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Opinion: Communications failure puts brakes on commute
(The following editorial by Chip Jones was posted on the Richmond Times-Dispatch website on August 22.) RICHMOND, Va. -- What do CSX Corp. and Paul Newman have in common? As the prison boss (played by Strother Martin) told Newman in "Cool Hand Luke," the film classic...
Thousands of college students rely on Amtrak
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Jan Dennis on August 22.) NORMAL, Ill. -- For thousands of Illinois college students, a short ride to home cooking and free washers and dryers is just blocks away aboard Amtrak trains that rumble past nearly a...
Long, hot August for CN
(The Canadian Press circulated the following article on August 20.) VANCOUVER -- The four cars from a CN Rail train that derailed near Prince George on Friday added to the mounting number of mishaps that have plagued the company this month. It was the fifth accident...
Gain reported in rail freight traffic
(The Association of American Railroads circulated the following on August 18.) WASHINGTON -- All three measures of rail freight traffic -- carloads, intermodal and ton-miles -- were up during the week ended August 13 in comparison with the corresponding week last...
Mass transit rolls out tv, tunnel ads
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on August 18.) CHICAGO -- On a fast moving subway train in downtown Chicago, passengers stare out the window at an otherwise dark subway wall that briefly glows red with a filmstrip-like advertisement from Target...
VRE line to run full service Friday
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on August 18.) WASHINGTON -- VRE will run a normal schedule Friday on the Fredericksburg Line. After four days of partial service because of signal work by a freight railroad, the commuter line says it should be...
Canadian National boosts some capacity as much as 20%
(Bloomberg News circulated the following article by Rip Watson on August 18.) OTTAWA -- Canadian National Railway Co., the country's biggest railroad, said it will boost capacity by 20 percent for consumer-goods shipments between Asia and Canada as cargo destined for...
All aboard? Uh, not all in Beech Grove
(The following article by Catherine Rentz Pernot was posted on the Indianapolis Star website on August 19.) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- Lines of frustration crease Darrell Buis' face as he sits atop a lunch table in one of Amtrak's century-old, red brick workhouses. Three...
Farm groups, officials protest BNSF rate, service changes
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on August 19.) BISMARCK, N.D. -- Government officials and 11 North Dakota agricultural groups have sent a letter to Burlington NOrthern Santa Fe Railway protesting rate and service changes. The letter asks BNSF to...
Powerful locomotive
(The following article by Brent Zwerneman was posted on the San Antonio Express-News website on August 19. Gloria Heard is a member of BLET Division 249 in Houston, Texas.) COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- If mammoth Texas A&M defensive lineman Kellen Heard ever hears three...
