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Senator Byrd presses funding to salvage Amtrak, state highway system

(The following story by Del Malkie appeared on the Mineral Daily News-Tribune website on November 24.) KEYSTER, W.Va. -- A major effort in last week's closing Congressional session by West Virginia's Senator Robert C. Byrd has salvaged funding for the nation's...

Guilford agrees to notify city of derailments

(The following story by Amy V. Talit appeared on The Bristol Press website on November 23.) BRISTOL, Conn. -- Federal law states when there is no imminent danger, a railroad company need not notify local authorities of a derailment, said fire Chief Jon Pose. However,...

Train leaks oil at D.C. freight yard

(The Associated Press circulated the following article on November 23.) WASHINGTON -- Contractors are now cleaning up an oil leak in a Southeast Washington train yard. D.C. Fire and EMS spokesman Alan Etter says between 75 and 100 gallons of motor oil spilled from a...

No one injured as UP train derails near Notus

(The following story by Lane Bettencourt appeared on the Idaho Press-Tribune website on November 24.) NOTUS, Idaho -- The small Canyon County town of Notus was rattled from its sleep overnight Monday when a train derailed near its eastern edge. Derailing just before 1...

The IC&E Railroad and IBT/BLET agree to arbitration

(The NMB issued the following news release on November 24.) WASHINGTON -- The National Mediation Board (NMB) is pleased to announce that the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT/BLET) and the Iowa,...

Bombardier wins $161-million signalling work with Madrid Metro

(The Canadian Press circulated the following story on November 22.) MONTREAL -- Bombardier Transportation has announced two orders worth about $161 million Cdn to supply an automatic train control system to the Madrid Metro. The 104-million-euro contract announced...

Via defends purchase of Brit train cars

(The Canadian Press circulated the following story on November 22.) MONTREAL -- Via Rail is standing by its purchase of 139 used rail cars from Britain and says they represent good value for the taxpayer and meet Canadian standards. "The Renaissance cars, obtained at...

Train maker Lionel pins hopes on Polar Express

(The following story by Wall Street Journal reporters Joseph Pereira and Ethan Smith appeared on the Kansas City Star website on November 23.) NEW YORK -- Christmas is turning into a real train wreck for Lionel LLC, the 104-year-old model train maker that filed for...

NTSB tells Metro to revise train rollback instructions

(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Candace Smith on November 22.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Federal investigators looking into the crash of two Metro trains told the transit agency Monday to change the way subway drivers handle a train rolling backward....

Need spurs short-line business for ‘train guy’

(The following story by John Stucke of the Spokesman-Review appeared on the Albany Democrat-Herald website on November 22.) SPOKANE, Wash. -- It's every boy's dream. Todd Havens runs his own little railroad west of Spokane, driving his own locomotive up and down a...

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