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Two KCS trains derail
(The following article by Danny Gallagher was posted on the McKinney Courier-Gazette website on September 28.) MCKINNEY, Texas -- Two trains running on the Kansas City Southern railroad line derailed early Wednesday morning sending emergency response officials and...
Acela train kills two at Conn. crossing
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on September 28.) WATERFORD, Conn. -- A high-speed Amtrak Acela train plowed into a car at a crossing Wednesday, killing a woman and her 8-year-old grandson and causing major delays along the Boston-to-Washington...
Amtrak train derails in Missouri; 11 hurt
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on September 29.) BLACKWELL, Mo. -- An Amtrak train derailed in eastern Missouri after apparently striking boulders on the tracks from a rockslide, officials said. Eleven people suffered minor injuries. It was not...
Passenger rail helps evacuate Houston
(The National Association of Rail Passengers issued the following on September 27.) WASHINGTON -- Two passenger trains enabled over 700 evacuees to avoid gridlocked Interstates before Hurricane Rita. Given the limited availability of passenger rail in Texas, the fact...
Room With A Choo
(The following article by Eugene L. Meyer was posted on the Washington Post website on September 28.) WASHINGTON -- Usually you look for a motel well away from any train tracks. And if you can't find one, at least you ask for a room as far from the rails as possible....
Norfolk Southern names Atlanta building for David R. Goode
(Norfolk Southern issued the following news release on September 27.) ATLANTA-- Norfolk Southern Corporation today named its midtown Atlanta office building the David R. Goode Building, in honor of the company's chairman and chief executive officer, who is scheduled...
Union Pacific trains rolling after storm
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Josh Funk on September 27.) OMAHA, Neb. -- Union Pacific Corp. said it was reopening key routes in east Texas and western Louisiana now that employees fleeing Hurricane Rita have started to report to work....
New Jersey Transit orders more Bombardier trains
(Reuters circulated the following article on September 27.) MONTREAL -- Bombardier Inc. said on Tuesday it received a $206 million order from NJ Transit for 131 more of the Canadian company's multilevel rail vehicles. Deliveries of the cars under NJ Transit's exercise...
Cost overruns delay LIRR work
(The following article by Joie Tyrrell was posted on the Newsday website on September 28.) NEW YORK -- Four Long Island Rail Road signal projects ended up costing tens of millions more than expected and will be delayed by years because they were more complex than the...
Mass transit ridership rises with gas cost
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on September 28.) ALBANY, N.Y. -- Commuter rail, bus and subway ridership has risen across the country with more people turning to public transportation amid skyrocketing gasoline prices, officials said Tuesday....
