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Train delays caused by deep freeze
(The following article by Mark Ginocchio was posted on the Stamford Advocate website on December 21.) STAMFORD, Conn. -- In its first cold-weather test in nearly a year, the New Haven Line took a hit yesterday, when frigid temperatures delayed trains. The problems...
Calif. high-speed rail on ‘life support’
(The following article by Erin Sherbert was posted on the Stockton Record website on December 20.) STOCKTON, Calif. -- The cost of the proposed high-speed rail system could be as high as $37 billion, leaving even the most-ardent rail supporters questioning the state's...
Rail yard rebirth
(The following story by Ed Asher appeared on the Albuquerque Tribune website on December 20.) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The shops at the old Santa Fe rail yards are merely shells now, but in their day they were architectural marvels. They marked the transformation of...
NTSB still probing 2003 train collision at Carrolls Bluff
(The following story by Tony Lystra appeared on The Longview Daily News website on December 20.) LONGVIEW, Wash. -- The National Transportation Safety Board continues to investigate last year's collision between two freight trains near Carrolls Bluff. The wreck on...
Federal regulators reject Union Pacific effort to contract out safety inspections to Mexico
(The TTD issued the following news release on December 20.) WASHINGTON -- The following statement was issued today by Edward Wytkind, President of the AFL-CIO's Transportation Trades Department, in response to the U.S. Department of Transportation's denial of a waiver...
NS trains derail at same site within 24 hours
(The following story by Stan Maddux appeared on the Gary Post-Tribune website on December 21.) PINOLA, Ind. -- Two trains, including one heading to Burns Harbor with 104 freight cars of steel, derailed within 24 hours of each other at the same location west of...
Amtrak to assist with commute during Coaster derailment repairs
(The following article by Lola Sherman was posted on the San Diego Union-Tribune website on December 21.) SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- Passengers on eight of the 22 daily Coaster commuter trains between San Diego and Oceanside will be asked to take Amtrak trains instead...
BNSF allows more trains to run after derailment
(The following story by Chuanpis Santilukka appeared on the St. Cloud Times website on December 20.) ST. CLOUD, Minn. -- Residents may see more trains in the next couple of days because of the 11 rail cars that derailed on a major track Sunday in St. Cloud. More...
Enjoying a holiday train of thought
(The following article by Lauren Donovan was posted on the Bismarck Tribune website on December 18.) HARVEY, N.D. -- A train trimmed in thousands of lights and loaded with nothing but Christmas cheer slipped through the vast, starlit North Dakota night. It stopped in...
Bombardier wins train order
(The Canadian Press circulated the following on December 20.) MONTREAL -- Bombardier Transportation, which announced plans this year to cut 21 per cent of its work force, has won an $81-million (U.S.) order to supply 26 streetcars to Marseille, France. The Flexicity...
