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MBTA to begin searches
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on June 8.) BOSTON -- Transit police will begin randomly stopping riders on Boston's subways and commuter trains next month to search their bags and packages, a procedure transportation officials say was largely...
Armed Amtrak rider is arrested
(The following report by Kim Steele appeared on the Gary Post-Tribune website on June 8.) CHESTERTON, Ind. -- An Amtrak passenger’s complaint about another passenger carrying a weapon led to the arrest of an Elkhart man Saturday after police stopped the train at 8th...
BNSF cars transporting chemical derail in Vancouver neighborhood
(The following story by Holley Gilbert appeared on the Portland Oregonian website on June 8.) VANCOUVER, Wash. -- Three train cars loaded with a highly flammable chemical overturned Monday in a downtown Vancouver residential and industrial neighborhood, spilling about...
Police who protect UK railways are ‘ridiculously underfunded’
(The following story by Ben Russell appeared on The Independent website on June 5.) LONDON -- Police who guard Britain's railways suffer "ridiculous" underfunding, and lack the full powers needed to do their job, a committee of MPs warned yesterday. It called for a...
Some who participated in D-Day finally ready to talk about it
(The following story by Peter Johnson appeared on the Great Falls Tribune website on June 6.) GREAT FALLS, Mont. -- The huge D-Day invasion 60 years ago June 6 that started Nazi Germany's downfall brings bittersweet memories to two Great Falls area participants who've...
Sounder adjusts train schedules
(The following article was posted on the Daily Herald website on June 6.) EVERETT, Wash. -- Riders on Sound Transit's Sounder Commuter Rail service will have more flexibility and more options with a new schedule that takes effect today. For Everett commuters, the new...
Historic locomotive faces uncertain future
(The following story by Al Zagofsky appeared on the Lehighton Times website on June 5.) LEHIGHTON, Pa. -- Twin 1,500-HP orange locomotives, ablaze with the navy blue insignia and striping of their former owner - the Jersey Central Railroad, sit at the bottom of Route...
UP announces management changes
(Union Pacific Corp. issued the following news release on June 4.) OMAHA, Neb. -- Union Pacific Corporation today announced the retirement of two senior executives, James V. Dolan, vice chairman, and Carl W. von Bernuth, senior vice president and general counsel. J....
CSX promotes sales and marketing executives
(CSX issued the following news release on June 4.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Clarence Gooden, CSX Corporation executive vice president and chief commercial officer announced today that Dean M. Piacente has been named vice president-chemicals and fertilizer for CSX...
Baby bullet train shoots out of the gate today
(The following article by Justin Jouvenal was posted on the San Mateo County Times website on June 7.) SAN MATEO, Calif. -- After two years of construction, $110 million and numerous headaches for commuters, Caltrain will launch its much anticipated "baby bullet"...
