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FRA defends remote train operation
(The following article by Lisa Sandberg was posted on the San Antonio Express-News website on December 9.) SAN ANTONIO -- Operating trains by remote control doesn't appear to be any more dangerous -- and could be safer -- than running them using the conventional...
GE’s locomotive unit merging to form GE Transportation
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on December 6.) ERIE, Pa. -- Erie County's largest employer, GE Transportation Systems, is merging with another, larger unit of parent General Electric Co., officials announced. By Jan. 1, the Erie-based...
Second body of 5 fishermen is found
(The following article by Bob Purvis was posted on the Arizona Daily Star website on December 1.) TUCSON -- A body found floating in the Gulf of California has been positively identified as Mark Brinke, one of five Tucson men lost at sea in late October. A fisherman...
Stop, look, listen isn’t enough
(The following article by Daryl Farnsworth was posted on the Modesto Bee website on December 6.) MODESTO, Calif. -- There have been 25 crashes, several of them fatal, between vehicles and trains at railroad crossings in Stanislaus County since 1992, according to the...
Funds salvaged for rail lines
(The following article by Larry Sandler was posted on the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel website on December 6.) MILWAUKEE, Wisc. -- The state Department of Transportation has salvaged $1.2 million in federal funding for renovating Racine's train station for a proposed...
BNSF to provide 35 new jobs in Clovis
(The following article by Jack King was posted on the Clovis News Journal website on December 8.) CLOVIS, N.M. -- Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad has received a contract from the state Job Training Incentive Program Board for $350,000 to provide 35 new jobs at...
600 Amtrak workers ordered back to work
(The following story by Norm Heikens appeared on the Indianapolis Star website on December 6.) INDIANAPOLIS -- Federal District Judge Larry McKinney on Friday ordered striking Amtrak employees back to work and to begin expedited arbitration in their dispute over...
Snowmobiler killed by train
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on December 7.) EXETER, R.I. -- Rhode Island State Police have identified the man who died in Saturday night's snowmobile accident in Exeter. Troopers said Richard Gardner, 46, of South Kingstown was riding a...
Amtrak reminds outdoor lovers to avoid railroad property
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on December 7.) WILMINGTON, Del. -- If you're tempted to do some snowmobiling, four-wheeling, or cross-country skiing after our weekend snowstorm, Amtrak has a friendly reminder - Stay out of the way. The company...
Amtrak seeking to end rail route
(The following story by Joe Belanger appeared on the London Free Press website on December 6.) SARINA, Ont. -- Sarnia Mayor Mike Bradley wants Via Rail to add one or more trains to his city if U.S.-based Amtrak cuts its Sarnia-Toronto international line in April....
