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Metra line recovers from derailment
(The Chicago Tribune posted the following article on its website on August 24.) CHICAGO -- A normal rush hour was expected this afternoon after a freight train derailment on Chicago's West Side caused delays this morning for riders of the Metra Union Pacific West...
Amtrak: Bronx derailment still hampering service
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on August 25.) NEW YORK --Amtrak riders between New York and Boston can expect lengthy delays and canceled trains as the rail service tries to repair overhead power lines that were badly damaged by a freight train...
Amtrak halts some New York-Boston service for repairs
(Bloomberg News circulated the following article by Rip Watson on August 24.) BOSTON -- Amtrak, the U.S. passenger railroad, canceled Acela and Metroliner service between New York and Boston through tomorrow because of damage to overhead electric-power lines after a...
Truck derails KCS train
(The following article by Melissa DeLoach was posted on the Joplin Globe website on August 25.) NEOSHO, Mo. -- An 18-wheeler wrapped around the engine of a northbound Kansas City Southern train Wednesday afternoon south of Neosho, triggering a derailment, fire and...
Future of Amtrak in Atlanta looks dim
(The following article by Rubina Madan was posted on the Atlanta Journal-Constitution website on August 24.) ATLANTA -- Though cheap plane tickets and superhighways may have curbed its popularity, the Brookwood Amtrak Station still bustles with travelers twice a day...
Amtrak numbers up
(The following article by Steve Cahalan was posted on the La Crosse Tribune website on August 24.) LA CROSSE, Wisc. -- Passenger numbers are increasing on the Empire Builder route between Chicago and Portland/Seattle, and recent train improvements and new amenities...
Concerns aired over slowed rail service
(The following article by Stacie Hamel was posted on the Omaha World-Herald website on August 24.) OMAHA, Neb. -- Slowed service is worrying grain producers and processors who use rail transportation for their products. That concern and others were raised during a...
BNSF plan for second track prompts formation of coalition
(The following article by P. Kim Bui was posted on the Kansas City Star website on August 24.) KANSAS CITY -- A coalition has been formed in response to concerns in Parkville regarding a second train track. U.S. Rep. Sam Graves announced the formation of a coalition...
Opinion: Railroad security fits into overall strategy to thwart terrorism
(The following editorial was posted on the News Journal website on August 24.) WILMINGTON, Del. -- It's downright irresponsible that the federal Transportation Security Administration continues to ignore funding for security on the nation's railroad system. It is...
NY subways get cameras, sensors to boost security
(Reuters circulated the following article on August 23.) NEW YORK -- New York's transit agency said on Tuesday it will spend $212 million to improve security on subways and buses amid criticism, fueled by July's bombings in London, it had not spent available cash to...
