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Mineta calls on Amtrak to cut costs
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on May 26.) WASHINGTON -- Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta is urging Amtrak to immediately put in place cost-cutting measures, saying the railroad could be as much as $40 million in debt before Sept. 30. In...
Railroad confirms safety-rule change
(The following article by Rick Brundrett was posted on the State website on May 26.) COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Norfolk Southern railroad changed its safety procedures for operating manual switches eight days after the January crash that killed nine in Graniteville. Company...
VIA welcomes visitors to Montreal for the once-in-a-lifetime exhibition of historical treasures from the Vatican
(VIA Rail issued the following news release on May 25.) MONTREAL -- As one of the event's corporate sponsors, VIA Rail Canada Inc. is pleased to welcome the arrival of St. Peter and the Vatican: The Legacy of the Popes, an exhibition of stunning art and historical...
RailPower announces Norfolk Southern Railway as Final Class 1 to trial The Green Goat(R)
(Rail Power Technologies issued the following news release on May 26.) VANCOUVER -- RailPower Technologies Corp., announced today that Norfolk Southern will commence a 30-day trial with a Green Goat(R) Series hybrid locomotive at the beginning of August. RailPower...
Maintenance will affect Amtrak trains
(The following article by Shawn Day was posted on the Salem Statesman-Journal on May 26.) SALEM, Ore. -- Some Amtrak passenger trains traveling to Portland and Eugene from Wednesday to Aug. 2 may be delayed or canceled because of maintenance work on railroad tracks....
Amtrak Whistlestop to stop in Shelby
(The following article by Barbara Simonetti was posted on the Shelby Promoter website on May 25.) SHELBY, Mont. -- Montanans along the Hi-Line will have the chance to make their opinions known about the Bush administration's proposed elimination of all funding to...
Firefighters quickly control train fire
(The Billings Gazette posted the following article on its website on May 26.) BILLINGS, Mont. -- A burning locomotive pulled into Billings and the fire was quickly extinguished Wednesday evening. Fire crews were sent to the area near the Sixth Avenue underpass about...
UP says bad coupler caused accident
(The following article was posted on the Duluth News Tribune website on May 26.) DULUTH, Minn. -- A bad coupler is believed to have been the cause of a train derailment that forced an evacuation in Solon Springs last month, according to Union Pacific Railroad...
Graniteville residents consider their options
(The following article by Sammy Fretwell was posted on the State website on May 26.) GRANITEVILLE, S.C. -- Myrtle Mills lived in pain for two weeks last winter after a poisonous cloud drove her from the house she shares with a daughter. Evacuated because leaking...
Giant railroads paint rosy — and misleading — picture of safety record
(The Transportation Trades Department issued the following news release on May 25.) WASHINGTON -- The freight railroad industry paints a highly selective and distorted picture of its own safety record, Edward Wytkind, President of the AFL-CIO's Transportation Trades...
