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Railroad fire underscores safety holes
(The following article by John Valenti was posted on Newday.com on September 28.) NEW YORK -- How safe are the four East River tunnels used by the Long Island Rail Road to transport 220,000 commuters daily in and out of Penn Station? Safer than they were four years...
Tunnel fire snarls evening rush at Penn Station
(The following article by Michael Luo was posted on the New York Times website on September 28.) NEW YORK -- A fire deep underground in one of the tunnels that feed into Pennsylvania Station halted train traffic for hours yesterday and briefly shut down the terminal,...
Bush Targets Rail Workers’ Rights
(The TTD issued the following news release on September 28.) WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration is trying to suppress rail workers from using their rights to file grievances on critical issues like working conditions, safety, and pay. Under the thin bureaucratic...
N.J. eyes a transit system for one
(The following article by Tom Hester Jr. was posted on the Trenton Times website on September 27.) TRENTON, N.J. -- Imagine walking into a modern transit station, swiping a prepaid card and easing into an egg-shaped vehicle that zips away on a fixed track 20 feet...
Rail routes at risk
(The following article by Karen Ogden was posted on the Great Falls Tribune website on September 26.) GREAT FALLS, Mont. -- Branch railroad lines -- the tracks that once connected Montana's farm towns to the world's major grain markets -- are in danger of vanishing as...
Opinion: Railroads picking up where rigs leave off
(The following editorial by James Flanigan was posted on the Los Angeles Times website on September 26.) LOS ANGELES -- At a time when sky-high energy prices are hampering many sectors, at least one part of the economy appears to be on track. It is, appropriately...
Amtrak officials: Billions needed to rebuild system
(The following article was posted on the Kalamazoo Gazette website on September 26.) KALAMAZOO, Mich. -- Local rail passengers can take comfort in knowing that Amtrak trains will continue to roll through Kalamazoo with the same frequency and speed that they have been....
Chicago police discover railroad theft ring
(The following article was posted on ABC7Chicago.com on September 25.) CHICAGO -- Police are looking for the person behind a major railroad theft ring in Chicago's South Side. They found $150-thousand dollars worth of items during a pair of raids at a storage facility...
San Antonio’s latest train wreck flirted with disaster
(The following article by Tom Bower was posted on the San Antonio Express-News website on September 26.) SAN ANTONIO, Tex. -- For the third time this year, freight trains carrying hazardous cargo collided in San Antonio. This time they caused no significant leaks,...
Rail intermodal traffic sets another record
(The AAR issued the following news release on September 23.) WASHINGTON -- Intermodal traffic on U.S. railroads set a record during the week ended September 18, breaking a record that had been set just three weeks earlier, the Association of American Railroads (AAR)...
