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Del. congressman renews call for more funding for Amtrak
(The following article by Angie Basiouny was posted on the News Journal website on August 30.) WILMINGTON, Del. -- Rep. Mike Castle, R-Del., slid his gray plaid suit jacket off his shoulders and slouched his tall frame to step inside the locomotive simulator at...
Officials to test tanker’s heat
(The following article by Jane Prendergast was posted on the Cincinnati Enquirer website on August 30.) CINCINNATI, Ohio -- As daylight broke this morning and worries lessened about a possible explosion at a leaking chemical tanker near Lunken Airport, Cincinnati...
Evacuations ordered around rail car leak
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on August 29.) CINCINNATI -- Homes within one-half mile of a leaking railroad car were ordered evacuated Monday morning because of concern about a highly flammable liquid whose fumes are hazardous to breathe....
Storm turns San Antonio into an Amtrak hub
(The following article by Meena Thiruvengadam was posted on the San Antonio Express News website on August 30.) SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- Thanks to Hurricane Katrina, San Antonio has become the end of the line for Amtrak passengers riding the Sunset Limited between Los...
U.S. freight rails suspend New Orleans lines
(Reuters circulated the following article on August 29.) BOSTON -- Hurricane Katrina has forced Union Pacific Corp. and other major rail operators to halt freight traffic in and out of New Orleans, delaying shipments of chemicals and coal, officials at those companies...
An organized labor revival
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Will Lester on August 28.) WASHINGTON -- Unions that broke away from the AFL-CIO hope to rebuild the tattered labor movement by targeting workers in growing industries such as health care, waste management and...
Museum will put visitors in train engineer’s seat
(The following article by Matt Campbell was posted on the Kansas City Star website on August 28.) KANSAS CITY -- Visitors to Union Station soon will be able to virtually operate, or even crash, a train. A locomotive simulator that was used to train thousands of...
‘Clean-diesel’ locomotives coming to ports
(Pacific Harbor Line and the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach issued the following news release on August 26.) LOS ANGELES/LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Taking a major step to improve air quality, the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles and Pacific Harbor Line have...
Track repairs could cause VRE delays
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on August 29.) ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The delays aren't over for commuters on Virginia Railway Express between the Potomac River and Fredericksburg. Starting Monday, the freight railroad CSX will begin major track...
New Union Pacific terminal rolls in
(The following article by Katherine Yung was posted on the Dallas Morning News website on August 29.) WILMER, Texas -- Union Pacific Railroad plans to open a $100 million international intermodal terminal today that is expected to significantly boost Asian imports...
