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Wisc. Transportation Secretary asks for more funds for Milwaukee-Chicago train line
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on June 19.) MADISON, Wis. -- Wisconsin Transportation Secretary Frank Busalacchi has asked state lawmakers to restore funds for an Amtrak train line between Milwaukee and Chicago after they were slashed in budget...
Opinion: Annual arguments over Amtrak funding are tiring
(The following editorial was posted on the Bloomington Pantograph website on June 20.) BLOOMINGTON, Ill. -- Why doesn't Washington just give Amtrak $1.24 billion and save a lot of arguing and threats that get so many people worked up. A House subcommittee has fired...
Opinion: Corporate Profit vs. Public Safety
(The following editorial was posted on the New York Times website on June 20.) NEW YORK -- One of the first steps any sane person would take to guard against terrorism is to stop rail tankers filled with deadly chemicals from passing within a few blocks of the...
Rail freight traffic down
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following news release on June 16.) WASHINGTON -- Freight traffic on U.S. railroads was down during the week ended June 11 in comparison with the corresponding week last year, the Association of American Railroads...
Border agents rescue migrants from hot railroad car
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on June 16.) DEMING, N.M. -- U.S. Border Patrol agents have rescued more than a dozen illegal immigrants from a hot railroad car in southwestern New Mexico. A citizen called authorities Wednesday afternoon after...
NJ Transit redoes schedules’ design
(The following article by Patrick McGeehan was circulated by New York Times News Service on June 16.) NEW YORK -- NJ Transit is redesigning its train schedules for the first time in more than 20 years. They will take effect July 3, two days after fares are to go up an...
STB seeks railroad plans for “fall peak” shipping season
(The Surface Transportation Board issued the following news release on June 16.) WASHINGTON -- Surface Transportation Board Chairman Roger Nober today announced that he has asked each of the seven largest railroads to report to the Board within 30 days on its plans to...
Bill would let state close railroad crossings
(The following article by Laura Maggi was posted on the Times-Picayune website on June 16.) BATON ROUGE, La. -- The state could close railroad crossings that have been deemed too dangerous under a bill heading to the House floor. Senate Bill 353 by Sen. Art Lentini,...
Amtrak’s survival uncertain
(The following article was posted on the Grand Rapids Press website on June 16.) LANSING, Mich. -- A $1 million subsidy cut to Amtrak approved by the state Senate on Wednesday could pull the rails from under the Pere Marquette train route between Grand Rapids and...
Plan has Amtrak routed out
(The following article by Sylvia A. Smith was posted on the Fort Wayne News Sentinel website on June 17.) WASHINGTON -- Hoosiers who prefer to travel by train rather than by car or plane would lose all their options under legislation Congress is considering. The line...
