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Oversight is spotty on rail-crossing safety projects
(The following article by Walt Bogdanich and Jenny Nordberg was posted on the New York Times website on February 18.) NEW YORK -- When Missouri state auditors set out to learn if railroads were prudently spending government money to install warning signals at grade...
Metrolink crash suspect didn’t want to die
(The following story by Naush Boghossian appeared on the Long Beach Press Telegram website on February 18.) GLENDALE, Calif. -- The laborer charged with triggering the deadly Metrolink derailment was making a "twisted' attempt to win back his estranged wife not trying...
Man may have caused Metrolink crash for wife
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on February 18.) GLENDALE, Calif. (AP) -- The man charged with killing 11 people on a commuter train by allegedly parking a truck in its path wasn't trying to commit suicide but wanted to create a ``horrific...
AFL-CIO worried by asbestos plan reopening
(Reuters circulated the following article by Susan Cornwell on February 16.) WASHINGTON -- The AFL-CIO labor group is "deeply disturbed" by calls from some senators and business interests to reopen parts of a plan to create an asbestos compensation fund, the...
Second leak reported at BNSF refueling station
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on February 17.) SPOKANE, Wash. -- A new locomotive-refueling station in Idaho has sprouted a second leak over the main water supply for the Spokane area, and Kootenai County, Idaho, officials want the facility...
Mayor doesn’t expect Okla. to fund Amtrak
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on February 16.) OKLAHOMA CITY -- Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett says he expects Amtrak service in the state to end in September when federal funding runs out. Cornett says he doesn't think the state will...
Amtrak plan could cost states
(The News Journal posted the following article by Patrick Jackson and Murali Balaji on its website on February 17.) WILMINGTON, Del. -- A plan for states to start chipping in to keep Amtrak trains running or lose the rail service has raised the ire of passengers and...
Opinion: U.S. must not lose national rail system
(The following editorial was posted on the San Antonio Express-News website on February 17.) SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- The Bush administration has been trying to kill the nation's passenger rail system by the inch for some time. This year, the effort to exterminate Amtrak...
Bush ultimatum renews debate on Amtrak’s fate
(The following article by Seth Borenstein was posted on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on February 17.) WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration's message to Amtrak is simple: Change or die. If Amtrak isn't dramatically overhauled, the Bush administration is prepared...
Man gets probation for making bomb threat at Amtrak station
(The Berkshire Eagle posted the following article on its website on February 17.) PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- A Boston man was placed on one year's probation after he admitted yesterday to making a bomb threat at the Amtrak station on Depot Street last year. John Spence, 53,...
