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Missing out on the gravy train
(The following article by Tim McLaughlin was posted on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch website on July 15.) ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- What should be a glorious ride for American railroads has turned into a glitch-ridden mess. And that's not counting unpredictable events, like bad...
Bostonians brace for tight security
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on July 15.) BOSTON -- Miles of highways being shut down. Bag searches on the commuter trains. A halt to deliveries of liquefied natural gas to a terminal on the edge of Boston Harbor. Tightened security during...
Getting on safety train
(The following article Joshua Robin was posted on Newsday.com on July 16.) NEW YORK -- Overhead luggage racks, on-board trash cans and most bathrooms will be off-limits to NJ Transit passengers during next month's Republican convention, the railroad said yesterday in...
A convention crackdown for New Jersey rail riders
(The following article by Mary Spicuzza was posted on the New York Times website on July 16.) NEW YORK -- Commuters on New Jersey trains face rerouting, additional police patrols, locked bathrooms and bans on the use of overhead luggage racks and garbage cans during...
Small rail line to be focus of security test
(The following article by Alison Leigh Cowan was posted on the New York Times website on July 15.) NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- About 1,200 rail passengers a day on Connecticut's southeastern shore will be expected to have their bags X-rayed and their tickets swiped in a...
House panel would halve Amtrak aid request
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on July 15.) WASHINGTON -- A House subcommittee voted Thursday to provide a modest increase for highway construction while giving Amtrak half the money the passenger railroad says it needs to survive next year....
Thomas Ray Stoltz Sr.
Thomas Ray Stoltz, Sr., 57, Raymore, MO, born on December 25, 1946, ascended to be with the Lord on July 3, 2004. Visitation and Memorial service will be on Tuesday, July 6, 2004, from 6-9 p.m., with the Memorial service from 7-7:30 p.m. at Rock Brook Church, 1715 E....
Billion-dollar BC Rail sale a done deal, says B.C.’s transportation minister
(The Canadian Press circulated the following article by Dirk Meissner on July 14.) VICTORIA, B.C. -- The controversial decision by British Columbia's Liberal government to unload its Crown-owned railroad in a $1-billion deal with a private, U.S.-controlled railway...
U.S. cities look to revival of streetcars
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on July 14.) NEW ORLEANS -- For the first time in almost half a century, the city that inspired "A Streetcar Named Desire" once again desires streetcars. New Orleans, home of the oldest continuously operating...
S&P raises Amtrak debt ratings
(Reuters circulated the following article on July 14.) NEW YORK -- Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said on Wednesday it raised the ratings of National Railroad Passenger Corp. (Amtrak) with a stable outlook citing its improved financial position. S&P raised its...
