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Ridership is up 10,000 on Philadelphia commuter trains
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on September 9.) PHILADELPHIA -- Officials say soaring gasoline prices are driving people from their cars to mass transit. SEPTA says ridership on the Philadelphia area's mass transit system has grown by about...
Flaws found in concrete coating at BNSF fuel depot
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on September 10.) HAUSER, Idaho -- More problems have been found at the BNSF Railway's refueling depot where several leaks were discovered earlier this year. A supposedly impermeable concrete coating at the depot...
Rising prices for fuel, fertilizer hurts farmers
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on September 10.) WICHITA, Kan. -- Resumption of limited grain shipping in the hurricane-ravaged lower Mississippi River will help mitigate the possible loss of export markets and tumbling crop prices caused by...
DEQ requests information from railroad companies
(The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on September 11.) BATON ROUGE, La. -- The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality issued an administrative order on Friday requesting information from 17 railway companies that have railcars...
Toxic muck threatens New Orleans’ future
(Knight Ridder circulated the following article on September 12.) NEW ORLEANS -- It all lies submerged in a toxic gumbo: grease and gas from up to 350,000 vehicles; raw sewage; bleach and cleansers from the pantries of 160,000 flood-damaged homes; and, authorities...
Amtrak’s Downeaster hits million rider mark
(The following article by Hiroko Sato was posted on the Foster’s Daily Democrat website on September 10.) DOVER, N.H. -- Nearly three years and nine months after Amtrak's Downeaster began shuttling people between Maine and Boston, the train service made a big mile...
Amtrak raising fares a bit and, if you’re a frequent rider, a lot
(The following article by Patrick McGeehan was posted on the New York Times website on September 10.) NEW YORK -- Citing the high cost of diesel fuel, Amtrak said yesterday that it would raise its train fares across most of the nation by at least 5 percent this month,...
FRA to railroads: Monitor your cargo
(The following article by Malia Rulon was posted on the Cincinnati Enquirer website on September 9.) WASHINGTON -- The federal agency with oversight of the nation's railroads has finished inspecting Cincinnati's rail cars and hasn't found any other potential chemical...
Public funds for rail upgrades could ease traffic congestion
(The following article by Elizabeth Allen was posted on the San Antonio Express-News website on September 9.) SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- Drivers who are tired of playing chicken with big trucks on congested highways can only look forward to more of the same — unless the...
Why America Needs Amtrak
(Daniel B. Zukowski issued the following news release on September 8.) NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- Transportation writer Daniel B. Zukowski has published a new e-book, "Why America Needs Amtrak," available now at Amazon.com. "As Congress reconvenes, it will address the...
