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Crescent rail line’s days could be numbered
(The Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News published the following story by Michael B. Farrell on its website on August 25.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- If the Bush administration's plan to give states authority over passenger rail service makes it through Congress, long-haul lines such as...
Amtrak office closing in Raton, N.M.
(The Raton Range published the following story by Todd Wildermuth on its website on August 25.) RATON, N.M. -- Raton's Amtrak ticket office will close on Tuesday, but what that means to the future of the passenger rail service continuing to run its Southwest Chief...
Train derailment closes I-235 ramp
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on August 24.) OKLAHOMA CITY -- The north and southbound ramps of Interstate 235 at Northeast 23rd Street reopened Sunday after a train derailed early Saturday morning. Twelve to 14 cars of a southbound train...
Train safety off track on A.C. line, say engineers
(The Press of Atlantic City published the following report by Donald Wittkowski on its website on August 25.) EGG HARBOR CITY, N.J. -- Squat, metal sensors stick out of the ground next to the tracks of the Atlantic City rail line near the Bremen Avenue crossing. On...
Norfolk Southern Labor Day Operations, September 1, 2003
(Norfolk Southern issued the following service alert on August 22.) Norfolk Southern will continue to operate over Labor Day, Monday, September 1, 2003 in order to protect service commitments, local customer requirements and specific customer production needs during...
Japanese railroad shelves lion dung test
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on August 20.) TOKYO -- A railroad in rural Japan that successfully used lion dung as a repellant to keep wild deer from straying onto the tracks has found the experiment a tad too repelling. Trains used to hit some...
Carload freight down, intermodal up on U.S. railroads
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following news release on August 21.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Carload freight was down but intermodal volume was up slightly on U.S. railroads during the week ended August 16 in comparison with the corresponding week last...
Rail renaissance: Southern Tier Extension investment rolls
(The Times Herald published the following story by Rick Miller on its website on August 21.) OLEAN, N.Y. -- Step by step, the Western New York & Pennsylvania Railroad has rebuilt the former Erie-Lackawanna rail line from Hornell to Meadville, Pa. Now, said William D....
More riders are hitting the rails
(The Hartford Courant published the following story by Matthew Strozier on its website on August 21.) HARTFORD, Conn. -- Bucking a pattern, train ticket sales and ridership increased for Metro-North's New Haven Line last month despite a big fare increase. Ticket sales...
NJ Transit train delays expected
(The Jersey Journal posted the following article on its website on August 22.) JERSEY CITY, N.J. -- NJ Transit train service between Newark and Manhattan could experience some delays this weekend due to rail work for the new Secaucus Transfer Station, NJ Transit...
