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Rail link supporters appeal to Romney, but top official downplays project
(The following article by Amy Lambiaso was distributed be State House News Service on July 14.) BOSTON -- Supporters of a proposal to connect North and South Station by an underground rail line called on the governor Monday to act on his campaign promise of linking...
Fla. Congressman gives commuter rail a push
(The Orlando Sentinel posted the following story by Scott Powers on its website on July 15.) ORLANDO, Fla. -- The agency that runs commuter-rail trains in South Florida might become a surrogate mother to a train that could one day run in Central Florida. The Florida...
More pension troubles seen in Canada
(The Globe and Mail posted the following article by Elizabeth Church on its website on July 15.) TORONTO -- Canada's top companies are being overly optimistic in the assumptions they use for their troubled corporate pension plans, spelling further funding troubles...
B.C. Rail contenders’ list released
(The CBC British Columbia posted the following article to its website on July 14.) PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. -- The provincial Ministry of Transportation has shortlisted four railways interested in taking over B.C. Rail operations. The four companies in the running are:...
New track laid at BNSF derailment site; Line back open
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on July 14.) WISHRAM, Wash. -- Burlington Northern Santa Fe has reopened its tracks near Wishram, where a freight train derailed yesterday afternoon. Burlington Northern spokesman Gus Melonas said the line was back...
Minister confident on sale of BC Rail
(The Vancouver Sun published the following article by Scott Simpson on its website on July 15.) VANCOUVER, B.C. -- Despite growing evidence that hundreds of BC Rail jobs will be eliminated, B.C. Transportation Minister Judith Reid insisted the pending sale of the...
Three derailments spur CSX internal probe
(The Atlanta Journal-Constitution published the following article by Lateef Mungin on its website on July 15.) ATLANTA -- CSX officials say they are investigating their train operators, equipment and track after three trains derailed in Gwinnett in four weeks. Nine...
Modified schedule for NJ Transit
(The Associated Press distributed the following story on July 14.) NEWARK, N.J. -- New Jersey Transit passengers felt lingering effects Tuesday from a train derailment that delayed thousands of travelers the day before in the corridor between Newark and New York. New...
Commuter train bound for Manhattan derails, injuring 13
(The following article by Robert Hanley and Charles Klaveness was posted on the New York Times’ website on July 15.) SECAUCUS, N.J. -- Two cars on a Manhattan-bound New Jersey Transit train carrying about 1,200 commuters derailed here this morning when a wheel fell...
13 minor injuries in NJT derailment; heat signal probed
(NorthJersey.com published the following story by Daniel Sforza on July 15.) SEACAUCUS, N.J. -- An NJ Transit train lost a wheel and derailed in Secaucus on Monday just minutes after it was inspected -- and cleared -- for excessive heat buildup between the wheels and...
