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Federal goal is to scuttle Amtrak, Gunn says
(The following article by Tim McLaughlin was posted on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch website on August 25.) ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- Amtrak Chief Executive David Gunn told a St. Louis audience Thursday that the passenger railroad is not in a crisis, then blasted the U.S....
Amtrak expects full NYC to Boston service on Friday
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on August 26.) NEW YORK -- After three days of extensive delays and cancellations caused by a freight train derailment, Amtrak announced Thursday that it anticipated normal train operation between New York City...
6-car train derailment stops Des Moines traffic
(The Des Moines Register posted the following article by Abby Simons on its website on August 26.) DES MOINES, Iowa -- A train derailment stretching a mile across Des Moines' east side held rush-hour commuters at a standstill Thursday. Six cars in a 104-car Union...
SEIU won’t rejoin AFL-CIO
(Reuters circulated the following article on August 24.) CHICAGO -- The leader of a breakaway faction that has split the AFL-CIO, the 50-year-old umbrella group at the heart of the U.S. labor movement, said on Wednesday his union will not mend ties with the AFL-CIO...
A mountain of coal waits for a ride
(The following article by Elliot Blair Smith was posted on the USA Today website on August 25.) NEW YORK -- A heavy snowstorm blanketed Wyoming's coal-rich Powder River Basin on May 11 just as the white-capped Big Horn Mountains to the west had begun to thaw. Icy...
Take a look from a train crew’s view
(The following article by Bonnie Rochman was posted on the News & Observer website on August 25.) ABOARD OPERATION LIFESAVER TRAIN, N.C. -- The train ride was supposed to be a real-life lesson about the potential perils of railroad crossings, but not even the...
High speed commuter rail plan unveiled
(The following article was posted on the Cherry Creek News website on August 25.) CHERRY CREEK, Colo. -- Cheyenne-Denver-Albuquerque Imagine a high speed, "Bullet Train"-like commuter railroad whisking passengers from Cheyenne along Colorado's Front Range to...
State-funded Amtrak routes pull in riders
(The following article by Jon Hilkevitch was posted on the Chicago Tribune website on August 25.) CHICAGO -- Amtrak ridership grew by 10 percent on average this year on the four routes through Illinois partially paid for by the state, officials announced Wednesday as...
Illinois’ Amtrak ridership at all-time high
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Mike Colias on August 24.) CHICAGO -- Each of the four state-funded Amtrak routes to and from Chicago served a record number of riders during Illinois' most recent fiscal year, transportation officials...
Opinion: Underground eyes
(The following editorial was posted on the White Plains Journal News website on August 25.) WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has finally gotten its security plans in gear, unveiling an ambitious plan to install electronic surveillance...
