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Pacific Surfliner picking up steam
(The following article by Bob Cuddy was posted on the San Luis Obispo Tribune website on September 6.) SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. -- As it approaches its 10th anniversary, Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner is posting double-digit increases in ridership over last year and is...
Amtrak petitioned to raise spans
(The following article by Joe Wojtas was posted on the Day website on September 6.) STONINGTON, Conn. -- More than 1,000 residents and boaters are asking Amtrak to increase the clearance under the two railroad bridges it plans to replace over Stonington Harbor so more...
UP settles dumping lawsuit
(The following article by Joan Osterwalder was posted on the Press-Enterprise website on September 6.) RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Union Pacific Railroad has agreed to pay about $318,000 to settle a lawsuit that accused the company of illegally dumping hazardous waste at the...
Opinion: Ride the rails, folks
(The Toledo Blade posted the following editorial on its website on September 3.) TOLEDO, Ohio -- America’s transportation stepchild, the rail passenger system, is not in any position to alleviate the problems of motorists faced with rising gas prices, but the nation...
Storm hobbles transportation hub
(The following article by Barry Shlachter was posted on the Fort Worth Star-Telegram website on September 4.) FORT WORTH, Texas -- Hurricane Katrina has thrown a stick in the spokes of a vital transportation intersection where six railroads connect with major...
Katrina leaves grain distribution in limbo
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on September 3.) MINNEAPOLIS -- The grain elevators that take in corn, soybeans and wheat from Midwest farmers and the railroads that move it are waiting to see what impact Hurricane Katrina will have on them....
New Orleans’ newest jail open for business at Amtrak station
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Jim Litke on September 6.) NEW ORLEANS -- As looters filled the streets and shots rang out, the city's overmatched police knew that whatever other endeavors Hurricane Katrina brought to a halt, crime wasn't one...
Chemicals travel far and wide
(The following article by James Pilcher was posted on the Cincinnati Enquirer website on September 4.) CINCINNATI, Ohio -- Here are the numbers of accidental releases of hazardous material from rail cars that did not involve a derailment, collision or other accident,...
Payouts to evacuees in gas leak resume
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on September 4.) CINCINNATI, Ohio -- A railroad company resumed offering settlements to residents displaced from their homes by a chemical scare, moving to a suburban hotel to avoid city officials. The tanker that...
Opinion: Preserve collective bargaining
(The following editorial was posted on the Arizona Daily Star website on September 5.) The star's view: Unions should be permitted to use political muscle like all special-interest groups. In recent years, various people have been trying to write the labor movement's...
