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Lawsuit ties CSX facility to illnesses
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on December 17.) HULL, Fla. -- Eight residents of this small southwest Florida community sued CSX Transportation Corp. on Thursday, alleging that a facility that treated lumber with preservatives released...
Calif. high-speed train could provoke problems for town
(The following article by Ross Farrow was posted on the Lodi News-Sentinel website on December 16.) LODI, Calif. -- It may be several years before a high-speed train connecting Sacramento and San Diego is built, but the city of Galt wants to make sure the train...
SEPTA cuts will affect Del. riders
(The following article by Sean O’Sullivan was posted on the News Journal website on December 16.) NEWARK, Del. -- Riders who use SEPTA can expect higher fares and cuts in service under a plan approved Thursday by the board of the financially strapped public...
SEPTA riders to pay nation’s highest fares
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Mark Scolforo on December 17.) HARRISBURG -- Pennsylvania’s public-transportation funding crisis reached a new stage Thursday as mass transit agencies in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia both imposed steep fare...
LIRR commuters to pay average 5 percent more
(The following article by Joie Tyrrell was posted on the Newsday website on December 17.) NEW YORK -- It's enough to make Dashing Dan cry. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority approved the second fare hike for Long Island Rail Road commuters in two years...
NYC transit agency votes to raise rail and bus fares in 2005
(The following article by Sewell Chan was posted on the New York Times website on December 17.) NEW YORK -- The Metropolitan Transportation Authority approved a plan for fare increases and service changes yesterday that will raise the price of a monthly fare card by...
Cargo security plan in works
(The following article by Leslie Miller was circulated by the Associated Press on December 17.) WASHINGTON -- The Homeland Security Department has not settled on a final plan to keep freight shipping safe from terrorism, but it has concluded that a top priority is...
Private operators profiting from CN’s discarded rail line
(The following story by Gordon Jaremko appeared on The Edmonton Journal website on December 16.) ABOARD ATHABASCA NORTHERN RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVE 610 -- No stereo, snack stops, passing lanes or other breaks make the silent forest scroll by faster as this lone freight...
Coast Guard agrees to limit open-bridge railroad delays
(The following article by Joe Malinconico was posted on the Newark Star-Ledger website on December 16.) NEWARK, N.J. -- NJ Transit rail commuters won't have to worry about delays this winter when the drawbridge that carries trains to Manhattan across the Hackensack...
Two railroads finally reach agreement
(The following article by Mary Alys Cherry was posted on the Citizen website on December 15.) HOUSTON -- David Harpole, spokesman for the partnership that planned to build an $80 million rail line from Bayport to Highway 3 said Monday an agreement has been reached...
