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NS provides $50,000 to underwrite scholarship program
(Norfolk Southern issued the following news release on August 20.) ALTOONA, Pa. -- Norfolk Southern Corporation and the Railroaders Heritage Corporation today announced that through its donation of $50,000, Norfolk Southern will be the title sponsor of the Railroaders...
Opponents pressing for governor’s veto on T fare hike plan
(The Boston Globe published the following story by Mac Daniel on its website on August 21.) BOSTON -- Opponents of fare increases on the T have begun lobbying Governor Mitt Romney to veto a measure that would allow the MBTA to raise fares even in periods when...
Stowaways end up in wrong city
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on August 20.) MARSHFIELD, Wis. -- In the end, it would probably have been cheaper for these stowaways to have just bought a ticket. Thirteen vagabonds who hopped the wrong freight train, ending up here instead...
Rail use rises despite fare hike
(The Greenwich Time posted the following article by Matthew Strozier on its website on August 21.) GREENWICH, Conn. -- Bucking a pattern, train ticket sales and ridership increased for Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line last month despite a big fare increase....
Forest firms support privatization of BC Rail
(The Vancouver Sun posted the following story by Alan Daniels on its website on August 21.) VANCOUVER, B.C. -- Five major forest companies have indicated they endorse the provincial government's plan to privatize BC Rail, a critical transporter of wood products from...
11 UP train cars derail; no one injured
(The Capital-Journal posted the following story on its website on August 21.) FRANKFORT, Kan. -- Eleven cars of a Union Pacific train derailed near here this morning. No one was injured and no hazardous materials were spilled, authorities said. The cars left the...
Amtrak’s California Zephyr hits truck in Colorado
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on August 20.) WRAY, Colo. -- Amtrak's California Zephyr train was delayed for about three hours Wednesday after colliding with a tractor-trailer at a crossing in northeastern Colorado, a railroad spokesman said. No...
Glitch strands VRE, Amtrak passengers
(The following article by Edie Gross was posted on the Free Lance Star website son August 21.) FREDERICKSBURG, Va. -- Passengers on Virginia Railway Express and Amtrak trains were stranded yesterday morning when part of CSX Railroad's signal and communications system...
Trains stopped, e-mail jammed
(The following article by Jason Gertzen was posted on the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel website on August 21.) MILWAUKEE, Wisc. -- Malignant computer viruses halted CSX Transportation trains and slammed corporate and government e-mail networks across the country...
Computer virus crimps rail traffic
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on August 20.) WASHINGTON -- Commuter rail traffic in the Washington area and Amtrak trains in the Southeast slowly returned to normal Wednesday afternoon following a signaling failure at CSX Corp. that the...
