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Opinion: Federal government must hold on to Amtrak
(The following editorial was posted on the Saratogian website on April 12.) SARATOGA, N.Y. -- Imagine if the government demanded that the cost of maintaining federal roads become the responsibility of the states and the drivers. The toll hike on the New York state...
Rail passengers rally for Heartland Flyer
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Tim Talley on April 11.) OKLAHOMA CITY -- With money for Oklahoma's Amtrak service scheduled to run out this fall, rail passengers and municipal leaders called on state lawmakers Monday to fund rail service and...
Broken switch stalls commuter trains
(The following article by Joe Malinconico was posted on the Newark Star-Ledger website on April 12.) NEWARK, N.J. -- Dozens of trains heading into Manhattan came to a standstill at the end of yesterday's morning rush hour when a broken power switch shut down a crucial...
Remote control rolls trains through Pocatello
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on April 11.) POCATELLO -- Train engineers are vanishing from the Union Pacific Railroad tracks in Pocatello. It's the first train yard in Idaho to use remote control operations. Now just two employees use remote...
Teamsters alert public of Amtrak funding shortfall
(The International Brotherhood of Teamsters issued the following news release on April 11.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On March 30, passengers boarding Amtrak’s Pacific Surfliner route when it stopped in Solana Beach, California gained firsthand knowledge about proposed...
BLET leader calls NJT training inadequate
(The following story by Joe Malinconico appeared on the Star-Ledger website on April 12.) NEWARK, N.J. -- A union leader yesterday criticized NJ Transit's response to the recent flurry of stop signal violations, saying the agency was not doing enough to retrain its...
Remote control train kills UP switchman: Critics say Utah death highlights hazards
(The following story by John O'Connell appeared on the Idaho State Journal website on April 12.) RIVERDALE, Utah -- A 38-year-old Union Pacific Railroad switchman was killed early Monday after he apparently fell under a freight car being pushed by a...
Budget gap threatens Chicago transit
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on April 11.) CHICAGO -- They're as ubiquitous here as skyscrapers and hot dog joints: the elevated trains that screech and rumble along century-old tracks through downtown and the city's far-flung neighborhoods,...
Union seeks Wal-Mart files about payments
(The following article by Steven Greenhouse was posted on the New York Times website on April 9.) The United Food and Commercial Workers Union called on Wal-Mart Stores yesterday to release all documents connected with accusations that its former vice chairman, Tom...
Experts, crews debate whether steam engine is off track
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on April 10.) ALTOONA, Pa. -- A western Pennsylvania railroad museum's centerpiece, the last working K-4 steam engine in the world, may be falling further behind schedule. Efforts to restore the vintage K-4...
