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Train to J.F.K. scores with fliers, but not with airport workers
(The following article by Sewell Chan was posted on the New York Times website on January 11.) WASHINGTON -- In its first year of operation, the AirTrain, which connects Kennedy International Airport with the New York City subway system and the Long Island Rail Road,...
The Boards of Directors of KCS and TMM approve amended acquisition agreement
(Kansas City Southern issued the following news release on January 12.) KANSAS CITY -- Kansas City Southern and Grupo TMM, S.A. announced today that the companies have entered into an amended acquisition agreement whereby TMM will sell its 51 percent voting interest...
Transit coalition starting SEPTA campaign today
(The following story by Dan Geringer appeared on the Philadelphia Daily News website on January 12.) PHILADELPHIA -- Frustrated by state legislators' doing nothing while debt-riddled SEPTA gets ready to slash service and boost fares, a powerful coalition of labor,...
Rail traffic disrupted by storms
(The following article by Ronald D. White and Roger Vincent was posted on the Los Angeles Times website on January 12.) LOS ANGELES -- Union Pacific Corp. said late Tuesday that mudslides and deep water had closed five of its six rail lines out of the Los Angeles...
FRA urges more safeguards
(The following story by Sammy Fretwell appeared on The State website on January 12.) COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Less than a week after a tragic train wreck in Graniteville, a federal agency urged railroad companies Tuesday to tighten safety procedures involving switches or...
Fatigue, ‘dark territory’ can cause accidents
(The following story by Jim Nesbitt appeared on the Augusta Chronicle website on January 12.) GRANITEVILLE, S.C. -- While investigators focus on an apparent switching error in the wreck of Norfolk Southern Train 192, railroad unions and workplace experts point to a...
Mourners honor Chris Seeling
(The following story by Clif LeBlanc appeared on The State website on January 12.) COLUMBIA, S.C. -- The engineer in Thursday’s fatal Graniteville train wreck was eulogized Tuesday as a good-hearted fellow who had railroading in his blood. Christopher Glenn Seeling,...
Second rail accident attributed to switch left in wrong position
(The following story by Matthew L. Wald appeared on the New York Times website on January 11.) AUGUSTA, Ga. -- The Federal Railroad Administration on Tuesday attributed a second derailment to the cause that is suspected in the chlorine tank car wreck near here, a...
Two CSX engines collide in Banks
(The following story by Russell Sellers appeared on The Messenger website on January 12.) TROY, Ala. -- A CSX freight train collided with a stationary CSX train Tuesday morning around 5 a.m. in the Banks community. The wreck occurred in front of the Banks Primary...
Amtrak derails near Utah-Colorado line
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on January 12.) MACK, Colo. -- An Amtrak train derailed after running into a pickup-sized boulder, authorities said. Six people were injured, none seriously. The California Zephyr, en route from Chicago to Nothern...
