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Confusion persisted over Auto Train passenger list
(The St. Augustine Record published the following story by Diane Rodgers on its website on August 7.) ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- At first, emergency responders were searching for 467 people. Then Amtrak personnel reported 468 people traveled on the fated Auto Train that...
Opinion: Southern Illinois needs Amtrak
(The Southern Illinoisan published the following editorial on its website on August 6.) CARBONDALE, Ill. -- For 33 years Amtrak has been running through a tunnel with no light at the end of it in sight. The publicly subsidized corporation and has long been a financial...
Opinion: Passenger rail is viable travel option
(The Denver Post published the following column by John Esty on its website on August 8.) DENVER -- Last week, the Bush administration gave Congress its long awaited Amtrak proposal. It required reorganizing Amtrak into three entities, pledged no new money and passed...
Rep.: Amtrak’s troubled financial picture can be fixed
(The St. Augustine Record posted the following article by Michael Reed on its website on August 7.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., has a plan to fix Amtrak's financial problems. Amtrak has an annual $1 billion deficit in operating costs, and it's...
Acting for impaired Railroad Retirement beneficiaries
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following news release on August 4.) CHICAGO -- The Railroad Retirement Board's policy is that every annuitant has the right to manage his or her own benefits. However, when physical or mental impairments make a railroad...
AFL-CIO holds off democratic endorsement
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Leigh Strope on August 7. ) CHICAGO -- An AFL-CIO endorsement of a presidential candidate won't come until October at the earliest, labor leaders decided Wednesday, giving hope to Democrat Dick Gephardt's rivals...
Labor to meet on endorsement
(The following article by Dan Balz was published by the Washington Post on August 7.) CHICAGO -- Leaders of organized labor today authorized AFL-CIO President John J. Sweeney to convene a meeting on Oct. 15 for the purpose of trying to endorse a Democratic candidate...
MBTA worker awaits discipline hearing
(The Boston Globe published the following story by Mac Daniel on its website on August 6.) BOSTON -- An MBTA commuter rail conductor was awaiting disciplinary action yesterday after he was charged with assault and battery on a police officer and with resisting arrest...
CPR plans drill Aug. 9 at CF Industries in Velva
(Canadian Pacific issued the following news release on August 6.) VELVA, N.D. -- Canadian Pacific Railway will participate in an emergency response exercise Saturday, Aug. 9, at CF Industries in Velva, N.D. Canadian Pacific Railway helped plan the simulated accident...
Transformer falls at NYC’s Grand Central
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on August 7.) NEW YORK -- A ceiling transformer at Grand Central Terminal fell on an empty train Wednesday night, authorities said. No injuries were reported. The 10-by-20-foot transformer struck tracks and the...
