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NJ Transit budget relies on borrowed state funds
(The following article by Joe Malinconico was posted on the Newark Star-Ledger’s website on August 1.) NEWARK, N.J. -- NJ Transit yesterday approved a $1.3 billion budget, which continues the practice of using money borrowed to pay for major construction projects to...
NJ Transit fares will not go up
(The Associated Press distributed the following story by Steve Strunsky on July 31.) NEWARK, N.J. -- NJ Transit will not raise fares in 2004, but it will increase spending as it implements several new services, including the Secaucus Transfer Station, scheduled to...
New Jersey officials promise to improve transit services
(The following article by Maria Newman was posted on the New York Times’ website on August 1.) NEW YORK -- New Jersey Transit officials said yesterday that they would make basic changes, like equipping crew members with bullhorns and radios, to improve communications...
NJ Transit outlines emergency response plan
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Steve Strunsky on July 31.) NEWARK, N.J. -- Following a train derailment that left riders injured and uninformed, NJ Transit on Thursday announced steps to improve its response to emergencies by forming "go...
NJ Transit revises cause of derailment
(The Newark Star-Ledger posted the following article by Joe Malinconico to its website on August 1.) NEWARK, N.J. -- NJ Transit officials yesterday revised their explanation for the July 14 derailment in Secaucus, saying the train's wheel apparently overheated and...
Rail worker pinned in wreckage
(The Tampa Tribune posted the following story by Keith Morelli on its website on July 31.) TAMPA, Fla. -- A 57-year-old CSX Transportation railroad worker from Brandon was trapped in the wreckage of a train wreck early Thursday morning, and was extricated only after a...
Railroad track reopened after derailment
(The Billings Gazette posted the following article on its website on August 1.) GRANGER, Wyo. -- A Union Pacific railroad track between here and Idaho has reopened after a train derailment. The train derailed the morning of July 25 after an axle broke, company...
Train derails near 1991 spill site
(The following article by Paul Rogers was posted on the San Jose Mercury News website on August 1.) SAN JOSE -- Rekindling memories of a disastrous 1991 chemical spill, a Union Pacific train traveling through Northern California derailed Thursday morning near the town...
Rail workers battle unsafe remote control technology
(LaborNotes.org published the following story by Ron Hume in the August 2003 issue of its online magazine.) DETROIT, Mich. -- In 2001, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), the government agency charged with overseeing safety on the nation's railroads, gave its...
Bombardier increases rail profits
(The following article by Monica Gutschi appeared in the Montreal Gazette on July 31.) MONTREAL -- Bombardier Inc.'s transportation division has long played second fiddle to its sexier aerospace sister. President Pierre Lortie believes that is about to change. "I...
