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Remote control’s been workin’ on the railroad
(The following article by Tony Hartzel was posted on the Dallas Morning News website on February 13.) DALLAS -- The remote control -- it's not just for volume, channel and power anymore. Try a 2,000-horsepower engine, speed control and locomotive whistle. For almost a...
Transportation of dangerous cargo lacks uniform regulation
(The following article by Ken Leiser was posted on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch website on February 25.) PALMYRA, Mo. -- First came the early morning rap on the door. Then came the coughing, the burning eyes. In the frantic moments that followed a May 17, 2003,...
Metra reformer steps down from post
(The Chicago Tribune posted the following article on its website on February 15.) ORLAND PARK, Ill. -- Metra board member Brad O'Halloran, appointed last July to increase representation of the south and southwest suburbs at the commuter railroad, has resigned....
Rail horn ban costs disputed
(The following article by Virginia Groark was posted on the Chicago Tribune website on February 17.) CHICAGO -- The Federal Railroad Administration on Monday estimated it would cost $4 million for Chicago-area communities to comply with a proposed rule to prevent...
Opinion: Amtrak is always the caboose
(The Oregonian posted the following editorial on its website on February 15.) While the White House and Congress argued this week about whether to lavish as much as $378 billion on transportation projects in a bloated highway bill, both sides seemed prepared to make...
Opinion: Shortchanging Amtrak will derail needed service
(The following editorial was posted on the Detroit Free-Press website on February 17.) President George W. Bush's plan to give Amtrak about half of what it needs next year is a train wreck waiting to happen. Nearly half of the $1.8 billion Amtrak President David Gunn...
Train-hay trailer crash kills Idaho teen
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on february 14.) PARMA, Idaho -- A train struck a hay trailer Saturday, killing a teenage girl and injuring her younger sister. Audrey Black, 13, and 8-year-old Riley Anderson, were on the trailer being pulled by...
Fuel spills from train near Rowena, Ore.
(The Oregonian posted the following article by Wendy Owen on its website on February 17.) PORTLAND, Ore. -- An equipment failure on an idling train locomotive Sunday caused as much as 2,000 gallons of diesel fuel to spill near the Columbia River community of Rowena....
Cleanup continues at derailment site
(The Rocky Mountain News posted the following article on its website on February 17.) GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. -- Work crews will be laboring through today to remove two locomotives and rail cars jolted off the tracks when a Union Pacific coal train derailed in...
Train derails in Lenexa
(The following article was posted on Kansas City television station KMBC's website on February 17.) KANSAS CITY -- A train derailed Monday afternoon in Lenexa. Emergency crews were called to the scene near Santa Fe Trail Drive, between Long and Rosehill. About 10 to...
