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Amtrak faces serious cash crunch, Senators told
(The following article by Mike Musgrove was posted on the Washington Post website on May 13.) WASHINGTON -- Amtrak would run out of money within two weeks of the end of its fiscal year if Congress does not continue to fund the cash-strapped railroad, according to the...
Amtrak executives predict bankruptcy
(The following article by Gwyneth K. Shaw was posted on the Baltimore Sun website on May 13.) WASHINGTON -- Amtrak executives predicted yesterday that the railroad could go bankrupt within months, forcing serious service cuts and other drastic measures, unless it...
KCS announces KCSR Consent Solicitation
(Kansas City Southern issued the following news release on May 11.) KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas City Southern ("KCS") (NYSE:KSU) today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, The Kansas City Southern Railway Company ("KCSR"), has commenced a solicitation of...
NJ Transit revising train plan for Bergen
(The following article by Joe Malinconico was posted on the Newark Star-Ledger website on May 12.) NEWARK, N.J. -- Ever since it opened five years ago, NJ Transit's $2 billion light-rail system went by a name that was somewhat misleading. You didn't have to be a...
Migrants found in locomotive compartment
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on May 12.) COMBES, Texas -- Border Patrol agents say they found 12 illegal immigrants in a hiding place they hadn't seen used in some time - the locomotive of a train. Rio Grande Valley sector spokesman Dan Doty...
S.D. lawmakers question BNSF deal
(The following article by Terry Woster was posted on the Sioux Falls Argus Leader website on May 12.) PIERRE, S.D. -- Two Sioux Falls-area lawmakers say the Legislature should have been consulted before a big chunk of state-owned railroad line was sold to BNSF Railway...
Fallout continues after Acela brake problems
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on May 11.) WASHINGTON -- The brake problems on Amtrak's high speed Acela trains are prompting new calls for a complete overhaul of the passenger rail system. In a congressional subcommittee hearing today,...
Acela flaw was found by a fluke
(The following article by Chris Mondics was posted on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on May 12.) WASHINGTON -- The cracked brake rotors that idled Amtrak's Acela fleet could have caused a catastrophic accident, yet maintenance crews never were trained to look for...
Amtrak official outlines roots of Acela problems
(The following article by Matthew L. Wald was posted on the New York Times website on May 11.) WASHINGTON, May 11 - The Acela Express trains were far closer to a serious accident than Amtrak officials believed, with many more cracks in their brake spokes, when all 20...
Amtrak: Acela brake problems unreported
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on May 11.) WASHINGTON -- Cracks on the brake disc rotors of Amtrak's Acela Express trains were detected as long as three years ago but the railroad was never notified, Amtrak's inspector general said Wednesday....
