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Oversight sought to prevent rail spills
(The San Francisco Chronicle published the following story by Chuck Squatriglia on its website on August 2.) SAN FRANCISCO -- Frustrated by what they call an alarming number of derailments along the upper Sacramento River, state regulators and environmentalists urged...
Opinion: Amtrak needs a better rescue plan
(The Missoulian published the following editorial on its website on August 4.) MISSOULA, Mont. -- Will Amtrak stay on the tracks? Probably not, not over the long haul. Not with its fate in the hands of Congress. The Bush administration last week delivered its...
Opinion: Give Amtrak an engine
(The Palm Beach Post published the following editorial on its website on August 4.) PALM BEACH, Fla. -- President Bush's idea of running the nation's passenger rail corporation like a business is on a collision course with the ideal of national intercity rail service....
Opinion: Let’s really save Amtrak
(The Helena Independent Record published the following editorial on its website on August 3.) HELENA, Mont. -- Some members of Congress are working hard to derail the Bush administration's plan to "save" Amtrak by making states assume much of the responsibility for...
Illinois Governor: Derail Bush Amtrak plan
(The Peoria Journal Star published the following story by Omar Sofradzija on its website on August 3.) PEORIA, Ill. -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich is asking the Bush administration to reconsider a plan to make states pick up the cost of Amtrak, claiming Illinois would see...
Ill. Senator says Amtrak plan will cause layoffs
(The Munster Times published the following story by Holden Frith on its website on August 2.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Predicting the demise of Amtrak is now an annual ritual for railroad commentators, and opponents of new proposals, to divide and partially privatize the...
The future of Amtrak
(The Washington Post published the following on its website on July 31.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Will Amtrak be able to get out of its budget crisis? What is the future of the passenger train? The Bush administration recently announced a plan to turn train service over to...
Senator says Amtrak deserves chance to succeed in South
(The Longview News-Journal published the following story by James Draper on its website on August 3.) LONGIVEW, Texas -- Planes, trains and automobiles deserve equal opportunities nationwide, says U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas. Amtrak specifically deserves...
Negligent rail managers under siege in Australia
(The Sydney Morning Herald published the following story by Joseph Kerr on its website on August 1.) SYDNEY, Australia -- Rail chiefs are facing criminal charges in the wake of damning reports that catalogue a work culture that neglected safety and left passenger...
Refusing help, woman gives birth aboard subway
(The Boston Globe published the following story by C. Kalimah Redd and Mac Daniel on its website on July 31.) BOSTON -- A 42-year-old Braintree woman gave birth to a baby boy while standing on an inbound Red Line train yesterday morning, refusing help from stunned...
