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Opinion: Amtrak’s budgetary crapshoot
(The New York Times posted the following editorial on its website on November 3.) NEW YORK -- Washington lawmakers are haggling over next year's budget for passenger rail. They could force Amtrak to shut down, allow it to limp on while deferring important maintenance,...
$12 million awarded in CSX crossing death
(The following story by Rick Brundrett appeared on The State?s website on November 1.) COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A jury has awarded $12 million to the estate of a Swansea town employee killed in 2001 when a CSX track maintenance machine hit his truck at a town railroad...
CSX Corporation purchases $15 million of convertible debentures
(CSX issued the following news release on October 31.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- CSX Corporation (NYSE: CSX) announced today that it purchased less than 3% of its Zero Coupon Convertible Debentures due October 30, 2021, approximately $15 million aggregate principal amount...
EPA, railroad companies, city reach settlement
(The following article by Aaron Nicodemus was posted on the Standard-Times website on November 3.) NEW BEDFORD, Mass. -- An $800,000 settlement has been reached between the Environmental Protection Agency, two railroad companies and the city of New Bedford for...
Congressman sponsors rail competition legislation
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on November 3.) HELENA, Mont. -- Legislation to promote rail competition has been introduced in the U.S House. The bill sponsored by Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., is identical to legislation recently introduced in...
Worker hit by freight train
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on October 31.) ARGYLE, Ill. -- Officials say a member of a maintenance crew working on some railroad tracks in southeast Iowa died when he was hit by a freight train. The Lee County sheriff's office says the man...
SoCal transport situation improves
(The following article appeared at www.CalTradeReport.com on November 1.) LOS ANGELES -- The nine wildfires that have ravaged Southern California from San Diego northward to Ventura County for the past week are gradually coming under control as firefighters, aided by...
Radioactive device arrives at S.C. dump
(The following story appeared on the Toledo Blade website on November 1.) TOLEDO, Ohio -- A radioactive nuclear reactor that passed through southeast Michigan and northwest Ohio two weeks ago has arrived at its final resting place, a Barnwell, S.C., dump. The rare...
Amtrak restores service to historic Ashland station
(The following article by Chip Jones was posted on the Richmond Times-Dispatch website on November 3.) ASHLAND, Va. -- Ashlanders spoke and Amtrak listened. Last week, the passenger railroad restored morning and afternoon stops at the town's historic train station....
Amtrak train hits empty cattle truck near Malta
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on October 2.) MALTA, Mont. -- A westbound Amtrak train struck an empty cattle truck about five miles east of here Saturday afternoon, breaking the locomotive's windshield and flinging manure into the cab. The...
