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UP, BNSF boosting freight rates
(The following report appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on July 9.) LOS ANGELES -- Two of the country's major railroads, Union Pacific Corp. and Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., are raising their rates amid swelling demand from customers shipping wares for...
Boston, New York rail lines vulnerable
(The following article by Bill Gertz and Audrey Hudson was posted on the Washington Times website on July 9.) WASHINGTON -- A national intelligence agency warns in a new report that al Qaeda terrorists can easily attack U.S. rail lines in Boston and New York, where...
Engine of Miami-bound Amtrak train partially derails in Fla.
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on July 8.) AUBURNDALE, Fla. -- Several wheels of the engine on an Amtrak train traveling from New York to Miami derailed Thursday afternoon, forcing 180 passengers to take buses to their destinations. No one was...
Bush administration fails to close aviation security loophole
(The TTD issued the following on July 7.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Nearly four months after a congressionally-mandated deadline to take action, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) continues to turn a blind eye to curbing the dangerous practice of U.S. aircraft being...
CP Rail to display steam engine
(The Minot Daily News posted the following article on its website on July 7.) MINOT, N.D. -- People in the Minot area will be able to see a restored steam-type train when the Canadian Pacific Railway brings it through this week. The train consists of a CPRail...
Wi-Fi access on Metro-North or Amtrak Cars? Not So Fast
(The following article by Glenn Fleishman was posted on the New York Times website on July 8.) NEW YORK -- While the Northeast may offer the nation's largest concentration of commuter trains and buses, Wi-Fi is not available on most of them. AT&T Wireless recently...
Terror fears tinge summer travel
(The following article by Mimi Hall was posted on the USA Today website on July 8.) WASHINGTON -- Margi Koors was excited when she boarded an Amtrak train in Chicago recently for an 18-hour overnight trip that would land her in the heart of the nation's capital around...
Lawmakers briefed on terror attack threat
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on July 7.) WASHINGTON -- Top FBI, CIA and Homeland Security Department officials briefed House members Wednesday about a steady stream of intelligence indicating al-Qaida may seek to mount an attack aimed at...
Stacktrain proves naysayers wrong
(The following story by Alec Rosenberg appeared on the San Mateo County Times website on July 8.) OAKLAND, Calif. -- When Oakland global ocean carrier APL introduced technology to load rail cars on top of each other in 1984, critics said it wouldn't work. To show the...
Convention puts kink in Jersey’s rail travel
(The following article by Ron Marsico and Joe Malinconico was posted on the Newark Star-Ledger website on July 8.) NEWARK, N.J. -- Thousands of riders on NJ Transit's Midtown Direct rail lines will be diverted to Hoboken during the Republican National Convention to...
