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Just waiting for his train to come in
(The following article appeared on the Akron Beacon-Journal website on September 2.) AKRON -- What kind of person would go down to the Amtrak station in the middle of the night just to see the trains? ``Me,'' Steve McMullen answered before the question was even...
Retired engineer hopes to form ‘dinner train’
(The Fresno Bee published the following story by Russell Clemings on its website on September 2. Bob Bloomer is a member of BLE Division 553 in Calwa City, Calif.) FRESNO, Calif. -- Bob Bloomer loves trains; that much is clear. He loves them enough to have spent his...
RR telecom payoff still out of reach
(The Knoxville News-Sentinel published the following story by Larisa Brass on its website on September 2.) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- A class-action settlement between a railroad telecommunications firm and landowners has finally made its way through the appeals system and...
Study for T sees impact of fare hike as minor
(The following article by Rick Klein was posted on the Boston Globe website on August 30.) BOSTON -- An analysis prepared for the MBTA shows that a proposed fare increase could drive away nearly 5 percent of all riders while boosting fare revenues by as much as 20...
Groups prey upon cargo rolling the nation’s railways
(Newsday posted the following Associated Press article by Jeffrey Gold on its website on September 1.) NEWARK, N.J. -- Instead of six-shooters and horses, investigators say these modern train robbers used two-way radios, night-vision goggles and bolt cutters....
Railway continues expansion in N.M.
(The Clovis News Journal published the following story by Jack King on its website on September 2.) CLOVIS, N.M. -- Burlington Northern Santa Fe railway has hired 60 new people as a result of its recent expansion, "90 percent" of whom are from Clovis, a BNSF...
Huge cereal-grain harvest, rail-car shortage create massive piles in N.D.
(The Minot Daily News published the following story by Marvin Baker on its website on September 1.) MINOT, N.D. -- Perfect weather conditions for harvest, the best crop in recent memory and a lingering rail-car shortage have filled elevators to capacity forcing...
Elevators want more rail cars
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on September 2.) GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- Grain elevator operators are worried about railroad car delays, saying they might not be able to ship their wheat inventories in time to make room for late-season crops such as...
For U.S. travelers, high-speed rail still elusive
(Reuters distributed the following article by Michael Conlon on September 1.) CHICAGO -- U.S. airport security tangles, a fact of life in the nearly two years since the Sept. 11, 2001, hijack attacks, have not kick-started the development of high-speed U.S. rail...
Pace of Minot derailment probe frustrates residents
(The Associated Press distributed the following article by Blake Nicholson on September 2.) BISMARCK, N.D. -- Residents of Minot affected by a train derailment and chemical spill and the attorneys who represent them say they are frustrated with the pace of a federal...
