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Train starts grass fires in Minn.
(The Duluth News Tribune posted the following article on its website on June 23.) DULUTH, Minn. -- A train sparked grass fires along a nearly 10-mile swath of railroad track northwest of Proctor late Thursday afternoon. Randy Nelson, chief of the Solway Township...
Amtrak train evacuated due to suspicious parcel
(The following article by Matthew Moriarty was posted on the Pilot website on June 23.) SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. -- A suspicious package forced the evacuation of an Amtrak train headed north through Southern Pines on Thursday morning. The package turned out to be...
Public fears threaten M.T.A.’s 5-year plan
(The following article by Sewell Chan and Al Baker was posted on the New York Times website on June 23.) NEW YORK -- The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which is trying to secure final approval from Albany for a new five-year capital program, has run into an...
Union Pacific Corporation invites you to join its second quarter earnings release broadcast
(Union Pacific issued the following news release on June 22.) 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...
Mich. proposes Amtrak cuts
(The following article by Mara Deutch was posted on the State News website on June 23.) LANSING, Mich. -- For the more than 600,000 people who used Amtrak trains last year to travel, possible state budget cuts for the upcoming fiscal year might end their way of...
Judge: Amtrak can charge disabled extra
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on June 22.) PHILADELPHIA -- A federal judge ruled that Amtrak can charge a group of wheelchair users extra to ride in the same car together. The wheelchair users, members of Disabled in Action of Pennsylvania,...
Heat hinders N.Va. train line
(The following article by Chip Jones was posted on the Richmond Times-Dispatch website on June 23.) RICHMOND, Va. -- The heat is on CSX Corp. -- again. This week, the head of the Virginia Railway Express pleaded for relief from operating mix-ups and heat-related...
VRE frustrated by CSX service
(The following article by Edie Gross was posted on the Free-Lance Star website on June 23.) FREDERICKSBURG, Va. -- Problems along CSX-owned railroad tracks have caused hours-long delays to Virginia Railway Express trains over the last month, frustrating passengers and...
New train horn law kicks in
(The following article by Jon Davis was posted on the Chicago Daily Herald website on June 23.) CHICAGO -- A new federal rule requires train horns to blare at crossings around the country starting tomorrow, but Chicago-area crossings will remain mostly quiet. The...
The sound of horns is back on tracks
(The following article by Lois Caliri was posted on the Roanoke Times website on June 23.) ROANOKE, Va. -- The train horns - sentimental to some, bothersome to others - are back. Rail engineers are now required to blow the locomotive horns, or whistles, when they...
