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Pere Marquette line turning 20
(The following article by Regan Foster was posted on the Holland Sentinel website on August 4.) HOLLAND, Mich. -- The Pere Marquette is nothing if not a survivor. The Amtrak train that connects Holland and Grand Rapids to Chicago will celebrate its 20th anniversary...
STB postpones August 11 public hearing on “small railroad abandonments;” reschedules for August 31
(The Surface Transportation Board issued the following news release on August 3.) WASHINGTON -- Surface Transportation Board Chairman Roger Nober today announced that the public hearing originally scheduled to be held on Wednesday, August 11, 2004, at the STB's...
Court: Fla. bullet train ballot item must be rewritten
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Jackie Hallifax on August 4.) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A November ballot paragraph that puts a price tag on Florida's high-speed rail project must be rewritten because it goes too far in describing the financial...
Kerry to ride rails in New Mexico
(The following article by Leslie Linthicum was posted on the Albuquerque Journal website on August 4.) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The Democratic presidential ticket will spend 24 hours in New Mexico this weekend on an old-fashioned, whistle-stop campaign swing. John Kerry,...
NS train derails in western Ohio
(The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette posted the following article on its website on August 4.) FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- Crews might need a week to clean up the debris from a train that derailed just west of Payne, Ohio, near the Indiana state line, an emergency official said...
Work in Progress
(The AFL-CIO distributed the following on August 2.) New members reported in this week's WIP: 1,431 New members reported in WIP, year to date: 74,256 PECO AND COURT WORKERS CHOOSE IBEW—A strong majority of 1,100 workers at the Philadelphia Electric Co.’s (PECO) energy...
Downeaster stymied by bridge repair
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on August 3.) PORTLAND, Maine -- Passengers on Amtrak´s Downeaster between Portland and Boston are making part of the trip by bus for at least another day. The train has been unable to make its full run because of...
Kerry, Edwards to travel across Missouri by train this week
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on August 2.) ST. LOUIS -- Democrats John Kerry and John Edwards will travel across the battleground state of Missouri by bus and train this week, their presidential campaign announced Monday. On Wednesday, Kerry...
Few train riders delayed by extra security
(The following article by Caren Halbfinger was posted on the White Plains Journal News website on August 3.) WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Extra precautions being taken around sensitive locations throughout New York City and its northern suburbs could affect travel time...
P&W freight train derails in Albany
(The following report appeared on the Albany Democrat-Herald website on August 2.) ALBANY, Ore. -- Nine cars of a Portland & Western freight train went off the tracks in Albany Sunday, disrupting traffic on the Union Pacific's main line. The accident happened about...
