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Railroad employees hope to help co-worker with blood drives
(The following story by Mark Ginocchio appeared on the Stamford Advocate website on March 6.) STAMFORD -- When one of Metro-North's locomotive engineers was told he needed a bone marrow transplant to survive, his fellow employees responded immediately. John D'Amore,...
Downed wires cause Metro-North delays
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on March 8.) MILFORD, Conn. -- Rail service between New Haven and Milford was running a bit slow Monday morning because of downed wires that had shut down the track for several hours. Some 200 Metro-North...
Signs to be posted for railroad complaints
(The following story by Ben Barkley appeared on the Leesville Daily Leader website on March 6.) LEESVILLE, La. -- After several years and hundreds of complaints, Leesville Chief of Police Bobby D. Hickman has taken a suggestion from a local businessman in dealing with...
TWU workers on SEPTA authorize a strike
(The following article by Jere Downs was posted on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on March 8.) PHILADELPHIA -- A week from today, they could shut down the city. And when city bus, subway and trolley drivers' contract expires at 12:01 a.m. next Monday, that is what...
Trains are targeted in smog fight
(The following article by Miguel Bustillo was posted on the Los Angeles Times website on March 7.) LOS ANGELES -- The expanding rail yards east of Los Angeles, brimming with foreign cargo from the area's two ports, are a brawny symbol of Southern California's growing...
Hearing set to discuss possible high-speed rail link
(The following story by Tom Holden appeared on The Virginian-Pilot website on March 8.) NORFOLK, Va. -- The Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation will host a public hearing on Thursday to solicit opinions about improved passenger rail service to...
Amtrak restores sleeping, dining cars on Cardinal
(The following story by Bob Withers appeared on The Herald-Dispatch website on March 7.) HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- Amtrak will restore sleeping and dining car service to its New York-Chicago Cardinal next week, Amtrak announced Friday. Viewliner sleepers will return to...
Pair with knife steal cash from Amtrak ticket office
(The following report appeared on the Toledo Blade website on March 8.) TOLEDO, Ohio -- Two men made off with an undisclosed amount of money early yesterday morning after robbing the Amtrak ticket counter in the train station at knifepoint, according to police. The...
Amtrak scolded by congresswoman
(The following story by Edie Gross appeared on the Free Lance-Star website on March 6.) FREDERICSBURG, Va. -- The tone of Rep. Jo Ann Davis' voice during a meeting with Amtrak officials yesterday morning caught participants by surprise. "She's usually very...
Via to replace Amtrak lines in region
(The following story appeared on the London Free Press website on March 8.) LONDON, Ont. -- Via Rail will pick up in Southwestern Ontario where U.S.-based Amtrak left off after the American rail passenger carrier cancels its Chicago-Toronto service next month....
