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Department of Labor Budget at a glance
(The Associated Press circulated the following on February 7.) Agency: Department of Labor Spending: $11.5 billion Percentage Change from 2005: -4.4 percent Mandatory Outlays: $40.5 billion Total Spending: $52 billion Highlights: --Would cut funding to the Bureau of...
Norfolk officials hopeful about rail project
(The following article by Debbie Messina was posted on the Virginian-Pilot website on February 8.) NORFOLK, Va. -- Federal transit officials are not giving the city’s proposed starter light rail line the thumbs up, yet they’re not giving it a thumbs down either. For...
Arch Coal warns on train congestion
(The Financial Times circulated the following article by Doug Cameron on February 8.) HOUSTON -- Arch Coal on Tuesday warned that the congestion affecting the US rail system is expected to continue through the first half of this year. The second largest US coal...
U.P. auction nearly ready to roll
(The following story by Stacie Hamel appeared on the Omaha World-Herald website on February 9.) OMAHA, Neb. -- Tanner Hernandez enjoys digging into a modern-day archaeological site for 14 hours a day. Since November, the latest dig for Hernandez and a crew of 20 has...
9th Circuit overturns $6.6 million award in BNSF crossing death
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Bob Anez on February 8.) HELENA, Mont. -- A federal appeals court has overturned a $6.6 million judgment against Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway for the death of a Montana man at a rail crossing in 1999. A...
Brothers stand accused in theft of copper wire from BNSF
(The Kansas City Star posted the following article on its website on February 9.) KANSAS CITY -- Two Gardner men were charged Tuesday with the theft of a few thousand dollars worth of copper wire — a theft that caused big problems for a railroad last weekend. As many...
New Jersey Transit is set to urge a new river tunnel for a commuter link to midtown
(The following article by Patrick McGeehan was posted on the New York Times website on February 9.) NEW YORK -- Two days after President Bush threw his financial support behind a rail link under the East River, New Jersey officials are to make a pitch today for a...
Family of boy killed by train sues Metra
(The following report appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on February 8.) CHICAGO -- The family of a 10-year-old Schaumburg boy killed by a Metra train last year at the River Grove station has filed a lawsuit against the commuter railroad and three of its...
VRE chief says rail service needs Amtrak
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on February 8.) FREDERICKSBURG, Va. -- A spokesman for Virginia Railway Express hopes that President Bush won't get his way on Amtrak funding. The president has proposed eliminating money for Amtrak. Mark Roeber...
Opinion: Derailing Amtrak
(The following column by Derrick Z. Jackson appeared on the Boston Globe website on February 9.) BOSTON -- President Bush wants to derail Amtrak by eliminating its operating subsidies. This is so outrageous that members of his own party are jumping off this train. In...
