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GOP leader touts $375 billion transportation bill
(The following story by Kevin Flynn appeared on the Rocky Mountain News website on November 4.) DENVER -- A ranking Republican in Congress urged Denver-area transportation leaders on Monday to support record federal spending on transportation projects over the next...
Rehberg bill pushes for better rail prices
(Medill News Service circulated the following story by Deborah Hirsch on November 4.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Hoping to reduce shipping costs, Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., has signed on as a co-sponsor of legislation that would compel rail carriers to use more competitive...
CPR adds to string of quality award wins
(The Canadian Pacific Railway issued the following news release on November 3.) TORONTO -- Superior service has earned the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) one of the Chrysler Group's top awards for transportation excellence for the fourth consecutive year. The Chrysler...
All aboard Amtrak
(The following story appeared on the Bloomington Pantagraph website on November 3.) CHICAGO -- Ridership on Amtrak totaled more than 24 million passengers in fiscal 2003, which ended Sept. 30. It was the highest annual ridership experienced by the nation's intercity...
Josh Turner video derailed?
(The following report appeared on the Country Weekly Magazine website on November 3.) BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Operation Lifesaver, the American Public Transportation Association, the Association of American Railroads and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers have urged...
Effects of coal spill from NS wreck unknown
(The following story by Jessica Farrish appeared on the Register-Herald website on November 4.) BECKLEY, W.Va. -- Clean-up of diesel fuel that spilled near Stephen's Creek when a Norfolk Southern train derailed Sunday in Surveyor is complete. However, company...
UP train derails in northwest Iowa
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on November 3.) SHELDON, Iowa -- Clean up is under way after a train derailment near Sheldon in northwest Iowa. Officials say 25 cars of a Union Pacific freight train went off the tracks early yesterday morning...
Derailed train blocks roads
(The following story appeared on the Cincinnati Post website on November 4.) CINCINNATI, Ohio -- Three freight cars derailed from a southbound CSX train in downtown Hamilton at 12:20 a.m. today. One of the three cars overturned and slid into the parking lot of...
BLE-IBT Town Hall meetings today in Nebraska
CLEVELAND -- The BLE will hold two Town Hall Meetings today in Lincoln and Omaha, Neb., regarding the proposed merger with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The meetings will include a presentation to explain the proposed merger and the expected benefits,...
Hot water trick frees mountain lion cubs
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on November 2.) HELENA, Mont. -- A railroad inspector and a game warden used the age-old trick of a little hot water to free three mountain lion kittens stuck to a railroad track. Pat O'Rourke was inspecting the...
