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Bush politics kill Amtrak board nomination
(The following story by Maria Recio appeared on the Fort Worth Star-Telegram website on February 5.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Robert Crandall, the former chief executive of American Airlines, has always been his own man, a trait appreciated by President Bush, who nominated...
Acting New Jersey Governor Codey slams President’s proposed cut to Amtrak
(The acting Govvernor of New Jersey issued the following news release on February 5.) TRENTON, N.J. -- Acting Governor Richard J. Codey today sent President Bush a letter criticizing the President’s reported proposal to cut all federal funding for Amtrak’s operating...
CSX train derails in Ohio
(The Ohio News Network circulated the following article on February 6.) CRIDERSVILLE, Ohio -- The Auglaize County Sheriffs Office confirms that around 6:30 Sunday morning, a train carrying brand new cars derailed just south of Cridersville on the CSX line. A CSX...
Opinion: Bush plan to end Amtrak subsidy must be blocked
(The following editorial appeared on the Great Falls Tribune website on February 6.) GREAT FALLS, Mont. -- Coming off the high of George W. Bush's visit to northcentral Montana this past week, we return to the reality that while the president is popular here, he also...
$2.5 trillion budget plan cuts many programs including Amtrak
(The following article by Mike Allen and Peter Baker was posted on the Washington Post website on February 7.) WASHINGTON -- President Bush plans to unveil a $2.5 trillion budget today eliminating dozens of politically sensitive domestic programs, including funding...
Crew of parked NS train fired in wake of Graniteville crash
(The following story by Sammy Fretwell and Rick Brundrett appeared on The State website on February 5.) COLUMBIA, S.C. -- The Norfolk Southern Corporation has fired a Columbia railroad crew accused in lawsuits of failing to flip a switch that would have prevented a...
Rail crew members at center of storm
(The following story by Sammy Fretwell and Rick Brundrett appeared on The State website on February 7. Brian McLaughlin is Local Chairman of BLET Division 85 in Columbia, S.C.) COLUMBIA, S.C. -- The life of Benjamin Aiken, a Columbia railroad engineer and instructor,...
Social Security: Spread the Truth
(The following letter written on February 3 is from the Working Families e-Activist Group. Dear Working Families e-Activist: When the president talks to America about something as serious as working families' retirement security, we need to hear sound facts and...
U.S. rail traffic mixed in January
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following news release on February 3.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. rail carload traffic fell 0.7 percent (9,576 carloads) while U.S. rail intermodal traffic rose 7.4 percent (57,796 trailers and containers) in January...
NMB and UMass form partnership to study ADR Technologies
(The NMB issued the following news release on February 2.) WASHINGTON -- For the first time today, representatives from the National Mediation Board, the National Science Foundation, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and participating carriers and unions...
