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Cost of defective rail ties weighs on M.T.A. finances
(The following article by Patrick McGeehan was posted on the New York Times website on September 27.) NEW YORK -- The concrete railroad ties the Metropolitan Transportation Authority bought eight years ago were supposed to last 50 years. But the authority's two...
14% cut in Amtrak funding threatens Flint-Chicago line
(The Flint Journal posted the following article on its website on September 26.) FLINT, Mich. -- Amtrak is on track for a $1-million state funding cut that could mean drastic changes to its Flint services. The state House and the Senate approved $6.1-million funding...
Amtrak copes with two weekend accidents
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on September 26.) PORT KENT, N.Y. -- A Canadian-Pacific freight train left its tracks at 1 a.m. Saturday near Port Kent, N.Y., causing Amtrak delays throughout the Adirondak region. Repair crews had to close the...
Gulf Coast train, barge traffic idles
(The following article by Phyllis Jacobs Griekspoor was posted on the Wichita Eagle website on September 27.) WICHITA, Kansas -- Harvest and hurricanes are seasonal partners. But they don't mix particularly well. Hundreds of loaded railcars and barges sit idly,...
Breakaway union coalition to hold first convention in St. Louis
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Sam Hananel on September 25.) WASHINGTON -- The group of unions that broke away from the AFL-CIO this summer is holding its first convention in St. Louis next week, laying the groundwork for a new federation...
Change to Win unions get organized
(The following article by Francine Knowles was posted on the Chicago Sun-Times website on September 26.) CHICAGO -- Labor unions that split with the AFL-CIO earlier this year will meet in St. Louis this week, and leaders say they'll lay the groundwork for growing...
B&O Museum back in business
(The Asbury Park Press posted the following article on its website on September 25.) BALTIMORE, Md. -- One snowy night in February 2003, Steve Johnson, facilities director for Baltimore's B&O Railroad Museum, heard an alarm go off. In the dark, he investigated and saw...
NJ Transit to introduce bi-level cars
(The following article by Judy Rife was posted on the Times Herald-Record website on September 25.) SECAUCUS, N.J. -- Two years ago, commuters couldn't wait for the $450 million Secaucus transfer to open. And when it did, they couldn't believe they had to transfer to...
Border, Tucson to get more trains
(The following article by Michael Marizco was posted on the Arizona Daily star website on September 26.) TUCSON, Ariz. -- Sonora is far ahead of Arizona in adapting its infrastructure to compensate for an increase in train traffic that will cost millions of dollars to...
Opinion: Foolish cut to Amtrak
(The following editorial was posted on the Grand Rapids Press website on September 25) GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- In cutting Michigan's support for Amtrak, the Legislature's Republicans have put a needless blotch on what otherwise has been a good piece of work in writing...
