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Repairing New Jersey bridge may take a year, Amtrak says
(The following article by Patrick McGeehan was posted on the New York Times website on May 19.) NEW YORK -- Amtrak officials estimate that repairing the railroad bridge in Kearny, N.J., that caught fire last week will take as long as a year and cost $4.6 million, an...
NTSB probe focuses on CN track in Miss.
(The following story by Ana Radelat appeared on the Clarion-Ledger website on May 19.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Federal investigators are nearly finished with their probe of a fatal Amtrak derailment near Flora last year after interviewing dozens of passengers, emergency...
NJ Transit: Ticket-holders only in some station areas
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Wayne Parry on May 17.) NEWARK, N.J. -- Under fire from civil liberties advocates about its treatment of homeless people, and facing a lawsuit from a homeless man over access to its facilities, NJ Transit is...
BNSF begins taking delivery of camera-equipped locomotives
(BNSF issued the following news release on May 18.) FORT WORTH, Texas -- BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) has begun taking delivery of production locomotives equipped with forward-facing video cameras from GE Engine Services (GE). The cameras are being installed to help...
KC track under repair following KCS 10-car derailment
(The following article by Kevin Hoffmann was posted on the Kansas City Star website on May 19.) KANSAS CITY -- Railway officials were working to repair a track on Kansas City's West Side after a train derailed early this morning. A BNSF Railway train was hauling mixed...
Cleanup under way after 12-car derailment
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on May 18.) JAMESTOWN, N.D. -- Cleanup was under way here Wednesday at the site where 12 cars carrying bentonite, a clay product, derailed over the weekend. The derailment happened about 10:45 p.m. Saturday, at...
Amtrak train hits tractor-trailer
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Jim Salter on May 19.) ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- A tractor-trailer crossed into the path of an Amtrak train just starting its daily St. Louis-to-Kansas City run Wednesday, the collision critically injuring the truck's...
DOT to triple rail inspection capacity
(The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release on May 18.) BATON ROUGE, La. -- The federal government will triple its capacity to inspect the nation’s rail lines thanks to three new advanced track inspection vehicles being launched over the...
Mineta spotlights rail safety with visits to Alabama, Louisiana
(The Department of Transportation issued the following news release on May 18.) WASHINGTON -- Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta put the spotlight on the Administration's intercity passenger rail reform plan on Wednesday with a visit to Amtrak's Mobile,...
Mineta rips Amtrak’s losses, ‘culture’
(United Press International circulated the following article on May 18.) Mobile, Ala. -- The U.S. transportation secretary ripped Amtrak Wednesday for big losses and said the railway did not possess any internal incentive to improve. Last year, Amtrak lost more than...
