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Third derailment in 10 days
(The Toronto Star posted the following article by Mike Funston on its website on January 26.) TORONTO -- A Canadian National freight train that jumped the tracks Saturday night was the third derailment in just 10 days in Greater Toronto. No one was injured when 19 of...
CSX derailment turns focus to Homeland Security
(The following report by Michael Gartland appeared on the Post and Courier website on January 25.) CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Days after boxcars filled with bombs, other ammunition and rocket motors derailed in a North Charleston train yard, local and state officials still...
Train derailment mess cleared
(Charleston television station ABCNews4 posted the following story on its website on January 25.) NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. -- The train derailment that caused more than a dozen cars to topple, some carrying sensitive military equipment, has been cleaned up. The...
Military train derails near Charleston
(The following story by Gary Taylor appeared on the Orlando Sentinel website on January 23.) ORLANDO, Fla. -- A military train containing live ordnance derailed near Charleston, S.C., Thursday night, Amtrak officials and workers said. Amtrak spokeswoman Marcie...
Group buys former Steel railroad line
(The following story by Chuck Ayers appeared on The Morning Call website on January 23.) ALLENTOWN, Pa. -- The short-line railroad at the former Bethlehem Steel plant has been sold to a group of former Steel executives who plan to build and operate a new rail-to-truck...
Sound Transit to plan second round of projects
(The following article By Jane Hadley was posted on the Seattle Post-Intelligencer website on January 23.) SEATTLE -- With many of the bus, light rail and commuter rail projects in the 1996 Sound Move plan completed or under way, Sound Transit yesterday took the first...
GO apologizes for delays
(The following story by Kevin McGran appeared on the Toronto Star website on January 23.) TORONTO -- A sharp increase in the number of service interruptions over the last month has led GO Transit to apologize to commuters, but chair Gordon Chong insists the problems...
SEPTA projects $70 million deficit in 2005
(SEPTA issued the following news release on January 22.) PHILADELPHIA -- SEPTA announced today that it is currently projecting a deficit of approximately $70 million in its Fiscal Year 2005 Operating Budget (SEPTA's Fiscal Year runs from June 1 to July 31). The...
On Metro-North, a particularly tough winter
(The following article by Marek Fuchs was posted on the New York Times website on January 23.) NEW YORK-- Soft, flaky snow kicking up on tracks, coupled with the cold, has knocked Metro-North railroad cars for a loop and has left their riders with a commuting...
Freight traffic registers solid gain on U.S. railroads
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following news release on January 22.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Freight traffic on U.S. railroads registered a solid gain during the week ended January 17 in comparison with the corresponding week last year, the Association...
