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Veto of M.T.A. capital plan stalls repairs and construction
(The following article by Sewell Chan was posted on the New York Times website on July 2.) NEW YORK -- Leaders of the State Legislature rejected the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's proposed five-year capital plan yesterday. Their decision blocks the authority...
Homes near tracks: ‘Tragedy waiting to happen’
(The following article by Matt O'Brien was posted on the Alameda Times-Star website on July 5.) HAYWARD, Calif. -- Ask Union Pacific Railroad Company officials what they think of Hayward's most anticipated redevelopment project of the next few years, and they'll tell...
NJ Transit fare hike upsets commuters
(The Asbury Park Press posted the following article on its website on July 2.) NEWARK, N.J. -- Nilda Ortiz couldn't understand why the ticket machine at Newark Penn Station wanted $85 from her Friday morning for a monthly train ticket that used to cost $77. The Linden...
CSX didn’t report outings
(The following story by Jon Craig appeared on the Cincinnati Enquirer website on July 4.) COLUMBUS, Ohio -- National train company CSX failed to report a three-night Florida fishing junket for state legislators - including Rep. Bill Seitz. The Green Township...
Opinion: Rail should be third leg of nation’s transit plan
(The following editorial was posted on the Atlanta Journal-Constitution website on July 3.) ATLANTA -- The United States may consider itself the most civilized country in the world. But when it comes to train service, we're more like a Third World nation. On both a...
Opinion: Funding Amtrak — Something to cheer
(The Philadelphia Inquirer posted the following article on its website on July 5.) PHILADELPHIA -- Amtrak, the national railroad threatened with bankruptcy by the Bush administration, has gotten a welcome boost of support from the U.S. House. Now it's the Senate's...
Opinion: Senate must follow House on Amtrak
(The following editorial was posted on the Billings Gazette website on July 5.) BILLINGS, Mont. -- Amtrak supporters have an uphill climb to save the nation's passenger rail service from cuts proposed by the Bush administration and written into budget resolutions...
Proposed federal, state cuts threaten Mich. Amtrak service
(The following article by Marjory Raymer was posted on the Flint Journal website on July 4.) FLINT, Mich. -- Could it be the end of the line for Amtrak? This year - like most years - it could. The controversial, taxpayer-subsidized passenger train service faces a...
Amtrak president lobbies for funds
(The following article by Henry J. Holcomb was posted on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on July 4.) PHILADELPHIA -- Amtrak president David Gunn huddled with Philadelphia business leaders last week to help energize their campaign to save the national passenger...
Crews clear train tracks after BNSF derailment
(The Billings Gazette posted the following article on its website on July 3.) MILES CITY, Mont. -- Crews reopened the BNSF Railway tracks here Saturday after a derailment a day earlier. A coal train from the Powder River Basin of southeastern Montana derailed Friday...
