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Grain train derails in southern Oklahoma
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on September 30.) DOUGHERTY, Okla. -- A grain train derailed in southern Oklahoma, sending 20 railroad cars off the track and disrupting passenger train service. The Burlington Northern Santa Fe train, which was...
Rail group wants to fight Fla. bullet-train repeal effort
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Jackie Hallifax on September 30.) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Environmental groups and labor unions have joined with high-speed rail supporters to fight the repeal of the project that voters approved just four years...
MTA backs expansion despite gaps in plan
(The following article by Joshua Robin was posted on the Newsday website on September 30.) NEW YORK -- The MTA adopted an ambitious plan yesterday to expand and renovate the region's mass transit amid unanswered questions about how the deficit-plagued agency would pay...
CTA, Metra projects hit the brakes
(The following article by Jon Hilkevitch and Virginia Groark was posted on the Chicago Tribune website on September 30.) CHICAGO -- Work on some 20 Metra rail station and parking lot projects has come to a halt because the state has not released money to pay for them,...
Faulty wheel delays morning rush on Metra
(The following article by Jon Davis was posted on the Chicago Daily Herald website on September 30.) CHICAGO -- A defective locomotive wheel delayed thousands of Metra passengers for nearly an hour during the morning rush on the Union Pacific Northwest line Wednesday....
Millions for CSX rail upgrades unspent
(The following story by Chip Jones appeared on the Richmond Times-Dispatch website on September 30.) RICHMOND, Va. -- Virginia's top public rail official yesterday said she was "disappointed and frustrated" with CSX Corp. for delaying a $65.7 million upgrade of the...
San Antonio judge chides UP’s chief
(The following story by Ihosvani Rodriguez appeared on the San Antonio Express-News website on September 30.) SAN ANTONIO -- Aggravated by three train accidents in less than five months, County Judge Nelson Wolff fired off a terse letter to railroad giant Union...
Track switch focus of UP wreck investigation
(The following story by Jeorge Zarazua appeared on the San Antonio Express-News website on September 29.) SAN ANTONIO -- Two Union Pacific workers were injured this morning when their train smashed into a parked freight train in northern Victoria County, authorities...
Montana Rail Link, BLET serious about safety
(The following story by Larry Tanglen appeared on the Laurel Outlook website on September 30. D.K. Roth is a member of BLET Division 232 in Laurel, Mont.) LAUREL, Mont. -- Safety is serious business for David "D.K." Roth, safety chairman for the Billings/Laurel area...
Excessive horn blasts from remote control trains irk residents, business owners
(The following story by Scott Wong appeared on The Argus website on September 30.) FREMONT, Calif. -- Hotel owner Kamlesh Patel says hardly any of the guests who stay at his Holiday Inn Express in Warm Springs ever come back. Since Union Pacific Railroad began using...
