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Train fatality ‘disheartening’
(The following article by Lara Bricker was posted on the Portsmouth Herald website on October 26.) NEWFIELDS, N.H. -- The death of an Exeter man killed when he was struck by an Amtrak Downeaster passenger train highlights the challenges authorities have in enforcing...
Transit agencies girding to smite the vexatious leaf
(The Philadelphia Inquirer posted the following article by Jere Downs and Anthony R. Wood on its website on October 26.) PHILADELPHIA -- The enemy is just a few inches long, weighs 0.06 of an ounce soaking wet, and can be knocked down by a whisper of wind. Yet every...
Back on track
(The Grand Forks Herald posted the following story by Lisa Davis on its website on October 27.) HONEYFORD, N.D. -- Although the tracks end in Honeyford, railroad cars are making the turn-around trip here again for the first time since the summer of 2000, when the...
Improved winter Amtrak timetable available
(The Statesman Journal posted the following story on its website on October 27.) PORTLAND, Ore. -- Amtrak has released its new fall/winter timetable, effective today. The schedule consolidates all Amtrak train and connecting bus schedules in one 128-page booklet for...
CSX Corporation announces one-time cash payment and an additional purchase option for convertible debentures
(CSX issued the following news release on October 27.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- CSX Corporation today announced that it will make a one-time cash payment to holders of its Zero Coupon Convertible Debentures due 2021 who do not require CSX to purchase their Debentures on...
Bridge inspection system can find drugs in trains
(The El Paso Times published the following story by Louie Gilot on its website on October 27.) EL PASTO, Texas -- A new machine that lets border agents inspect trains as they cross into the United States is revolutionizing railroad security in El Paso. Before this...
Builder of high speed rail train to be chosen today
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on October 27.) LAKELAND, Fla. -- It's decision day for the group in charge of Florida's high-speed rail project. Some decisions will be made today on who should build and operate Florida's bullet train and where...
Train carrying Tigers fans slams truck
(The following article by Gary Parrish was posted on the GoMemphis.com website on October 25.) MEMPHIS -- An Amtrak train carrying about 100 University of Memphis football fans Friday collided with a log truck in Glendora, Miss., sending the truck driver to the...
CSX train derails in Alabama
(Television station WSFA posted the following story by Debbie Williams on its website on October 26.) MONTGOMERY, Ala -- The clean-up is underway after a CSX train jumped its tracks in Macon County Saturday. To make matters worse, the train was carrying hazardous...
Senate passes Amtrak subsidy, but a more frugal House awaits
(The following article by Matthew L. Wald was posted on the New York Times website on October 27.) WASHINGTON -- The Senate has approved a $1.34 billion subsidy for Amtrak for the fiscal year that began on Oct. 1, setting up a conflict with the House, which approved a...
