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Senate committee approves $1.4 billion for Amtrak
(Reuters circulated the following article on July 20.) WASHINGTON -- A Senate appropriations subcommittee proposed a sharp boost in an annual subsidy for Amtrak on Tuesday, approving a record $1.4 billion for the cash-poor railroad. The rail measure was cleared as...
Bigger Amtrak budget brings veto threat
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on July 19.) WASHINGTON -- President Bush's plans to close down Amtrak's money-losing long distance routes were dealt another setback Tuesday as a Senate panel approved a sizable boost to the budget for the ailing...
Work in Progress
(The AFL-CIO circulated the following on July 18.) VICTORY AT QUEBECOR--After a two-year global fight to win justice for workers at Quebecor World, 207 workers at the printing giant's Fernley, Nev., plant won a voice at work with the Graphic Communications...
UP steam locomotives will make trips between Denver, Cheyenne
(The following article by Mike Peters was posted on the Greeley Tribune website on July 19.) GREELEY, Colo. -- Following the same track bed that was laid 135 years ago, two of the most famous Union Pacific locomotives will speed through Greeley several times this...
Panel readies subpoena on Yucca Mountain
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on July 18.) WASHINGTON -- A congressional committee will subpoena documents from the Energy Department about possible paperwork fraud on the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump in Nevada, a lawmaker said Monday....
New Penn Station no longer dream
(The following article by Paul D. Colford was posted on the New York Daily News website on July 19.) NEW YORK -- State and city officials yesterday named the developers who will replace one of the city's lost jewels - the old Pennsylvania Station - with a new gem....
Officials reject plan for tracks
(The following article by Steve Hymon was posted on the Los Angeles Times website on July 19.) LOS ANGELES -- The quest to introduce a high-speed train across California hit another bump on Monday when Los Angeles City Council members told rail officials to avoid...
Union Pacific Corporation announces second quarter earnings release broadcast
(Union Pacific issued the following news release on July 18.) OMAHA, Neb. -- In conjunction with Union Pacific Corporation's Second Quarter 2005 Earnings Release, you are invited to listen to its presentation that will be broadcast live over the Internet or via...
U.S. transport official warns of brown-out risk
(Reuters circulated the following article by Daniel Sorid on July 18.) SAN FRANCISCO -- A top U.S. transportation official warned on Monday that coal shortages caused by damage to railroad tracks in the primary U.S. coal-mining region could trigger electrical...
Surface Transportation Board announces release to public of railroads’ 2005 “fall peak” service plans
(The Surface Transportation Board issued the following news release on July 18.) WASHINGTON -- Surface Transportation Board Chairman Roger Nober today announced that the agency has publicly released the Class I railroads' "fall peak" service plans. Chairman Nober...
