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New brakes let Acela resume some routes
(The following article by Jenalia Moreno was posted on the Washington Post website on July 12.) WASHINGTON -- Amtrak's Acela Express resumed limited service yesterday between Washington and New York with new brake discs replacing faulty parts that had forced the...
Amtrak resumes New York-Washington Acela trains
(Bloomberg News circulated the following article by Rip Watson on July 11.) WASHINGTOn -- Amtrak, the national passenger railroad, said its Acela Express high-speed train resumed service with four trips between New York and Washington today, almost three months after...
After three months on the shelf, Acelas begin a return to service
(The following article by Matthew L. Wald was posted on the New York Times website on July 11.) WASHINGTON -- Amtrak put two of its Acela Express trains back in service on Monday, nearly three months after all 20 were sidelined because of cracked brakes. Travelers...
Amtrak resumes limited Acela fast-train service
(Reuters circulated the following article on July 11.) WASHINGTON -- Amtrak on Monday resumed limited high-speed Acela rail service between Washington and New York after fixing cracked brake discs that had sidelined the popular trains since mid-April. The national...
D.C. council ‘justified’ to ban rail hazmat
(The following article by Robert Redding Jr. was posted on the Washington Times website on July 12.) WASHINGTON -- D.C. officials are citing last week's transit-system bombings in London to bolster their call for a ban on trains carrying hazardous materials through...
Analyst: Attack on U.S. imminent
(The following report appeared on World News Daily’s website on July 12.) NEW YORK -- Terrorists will try to carry out an attack on the United States within the next 90 days, a former Israeli counterterrorism intelligence officer predicts. Juval Aviv, head of the New...
High-tech antiterror tools: a costly, long-range goal
(The following article by Eric Lipton and Andrew C. Revkin was posted on the New York Times website on July 11.) WASHINGTON -- With the mass transit systems in Britain and the United States on high alert, the best available defense the governments can provide against...
Dogs, people best at securing mass transit
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on July 11.) NEW YORK -- Within hours of the London bombings, a renewed call went up for the United States to use its considerable technology heft to prevent similar attacks on the nation's transit system. Public...
Millions go unspent for rail security
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on July 11.) WASHINGTON -- As Congress considers spending more on rail security, records show that the Homeland Security Department has spent less than 7 percent of the $10 million it received this year to inspect...
Rise in rail business may spur rise in wrecks, ex-official says
(The following story by Jerry Mitchell appeared on the Clarion-Ledger website on July 12.) JACKSON, Miss. -- Half the nation's head-on train collisions this year have taken place in Mississippi — all in the past two weeks. "It's a rare event, but there may be more...
