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Ice blamed for CSX derailment
(The following story by Greg Clary appeared on The Journal News website on March 13.) WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Ice that formed along the West Shore railroad pushed the rails far enough apart to cause last month's freight train derailment in Haverstraw, CSX officials said...
CN reaches tentative agreement with CAW
(Canadian National issued the following news release on March 15.) MONTREAL-- CN announced today that it has reached new tentative collective agreements with the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) union. CN is withholding details of the three-year agreements until they are...
CN, CAW reach tentative agreement
(The Canadian Press circulated the following story on March 15.) MONTREAL -- Canadian National Railway has reached a tentative agreement with the Canadian Auto Workers union that could end a 31?2-week-old strike by 5,000 employees. The three-year deal provides for a...
US rail security deficient, say lawmakers, security expert
(The following story by Jeff Johnson appeared at CBSNews.com on March 12.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In light of terrorist attacks in Spain that killed nearly 200 people, two Republican members of Congress Friday urged Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge to re-examine...
Amtrak beefs up California security
(The following report appeared on the Tri-Valley Herald website on March 14.) PLEASANTON, Calif. -- Security officials have stepped up safety measures at Amtrak rail systems in California and BART in the Bay Area after the bombings in Madrid. "We're totally...
America’s risky rails
(The following story by Amanda Ripley is from the March 22 edition of Time Magazine.) NEW YORK -- Anyone who has boarded an Amtrak train since Sept. 11, 2001, must wonder how long the delusion can last. How easy it is to waltz into a teeming station 10 minutes before...
MBTA, Amtrak on alert, boost security
(The following story by Mac Daniel appeared on the Boston Globe website on March 13.) BOSTON -- MBTA police were on a heightened state of alert yesterday and Amtrak stepped up police and canine patrols, prompted by the Madrid train bombings as transportation...
Little can be done to protect rails, experts say
(The following article by Mimi Hall was posted on the USA TODAY website on March 15.) WASHINGTON -- Commuters on the nation's trains and subways may hear announcements today asking them to report unattended packages or suspicious behavior. In some cities, they might...
U.S.: Railway baggage checks impractical
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on March 15.) WASHINGTON - Sweeping baggage checks for passengers on the "very open" U.S. rail transit systems are impractical despite the specter of terrorist threat, a high-level Bush administration official...
Spanish rail attack serves notice to U.S.
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Curt Anderson on March 13.) WASHINGTON -- Despite security upgrades, new surveillance systems and tightened explosives regulations, America remains vulnerable to a terrorist attack like the deadly bombings on...
