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Toilet repairs not covered in ticket price
(The following story by Lisa W. Foderaro appeared on the New York Times website on November 9.) NEW YORK -- As if it were not punishment enough to have an arm caught in a train toilet during the evening rush and your name splashed all over the papers the next morning....
UP to pay $800,000 to replace city well
(The following story by John O'Connell appeared on the Idaho State Journal website on November 10.) POCATELLO, Idaho -- Union Pacific Railroad will give the city $800,000 to replace a municipal well threatened by UP diesel fuel contamination. The City Council approved...
NS testing to make locomotives environmentally friendlier
(Norfolk Southern issued the following news release on November 7.) NORFOLK, Va. -- Already the most environmentally friendly way to move freight, railroads could grow even greener if a pilot program being tested on Norfolk Southern Railway pans out. During an...
Retired reactor going on long, slow journey
(The following story by Matthew T. Hall appeared on the Union-Tribune website on November 9.) SAN DIEGO -- It has happened only six times: an intact, nuclear reactor being eased by rail, road and water to a burial site hundreds of miles away. It's no surprise then...
Government renews push for ways to avert train crashes
(Reuters distributed the following article by John Crawley on November 7.) WASHINGTON -- Federal safety investigators are renewing their push for technology that can be applied nationwide to automatically stop trains if they violate signals, saying it is long overdue....
Norfolk Southern pours it on
(The following article by Christopher Dinsmore was posted on the Virginian-Pilot website on November 9.) NORFOLK, Va. -- The stream of black gold that once flowed steadily from the mountains of Appalachia to the port of Hampton Roads trickled to its lowest level last...
Amtrak bound for Oregon City once again
(The following story by Steve Mayes appeared on the Portland Oregonian website on November 10.) OREGON CITY -- The city's long and expensive effort to secure passenger rail service is five months behind schedule but will get back on track this month. The station --...
Amtrak enjoys banner ridership
(The following story by Mike Ramsey of Copley News Service appeared on the Peoria Journal Star website on November 8.) CHICAGO -- Truck driver Ellen Clark of Morton, Miss., had never ridden a train in her life, but she gave it a try this month. "I wanted to experience...
Congress debates Amtrak funding
(The following story by Gordon Dickson appeared on the Fort Worth Star-Telegram website on November 9.) FORT WORTH, Texas -- Record numbers of passengers are boarding Amtrak trains, but the future of many long-distance routes in Texas and nationwide remains uncertain...
CSX freight train derailment blocks traffic in Sykesville
(The following story appeared on the Baltimore Sun website on November 10.) BALTIMORE -- A freight train carrying coal derailed in Sykesville yesterday morning, blocking Main Street for several hours. No one was injured in the incident, and representatives from CSX,...
