange Blossom Special was a...
Amtrak shop to cut 17 jobs
(The following article by Eric Anderson was posted on the Albany Times-Union website on September 29.) RENSSELAER, N.Y. -- Seventeen positions at the Amtrak maintenance facility in Rensselaer will be eliminated at the end of October as the passenger railroad shifts...
Officials still looking for reason for train wreck
(The following article by Aaron Applegate was posted on the Virginian-Pilot website on September 29.) NORFOLK, Va. -- Trains are running on the track again. The mess is cleaned up, but so far there is no official explanation for why two CSX trains collided head-on...
CN rail accidents on rise
(The Canadian Press circulated the following article by Bob Weber on September 28.) EDMONTON -- The day after CN Rail's cleanup of its eighth derailment in two months, new figures from the Transportation Safety Board show accident rates have been climbing for all...
