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Some Acelas may be back on tracks soon, maker says
(The following article by Keith Reed was posted on the Boston Globe website on June 4.) BOSTON -- Some of Amtrak's sidelined Acela Express trains might be ready for service again before the end of this month, according to an executive with one of the train's...
Rails call ‘all aboard’ as graying workers retire
(Reuters circulated the following article on June 6.) PLEASANT GROVE, Calif. -- Sweat beading around his sunburned cheeks, 24-year-old Shane Grupp climbs aboard the hulking freight car and sends a hand signal to his student, Art Croney, 55, who mans the controls in...
The ‘second victims’ in rail-related fatalities
(The following article by Sally Jacobs was posted on the Boston Globe website on June 6. Walter Nutter and Gerald DeModena are members of BLET Division 57 in Boston. Doris Piersall-McDowell and Thomas Rae are members of BLET Division 312 in Boston.) BOSTON -- She was...
U.S. rail carloads down, intermodal up in May
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following news release on June 2.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. railroads originated 1,374,661 carloads of freight in May 2005, down 805 carloads (0.1 percent) from May 2004. U.S. railroads also originated 893,384...
Bombardier puts the brakes on North American high-speed train plans
(The following article by Bertrand Marotte was posted on the Globe and Mail website on June 3.) MONTREAL -- Bombardier Inc. has put on ice its once-ambitious plans for high-speed train travel in North America. André Navarri, president of Bombardier Transportation,...
Amtrak tour pulls into Whitefish
(The following article by Michael Jamison was posted on the Missoulian website on June 3.) WHITEFISH, Mont. -- Politicians from both sides of the tracks are working to derail a White House budget that offers nothing for Amtrak and would effectively scuttle the...
La. train safety bill is derailed
(The following article by Ed Anderson was posted on the Times Picayune website on June 3.) BATON ROUGE, La. -- A bill to give the state Public Service Commission the authority to hire six employees to inspect railroad tracks and facilities in the state was shelved...
Railroad car leaks ‘dirty dirt’ in Clinton
(The following article by Kay Luna was posted on the Quad City Times website on June 2.) CLINTON, Iowa -- Two railroad lines were shut down more than two hours this morning in Clinton, after a Union Pacific Railroad car appeared to be leaking extremely low-level...
Two UP cars derail
(The Inland Valley Daily Bulletin posted the following article on its website on June 3.) MONTCLAIR, Calif. -- Two railroad cars filled with automobiles went off the track Thursday afternoon. No injuries, fires or hazardous materials were reported. The crew of a Union...
Omahan helped fire up Iraqi Republic Railways
(The following story by Stacie Hamel appeared on the Omaha World-Herald website on June 1.) OMAHA, Neb. -- Rail service is slowly picking up in Iraq months after violence again halted trains. The hard-won rail shipments of U.S. military supplies, though, have not...
