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N.Y. to pay $1.2 million to fuel future rail plans
(The following article by Cathy Woodruff was posted on the Albany Times-Union website on August 23.) RENSSELAER, N.Y. -- More than a dozen high-powered engineering firms, including contributors to the construction Chunnel linking England and France and the New York...
BNSF boasts ‘love’ for truckers
(BNSF issued the following news release on August 22.) FORT WORTH, Texas -- BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) this week will honor the nation's truck drivers by hosting events at BNSF Intermodal Facilities in Chicago, Ill.; Oakland, Calif.; San Bernardino, Calif.; Los...
M.T.A. turns to Lockheed for security
(The following article by Sewell Chan was posted on the New York Times website on August 23.) NEW YORK -- The Metropolitan Transportation Authority intends to announce today that it will pay up to $200 million to a team led by the Lockheed Martin Corporation, a major...
Tanker leak sparks evacuation
(The North Platte Telegraph posted the following article on its website on August 23.) NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- Vapor from a tanker at Bailey Yard on Monday required some of the workers around the immediate area to be evacuated. According to Union Pacific spokesman Mark...
BNSF train derails
(The following article by Mike Goodwin was posted on the Beatrice Daily Sun website on August 23.) BEATRICE, Neb. -- Cleanup and repair were expected to continue Monday after the last four cars of a 110-car BNSF train derailed Saturday afternoon west of the Gage...
Train derailment causing problems for Amtrak
(New York Television station WABC posted the following article on its website on August 23.) NEW YORK -- Amtrak is having some problems this morning. There's been a freight train derailment in the South Bronx. Officials say it happened about 7:30 this morning. No...
Rail trash depot trial to get under way today
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on August 22.) TRENTON, N.J. -- Environmental hazard or benefit? New Jersey officials are trying to shut down open-air trash transfer depots that have sprung up next to railroads across the state, saying they use...
For NJ Transit, spies are ticket to a better ride
(The following article by Joe Malinconico was posted on the Newark Star-Ledger website on August 22.) NEWARK, N.J. -- The mystery shopper program -- it could be the name of a tacky 1970s television game show. But at NJ Transit, that's what officials are calling their...
Transit use at record high
(The following article by Bill Bowman was posted on the Asbury Park Press website on August 20.) ASBURY PARK, N.J. -- For Joe Demeraski, choosing between commuting by train or by car is a matter of simple economics. Demeraski, 27, of Keansburg said he rides between...
Work on Amtrak trains nearly done
(The Billings Gazette posted the following article on its website on August 20.) GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- Amtrak officials in Chicago say renovations on five sets of trains that run the Empire Builder route should be finished by Sunday. First-class sleeping cars are being...
