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Two men hurt in railroad accident
(The Wichita Eagle posted the following article on its website on September 22.) WICHITA, Kansas -- Two men sustained potentially serious injuries this morning in what was described as an explosion or flash fire on a railroad locomotive. Emergency dispatchers said...
Hurricane Rita evacuees ride train on BNSF Railway
(BNSF issued the following news release on September 22.) FORT WORTH, Texas -- A special Trinity Railway Express (TRE) passenger train with about 450 evacuees from the Houston area is operating over BNSF Railway trackage from Houston via Teague to Dallas Union...
U.S. Department of Transportation preparing for Hurricane Rita
(The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release on September 22.) WASHINGTON -- Mobile air traffic control equipment, technical personnel, trucks, buses, airplanes and ocean-going vessels are now in place to support the massive federal, state...
Empty nuclear waste container tips over
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on September 22.) BUFFALO, N.Y. -- An empty container used to store spent nuclear fuel tipped over Thursday while being hauled by train to a shipyard. The container was not damaged and there was no release of...
CSX trains collide, derail
(The following article by Bill Geroux was posted on the Richmond Times-Dispatch website on September 23.) NEWSOMS, Va. -- Two CSX freight trains collided head-on in the predawn hours yesterday in rural Southampton County in an impact that hurled locomotives and cars...
NS developing train control system
(The following article by Christopher Dinsmore was posted on the Virginian-Pilot website on September 22.) NORFOLK, Va. -- Norfolk Southern Corp. is developing a computerized train control system designed to improve efficiency and safety, it said Wednesday. The...
Norfolk Southern Service Alert — New Orleans and Hurricane Rita
(Norfolk Southern issued the following on September 21.) Floodgates at New Orleans are being closed as a precautionary measure with the advance of Hurricane Rita. As a result, Norfolk Southern has made arrangements in coordination with connection carriers to reroute...
Judge demands to view D.C. rail plan
(The following article by Carol D. Leonnig was posted on the Washington Post website on September 22.) WASHINGTON -- A federal judge yesterday demanded to see a highly secret plan for protecting the Washington area's rails from a chemical attack and erupted after a...
Amtrak reports steady ridership despite problems
(The following article by Matthew L. Wald was posted on the New York Times website on September 21.) WASHINGTON -- Amtrak will end its fiscal year in a few days with "no measurable impact on our ridership" from the brake problem that sidelined the Acela fleet this...
Amtrak says private companies could bid for routes
(Reuters circulated the following article on September 21.) WASHINGTON -- Some Amtrak routes should be offered to the private sector to help salvage the debt-ridden national passenger rail system, Amtrak's chairman said on Wednesday. ``We will consider every...
