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Safety vs. access as Philadelphia and CSX debate crossings
(The following article by Natalie Pompilio was posted on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on January 10.) The quickest way for Andrew Au to get from his Center City home to most anywhere - school, work or other points west - is over the CSX railroad tracks along the...
MTA to study railroad tunnel safety
(The following article by Mark Ginocchio was posted on the Stamford Advocate website on January 10.) STAMFORD, Conn. -- The Metropolitan Transportation Authority recently approved a $500,000 study of the Park Avenue tunnel that leads into Grand Central Terminal in...
CSX leases 158-mile track segment in W.Va. to Watco
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on January 7.) CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- CSX Transportation said Friday it plans to lease a 158-mile segment of track between Grafton and Cowen to a Kansas-based transportation holding company. The lease with Watco...
Union Pacific still struggling with congestion
(The following article by James F. Peltz was posted on the Los Angeles Times website on January 10.) LOS ANGELES -- Congestion woes continue to plague Union Pacific Corp. several months after it vowed to beef up service to ease massive logjams, particularly in...
Combustible material leaks from UP train
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on January 10.) HOUSTON -- Investigators were still trying to determine the cause of a freight train derailment that forced some Harris County residents to remain indoors after fuel and a chemical leaked from...
Victims are wary of checks from railroad
(The following story by Karen Cimino and Scott Dodd appeared on the Charlotte Observer website on January 10.) AIKEN, S.C. - After a deadly train crash forced thousands of Graniteville residents from their homes, Norfolk Southern Railroad took over a church in this...
Investigators questioning crew’s role in train crash
(The following story by Matthew L. Wald appeared on the New York Times website on January 10.) GRANITEVILLE, S.C. -- Investigators seeking the cause of a train crash early Thursday that released clouds of chlorine gas and killed nine people said Sunday night that they...
Deadly leak underscores concerns about rail safety
(The following article by Walt Bogdanich and Christopher Drew was posted on the New York Times website on January 9.) NEW YORK -- Ten months ago, government safety officials warned that more than half of the nation's 60,000 pressurized rail tank cars did not meet...
Tracks in Columbia worry residents
(The following story by Sammy Fretwell appeared on The State website on January 8.) COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Not long after learning of Thursday’s tragic train wreck in Graniteville, Bob Amundson wondered about the toxic chemicals that trains carry past his Columbia...
Senator Graham calls for summit after deadly accident
(The following article by Jim Nesbitt was posted on the Augusta Chronicle website on January 10.) GRANITEVILLE, S.C. -- A summit on train speeds, crossings and other rail safety issues in this cramped mill town, scene of a Norfolk Southern train wreck and chlorine...
