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Board upholds CSX fines
(The following story by Lori Cox appeared on the Cincinnati Enquirer website on November 11.) COVINGTON, Ky. -- The Code Enforcement Board upheld citations and a possible $5,000 in fines against CSX Transportation Wednesday after the city's deadline for the company to...
Fla. train panel chugs on despite voters’ repeal
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Mike Branom on November 10.) ORLANDO -- A proposed bullet-train system has a new route and may soon have a new contractor. The Florida High Speed Rail Authority decided Wednesday to scrap plans that would run...
Rails carry heavier load
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by David Twiddy on November 8.) KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The convergence of an improving economy, increased international trade, bumper crops and higher fuel prices has led to a record-setting year for U.S. railroads....
Norfolk Southern stands to save millions from fuel tax phaseout
(The Virginian-Pilot posted the following article by Christopher Dinsmore on its website on November 11.) NORFOLK, Va. -- Norfolk Southern Corp.’s No. 1 legislative priority has come to pass. The American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, recently signed by President Bush,...
NTSB calls for Federal action to adopt “most wanted” safety improvements
(The NTSB circulated the following news release on November 10.) WASHINGTON -- The National Transportation Safety Board said today that the government should be doing more to prevent accidents and enhance safety for the traveling public. The Board updated its list of...
Amtrak, Metro-North at odds over cause of accident
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on November 10.) NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- A preliminary report accuses the engineer of an Amtrak train that derailed last month of ignoring warning signals and failing to seek permission from a Metro-North dispatcher to...
UP seeks waivers on safety inspections
(The following article by Patrick Driscoll was posted on the San Antonio Express-News website on November 11.) SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- While Bexar County officials are trying to figure out how to make train traffic safer in San Antonio, Union Pacific is asking the...
Judge demands immediate rail action after San Antonio crash
(The following article by Elizabeth Allen was posted on the San Antonio Express-News website on November 11.) SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- For weeks, Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff, Mayor Ed Garza and other local leaders had planned a Washington trip to lobby for tougher...
Authorities identify man killed by UP train
(The following story by Mariano Castillo appeared on the San Antonio Express-News website on November 10.) SAN ANTONIO -- A Union Pacific train knocked a stationary boxcar into a cold storage facility this morning, killing one man and injuring another, authorities...
Man killed in fifth train derailment in San Antonio since May
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on November 10.) SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- One man was killed and another injured Wednesday when a train car smashed into a cold-storage warehouse where they were working, city officials said. The derailment was the...
