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Port Huron-Chicago Amtrak at risk
(The following story by David Jesse of the Port Huron Times Herald appeared on the Detroit News website on November 7.) PORT HURON -- Kay Olsen could be a living advertisement for Amtrak. On Friday morning, she parked her pickup in the small parking lot at the Port...
Opinion: Give Amtrak the cash to keep going
(The following editorial appeared on the Atlanta Journal-Constitution website on November 6.) ATLANTA -- The U.S. Senate last week approved $1.34 billion in funding for Amtrak that would, at best, allow it to hobble along for another year. That sum is a vast...
Former CEO of American Airlines switches to rail
(The following story by Todd J. Gillman appeared on the The Dallas Morning News website on November 7.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Five years after leaving the helm at American Airlines, Robert Crandall is about to tackle a different industry - helping to oversee the...
Former air CEO Crandall: Gov’t must back Amtrak
(Reuters distributed the following article on November 6.) WASHINGTON -- Former American Airlines chairman Robert Crandall, nominated to Amtrak's board, on Thursday said a national railroad can survive only with meaningful help from government and will never make...
Overnight derailment delays Friday Metra commute
(Chicago television station NBC5 posted the following article on its website on November 7.) CHICAGO -- Nobody was injured in an overnight train derailment, but 30,000 to 40,000 Metra rail commuters experienced delays as long as one hour for the beginning of Friday...
BLE-IBT Town Hall meeting Monday in Minnesota
CLEVELAND -- The BLE will hold a Town Hall Meeting Monday in Dilworth, Minn., regarding the proposed merger with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The meeting will include a presentation to explain the proposed merger and the expected benefits, followed by a...
Teen joyrider nabbed driving train
(Reuters distributed the following article on November 5.) BERLIN -- German transport authorities said Wednesday they needed to tighten internal security after a teen-ager previously convicted of joyriding with public transport managed to gain control of a Berlin...
Full steam ahead
(The following report by Bob Withers appeared on the Herald-Dispatch website on November 6.) HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- A steam engine heads a string of stock cars on a pile trestle. Another locomotive lettered "C.P. Huntington" stands ready to pull two coaches. In between...
Bombardier may avert layoffs
(The following report appeared on the Northern Ontario Business website on November 6.) SUDBURY, Ontario -- Bombardier Transportation in Thunder Bay may avert layoffs in 2003 if a contract to refit rail cars begins immediately, a Bombardier official says. "It all...
Leaders hope region’s attractions can stop a bullet train
(The following report by Michael W. Freeman appeared on the Lakeland Ledger website on November 6.) FOUR CORNERS, Fla. -- The recent decision by the Florida High-Speed Rail Authority to approve a bullet train route favored by Disney is being greeted warmly in the Four...
