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Opinion: Bush plan for Amtrak can’t leave the station
(The following editorial appeared on The Republican’s website on February 3.) SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Since the early 1960s, when lawmakers in Washington, D.C., had to tend to business in New York City or in Boston, all they had to do was make the quick trip to National...
Proposed Amtrak cut draws ire
(The following story by Kelly Bothum appeared on The News Journal website on February 3.) WILMINGTON, Del. -- Delaware's congressional delegation railed against a published report Wednesday that said the White House will propose eliminating operating subsidies for...
Amtrak under most serious threat yet
(Reuters circulated the following article by John Crawley on February 2.) WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration's decision to propose no operating money for Amtrak next year is the starkest signal yet that U.S. transportation planners are serious about dramatically...
Bush may end Amtrak’s operating budget
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on February 2.) WASHINGTON -- President Bush will propose ending federal subsidies for Amtrak's operating expenses for 2006, congressional aides said Wednesday, stirring protests from lawmakers representing the...
Rail crossing madness
(The following story by Paul Cowan appeared on the Edmonton Sun website on February 2.) MACKAY, Alberta -- A collision between a logging truck and a Via Rail train Monday came as no surprise to some residents living near the scene. Some people living near the crossing...
CN mainline reopens after logging truck accident
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on February 1.) MACKAY, Alberta -- CN's main line reopened Tuesday as investigators began combing through wreckage to determine what caused a logging truck to push a Via Rail train off its tracks. There were no...
AFL-CIO will make no endorsement in DNC chair race
(The AFL-CIO issued the following news release on February 1. ) WASHINGTON -- The AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education announced today that it will issue no formal endorsement of a candidate for Chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), choosing instead to...
Railroads offer to help rebuild in countries devastated by tsunami
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following news release on January 27.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- North America's railroads have offered to assemble a team of experts to travel to South Asia to help rebuild critical rail lines that were destroyed by the...
Train whistle rule delayed again
(The Chicago Tribune posted the following article on its website on February 2.) CHICAGO -- Chicago-area officials will have a little more time to protect their train whistle bans now that the effective date of a new federal train horn regulation has been pushed back...
Police suspect suicide as train kills woman in her wheelchair
(The following report appeared on the Oakland Tribune website on February 2.) BERKELEY, Calif. -- A woman in a wheelchair was struck and killed by a freight train Tuesday morning, and the death is being investigated as a possible suicide, Union Pacific railroad...
