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PATH to spend $809M on new rail cars
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Wayne Parry on June 17.) NEWARK, N.J. -- The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will spend $809 million on new and refurbished rail cars for its PATH system linking northern New Jersey with Manhattan....
BNSF may add jobs in Illinois
(The following article by James Quirk Jr. was posted on the Burlington Hawkeye website on June 17.) BURLINGTON, Iowa -- Former Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway employees who lost their jobs when the railroad eliminated 258 local positions in January 2003 may soon...
Amtrak ridership surges 20% on Mich. line
(The following story by David Jesse appeared on the Times Herald website on June 17.) PORT HURON, Mich. -- The first month of Amtrak's Blue Water line saw more riders than the previous local route. May 2004 saw a 20.2% ridership increase from May 2003, when the line...
Study: U.S. workers have fewer time off rights
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on June 17.) BOSTON -- U.S. workers have fewer legal rights to time off for family matters than workers in most other countries, and rank near the bottom in pregnancy and sick leave, a Harvard School of Public...
Freeport not yet on board for train
(The following story by Tess Nacelewicz appeared on the Portland Press Herald website on June 17.) PORTLAND, Maine -- The Freeport town manager is skeptical about plans to run an excursion train from Portland to Rockland this summer during the Maine Lobster Festival...
Metra details being hammered out
(The following article by Susan DeMar Lafferty was posted on the Chicago Daily Southtown website on June 17.) CHICAGO -- New Lenox trustees Tuesday concluded a public hearing on the planned annexation of the 251-acre Village Station, a mixed-use development that will...
CN Rail in talks to sell land
(The following story by Nicolas Van Praet appeared on The Montreal Gazette website on June 17.) MONTREAL -- Canadian National Railway Co. is said to be talking with four prospective buyers for its historic parcel of land south of downtown Montreal, including a movie...
Tamaroa derailment lawsuit certified as class action
(The following article by Christi Mathis was posted on the Southern Illinoisian on June 16.) TAMAROA, Ill. -- A group of Tamaroa residents has won one of their battles against the Canadian National Railway/Illinois Central Railroad. St. Clair County Judge Michael...
Opinion: Random searches on trains
(The following editorial appeared on the Christian Science Monitor website on June 16.) BOSTON -- A hefty $12 billion in federal money has been authorized for aviation security since 9/11, but compare that with just $115 million to boost rail security. Yet some 3.4...
A call for fusion in mass transit
(The Philadelphia Inquirer posted the following article by Jere Downs and Jennifer Moroz on its website on June 17.) PHILADELPHIA -- What should mass transit here look like by 2030? At a conference in Philadelphia yesterday devoted to that question, the top New Jersey...
