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Sentencing delayed in Amtrak derailment
(The following article by Jo Napolitano was posted on the Chicago Tribune website on September 23.) CHICAGO -- The truck driver at the center of a 1999 Amtrak derailment outside Bourbonnais that left 11 people dead and 121 injured was portrayed by a prosecutor...
N.Y. DOT rails against Amtrak
(The following article by Cathy Woodruff was posted on the Albany Times-Union website on September 23.) ALBANY, N.Y. -- State Transportation Commissioner Joseph Boardman accused Amtrak on Wednesday of hijacking three high-speed trains that are at the center of a legal...
House rejects flawed Bush “grace period” for foreign trucks and buses to evade U.S. safety rules
(The TTD issued the following news release on September 22.) WASHINGTON -- Calling today's bipartisan vote in the U.S. House of Representatives a "sharp rebuke" to the White House for pushing cross-border transportation policies that leave American highway users at...
Teamsters: House of Representatives rebukes Bush on highway safety
(The International Brotherhood of Teamsters circulated the following news release on September 22.) WASHINGTON -- President Bush's plan to open U.S. roadways to unsafe foreign trucks was set back today when 141 Republicans joined 197 Democrats and one Independent in...
Train sideswipes another train, derails
(Chicago television station WLS posted the following article on its website on September 23.) CHICAGO -- Railroad crews are working to clear several rail cars and engines that jumped the tracks near the 2600-block of South Broadway in suburban Posen. Officials say a...
Remote control derailment sets off blaze in St. Louis rail yard
(The following report appeared on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch website on September 21.) ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- Four train cars went off the tracks at an East St. Louis area rail yard about 3:30 a.m. Tuesday, setting fire to a spilled chemical and possibly sickening about...
High-speed trains redone in New York being mothballed
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on September 22.) RENSSELAER, N.Y. -- The new era of high-speed rail service between New York City and the Albany area has been derailed. Three Turboliner trains that the state paid 185 (m) million dollars to...
Blackberry picker causes German rail chaos
(Reuters circulated the following article on September 22.) BERLIN -- Trains on a busy German route were delayed for four hours after a train driver hit the emergency brake fearing a man next to the tracks was trying to kill himself -- but he was only picking...
Patdown-free passenger check in the works
(The following article by Bryon Okada was posted on the Fort Worth Star-Telegram website on September 21.) HOUSTON - A door-like, explosive-detecting scanner that passengers walk through without the need for physical patdowns has become a top priority for the...
Union Pacific is again named a top company for working mothers
(Union Pacific issued the following news release on September 21.) OMAHA, Neb. -- Union Pacific today announced that it has again been named one of the nation's 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers. Working Mother magazine, which today released its 19th annual list...
