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Northeast business groups get behind Amtrak
(The following article by Craig Mauro was distributed by Associated Press on May 6.) WASHINGTON -- Amtrak has a new booster club. More than 50 chambers of commerce and other business groups on the East Coast, including in Rhode Island, joined together Wednesday to...
Opinion: Secure the tunnels
(The following editorial was posted on the Providence Journal website on May 6.) PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- After 9/11, a huge share of the national-security efforts went to U.S. airports. But the recent attacks in Madrid have renewed concerns about rail and other forms of...
Government, industry lax on rail security, AFL-CIO tells Congress
(The AFL-CIO's Transportation Trades Department issued the following news release on May 5.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Saying that in the wake of both the 9/11 and the Madrid terrorist attacks, "our government and rail employers are still not doing enough to make rail...
Members of Congress debate security of nation’s railways
(The following report by Dan Robinson appeared on the Voice of America website on May 6.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Members of Congress have been asking more questions about government steps to strengthen security on the nation's railways. A congressional hearing Wednesday...
Lawmakers fear railroads are ‘soft target’ for terror
(The following article by Tom Ramstack was posted on the Washington Times website on May 6.) WASHINGTON -- Lawmakers yesterday questioned whether the federal government overlooked terrorism risks to passenger and freight railroads as it responded to the September 11...
US rail security lags, House panel told
(The following article by Charlie Savage was posted on the Boston Globe website on May 6.) WASHINGTON -- The Department of Homeland Security has given 24 officials the job of improving national railway security and, nearly three years after the Sept. 11 terrorist...
Senate blocks new rules on pay for overtime work
(The following article by Carl Hulse was posted on the New York Times website on May 4.) WASHINGTON -- The Senate handed the Bush administration a significant defeat Tuesday by voting to block new rules on overtime that opponents say would cause millions of workers to...
Rail track safety in Laflin Twp. questioned
(The following story by Jon Fox appeared on the Times Leader website on May 5.) LAFLIN TWP., Pa. -- Local officials met with representatives of the Federal Railroad Administration Tuesday to discuss the township's options in addressing a stretch of track that has been...
BNSF improves business processes to prepare for 2004 grain harvest
(BNSF issued the following news release on May 4.) FORT WORTH, Texas -- To better serve its customers during the 2004 grain harvest, The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF) today announced it has invested in additional grain carrying capacity,...
CSX to lease 200-mile Va. stretch
(The following article by Chip Jones was posted on the Richmond Times-Dispatch website on May 5.) RICHMOND, Va. -- Rail giant CSX Corp. will lease 200 miles of Virginia track to a private contractor, a pending deal that drew fire from a major rail union. Sources said...
