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Port of Los Angeles begins discussions with BNSF Railway Company on new intermodal facility
(BNSF issued the following news release on February 9.) LOS ANGELES -- BNSF Railway Company announced today that it was selected by the Port of Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners to begin discussions on a new intermodal container transfer facility about five...
Metrolink insurance claims being filed
(The following article by Jessica Keating was posted on the Ventura County Star website on February 10.) VENTURA, Calif. -- Passengers in last month's deadly Metrolink train derailment have begun filing insurance claims against the transit agency, a necessary step...
UP’s Phoenix rail rates going up 8-100%
(The following story by Max Jarman appeared on The Arizona Republic website on February 10.) PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Union Pacific Corp. is raising rates as much as 100 percent for certain goods being shipped in and out of Arizona in a bid to relieve congestion and shipping...
U.P. hikes some of its rates in Arizona to ease backups
(Bloomberg News circulated the following story on February 10.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Union Pacific Corp. has as much as doubled some rates in Arizona for shipping items such as steel and copper, helping to cut demand for rail cars as the company tries to reduce...
Opinion: Bush tries to run Amtrak out of town
(The following editorial by Sheryl McCarthy was posted on the Newsday website on February 10.) NEW YORK -- In a popular TV commercial, an annoying duck follows unsuspecting people around, quacking "AFLAC!" to remind them of the benefits of a certain brand of health...
Proposed Amtrak cuts could affect Tahoe
(The following article by Susan Wood was posted on the Tahoe Daily Tribune website on February 9.) LAKE TAHOE, Nev. -- Of the multitude of programs headed to the chopping block, President Bush's $2.57 trillion budget proposal for 2006 may derail Amtrak, the nation's...
Bush plan threatens Amtrak in Michigan
(The following article by Hank Schaller was posted on the Daily Oakland Press website on February 10.) OAKLAND, Mich. -- Passenger rail service in Michigan could become extinct if President Bush succeeds with a plan to eliminate a $1.2 billion federal subsidy for...
U.S. to overhaul inspections of railroads
(Reuters circulated the following article on February 10.) NEW YORK -- The U.S. Transportation Department is set to change its railroad inspection program in a bid to improve safety, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. The agency's railroad safety arm, the...
U.S. audit faults federal regulators on rail safety
(The following article by Walt Bogdanich was posted on the New York Times website on February 10.) NEW YORK -- America's four biggest railroads suffer from substantial and systemic safety problems, according to a new federal audit that raises questions about how well...
Exclusive: Rail workers have little faith in security efforts, Union survey is finding
(The following article by Sean Madigan was posted on the Congressional Quarterly website on February 2.) WASHINGTON -- Were locomotive operators hauling freight trains to Washington Wednesday night supposed to be on special alert as President Bush delivered his State...
