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Amtrak insists it owes nothing for emergency help during bomb scare
(The following article by Jesse Hirsch was posted on the Portage Daily Register website on December 14.) PORTAGE, Wisc. -- When a bomb threat forced almost 290 Amtrak passenger to disboard in Portage this summer, the community provided medical service, transportation...
Hearing on NS project delayed until January
(The following article by Ben Bagwell was posted on the Petersburg Progress Index website on December 13.) PRINCE GEORGE, Va. -- New developments have delayed action on the proposed intermodal project by Norfolk Southern Railroad in the New Bohemia section of Prince...
Canadian National’s commitment in Wisc. questioned
(The following article by Rick Romell was posted on the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel website on December 14.) MILWAUKEE, Wisc. -- Reacting to increases in shipping fees on the Canadian National Railway Co. and an aborted move by the railroad to cut service, some...
NMB Mediator loses life in accident
(The National Mediation Board issued the following news release on December 13.) WASHINGTON -– We are saddened to relay the news that a valued co-worker and member of our NMB family, Sam Cognata, lost his life in an automobile accident near Fredericksburg, Virginia,...
BNSF-UP impasse appears near end
(The following article by Bill Hensel Jr. was posted on the Houston Chronicle website on December 14.) HOUSTON -- A deal between Union Pacific and the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad that would scuttle the $80 million San Jacinto Rail project appears close to...
Momentum growing to stop railroads’ plan to silence workers
(The Transportation Trades Dept., AFL-CIO, circulated the following news release on December 13.) WASHINGTON -- Momentum is growing to stop a rail industry plan to suppress rail workers from speaking out on critical issues of working conditions, safety, and pay,...
Christmas trains blend railroad nostalgia with holiday experience
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on December 12.) LEBANON, Ohio -- A piercing whistle cuts through the chilly air, and strings of Christmas lights burst into color. Impatient, wriggling children suddenly become still, gazing wide-eyed as parents...
Food bank gets gifts from CPR Holiday Train
(The following article by Heather Asiyanbi was posted on the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel website on December 11.) STURTEVANT, Wisc. -- Scores of people gathered in the drizzle Thursday night to watch the Canadian Pacific Railway's 2004 Holiday Train chug into the...
New commuter train proposed in Calif.
(The following report by Erin Sherbert appeared on the Stockton Record website on December 13.) STOCKTON, Calif. -- The San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission wants to start a new commuter train that would take passengers from Modesto through Stockton and up to...
RailAmerica completes the sale of its Arizona Eastern Railway Company and its West Texas and Lubbock Railroad Company
(RailAmerica issued the following news release on December 8.) BOCA RATON, Fla. -- RailAmerica (NYSE:RRA) today announced that it has completed the sale of its Arizona Eastern Railway Company and West Texas and Lubbock Railroad Company, Inc. subsidiaries to Permian...
