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Seven BNSF cars carrying propane derail outside San Francisco
(Knight Ridder circulated the following story by Scott Marshall on December 28.) PITTSBURG, Calif. -- Seven rail cars carrying liquid propane derailed in a Pittsburg train yard Monday morning, but no leak occurred and no one was injured, officials said. One of the...
Steam train photos are link to past
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Chris Kahn on December 28.) ROANOKE, Va. -- Photographer O. Winston Link stuck close to the railroad in the 1950s when Norfolk & Western's last steam locomotives were chugging through the Appalachian Mountains....
Ridership up, commuter train may be on way
(The following story by Martin J. Waters appeared on the Record-Journal website on December 28.) MERIDEN, Conn. -- Amtrak is on a roll in central Connecticut -- with twice as many passengers as a year ago riding the rails that go through Wallingford and Meriden. At...
Derailment crunch continues
(The following story by Chip Jones appeared on the Richmond Times-Dispatch website on December 25.) RICHMOND, Va. -- Amtrak service was back to normal this week, but Northern Virginia commuter rail was still feeling the crunch of last week's derailment of a CSX Corp....
Norfolk Southern reviews STB rate ruling
(Norfolk Southern issued the following news release on December 23.) NORFOLK, Va. -- Norfolk Southern Corporation said it is pleased with the Surface Transportation Board's timely resolution of the complaint in Carolina Power & Light Company v. Norfolk Southern...
Chicago more Amtrak’s kind of town than Toronto
(The following story by Ron Fonger appeared on the Flint Journal website on December 28.) GENESEE COUNTY, Mich. -- The Amtrak train that stops in Durand, Flint and Lapeer will apparently lose its international flavor in just a few months. State transportation and...
Project a hope for rail
(The following story by Duane D. Stanford appeared on The Atlanta Journal-Constitution website on December 29.) ATLANTA -- Twenty years after the state began enticing traffic-weary commuters with visions of speedy trains zipping them from suburb to city, Georgia has...
Amtrak expects spike in ridership as New Year’s approaches
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on December 27.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Looking for a last-minute place to head for New Year's Eve? Amtrak says the thought occurs to many people as the year winds down -- and that many end up hopping a train to New...
CN ordered to look at wooden bridges
(The following story appeared on the CBC Calgary website on December 24.) EDMONTON -- CN Rail has been ordered to inspect its 219 wooden bridges in the province, as part of an urgent country-wide audit following a fatal crash last spring. The Transportation Safety...
Amtrak retracts awards to employees after dispute with union
(The Seattle Times posted the following story by Mike Lindblom on its website on December 25.) SEATTLE -- Workers who helped the Sounder commuter trains run on time in 2003 are grouchy because their performance bonuses have been derailed. The incentive bonuses were...
