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Norfolk Southern awards grant to CW
(The following story appeared on the Daily Press website on May 22.) HAMPTON ROADS, Va. -- Colonial Williamsburg has received a $250,000 grant from the Norfolk Southern Foundation to be used for the support of African-American programming at Colonial Williamsburg. The...
CN reaches tentative deal with CN Police union
(The Canadian Press circulated the following story on May 21.) MONTREAL -- Canadian National Railway Co. has reached a tentative deal on a new contract with the union representing 67 CN police officers in Canada. Details of the three-year collective agreement with the...
Bush administration gets “failing grade” on transportation security
(The TTD issued the following news release on May 21.) PORTLAND, Ore. -- The Bush administration earns a "failing grade" for its dangerously inadequate response to the nation's transportation security threats and for grossly neglecting the needs of front-line workers,...
U.S. govt, Amtrak join to oppose threatened strike
(Reuters circulated the following story by John Crawley on May 21.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Bush administration and Amtrak forged an unusual alliance Friday to oppose a threatened one-day walkout by thousands of union workers at the railroad to draw attention to...
Threatened Amtrak strike
(The following story by Glenn Maffei of States News Service appeared on the Boston Globe website on May 22.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Amtrak confronted unions representing nearly half of its employees yesterday, leaving the future of a threatened one-day strike in the...
BNSF train derails in Kansas
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on May 24.) ARGONIA, Kan. -- A Burlington Northern Sante Fe train jumped the tracks Sunday afternoon in Argonia, forcing the evacuation of some nearby neighborhoods because of a chemical leak. No injuries have...
Reports of N.J. rail lines being videotaped are probed
(The following article by John P. Martin was posted on the Star-Ledger website on May 22.) NEWARK, N.J. -- New Jersey homeland security officials said yesterday they are investigating reports of people seen filming or videotaping rail lines and stations between New...
New U.S. train security effective Sunday
(UPI circulated the following story on May 22.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. railroad officials will implement new security measures Sunday, just days after a bomb threat stopped two Acela Express trains heading to Washington. The new standards are part of the Department...
Device found by tracks
(The following story by Jere Downs appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on May 23.) PHILADELPHIA -- The FBI is investigating the discovery of an electronic device found alongside SEPTA train tracks in West Philadelphia, but the agency yesterday stressed that...
FBI examining device found in Philly rail yard
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on May 22.) PHILADELPHIA -- A small electronic device was found in a rail yard last week in Philadelphia, but officials said they found no evidence of any terrorist link. The device - described by a commuter rail...
