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Dueling bills to decide future of bullet train
(The following article by Sean Holstege was posted on the San Mateo County Times website on March 10.) SAN MATEO, Calif. -- Plans for a 700-mile high-speed rail network in California may be pulling into the siding or derailed entirely, if some state lawmakers have...
Atlanta commuter rail plan chugs faster
(The following story by Duane D. Stanford and Walter Woods appeared on The Atlanta Journal-Constitution website on March 10.) ATLANTA -- A plan to build a commuter rail line from Atlanta to Lovejoy got a boost of adrenaline Tuesday when Norfolk Southern said it wanted...
VRE proposes raising its rates
(The following article by Edie Gross was posted on the Free-Lance Star website on March 10.) FREDERICKSBURG, Va. -- Virginia Railway Express passengers will probably pay higher fares to ride the trains to work beginning this summer. Though the average fare increase...
Opinion: Let’s get behind efforts to revitalize Amtrak
(The following editorial appeared on the Troy Record website on March 10.) TROY, N.Y. -- For three consecutive years, the Bush administration has offered Amtrak half of what it says it needs to stay in business. David Gunn, president of the beleaguered rail passenger...
Railroads throw switch on deficit tax
(Reuters circulated the following story by Andrew T. Gillies on March 10.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Two of Congress' most important items of business are the energy and surface transportation bills. At least one industry has a dog in both fights: the railroads. Near the...
NS train derails in Elkhart
(The following story appeared on the South Bend Tribune on March 10.) ELKHART, Ind. -- Two westbound train cars hauling semitrailers derailed about 10:45 a.m. Monday on the Norfolk Southern tracks near the intersection of Main and Middlebury streets. The cause of the...
CP wreck caused by bad track
(Bloomberg circulated the following story on March 9.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A U.S. safety agency blamed the fatal 2002 derailment of a Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. train in North Dakota on defective track and recommended that regulators tighten rail-inspection and...
NTSB blames inadequate track maintenance for Minot derailment
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Jonathan D. Salant on March 9.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Federal safety investigators concluded Tuesday that a 2002 train derailment near Minot, N.D., that killed one person and injured more than 300 was caused by...
NTSB: Half of railroad tankers subpar
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on March 9.) WASHINGTON -- More than half the 60,000 railroad tank cars carrying hazardous materials are not built to current industry standards and are more likely to break open after derailing, federal safety...
NTSB cites ineffective inspection and maintenance program as cause of Minot train derailment
(The NTSB issued the following on March 9.) WASHINGTON -- In a public meeting today, the National Transportation Safety Board determined that Canadian Pacific Railway's ineffective inspection and maintenance program caused the January 18, 2002 derailment of a Canadian...
