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D.C.’s Metro expansion creaks to a halt
(The Washington Post published the following story by Lyndsey Layton on its website on July 13.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Metro headquarters pulsed with big plans. P. Takis Salpeas, the head of construction, was swimming in fresh designs: rail to Tysons and Dulles, a...
Violent crime increases on MBTA
(The Boston Globe posted the following story by Thanassis Cambanis on its website on July 13.) BOSTON -- The rate of violent crimes has been flat or falling across the city and the country over the last two years -- but not on the MBTA. Since 2000, alleged felonies...
LA television station to report on remotes
(The following information was reported to the BLE International Division by members of BLE Division 126 in Bakersfield, Calif.) CLEVELAND -- Los Angeles television station KCBS will broadcast a special report on remote control train operations at 11 p.m. on Monday,...
BNSF train derails in Wash. state
(The Associated Press distributed the following story on July 13.) WISHRAM, Wash. -- A freight train derailed Sunday in a remote area of southwest Washington state, sparking an 800-acre brush fire near the Columbia River. The Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight train...
Amtrak’s post-9/11 gains seen slipping
(The Boston Globe published the following story by Keith Reed on its website on July 14. Material from Bloomberg News included in this report.) BOSTON -- The stakes were high for Amtrak when the struggling railroad decided in April to cut fares by 22 percent on the...
Amtrak threatens to end service
(The San Francisco Chronicle posted the following article by Mark Helm on its website on July 12.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Amtrak officials said Friday that they would be forced to terminate all passenger rail service if a House panel is successful in dramatically cutting...
House panel slashes Amtrak budget; Would cause ‘chaotic shut down’
(The Washington Post published the following story by Don Phillips and Stephen Barr on its website on July 12.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A House appropriations subcommittee yesterday approved a fiscal 2004 budget that effectively would shut down Amtrak, slash funds for new...
House panel gives Amtrak $580 million
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Jim Abrams on July 11.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Amtrak took another jolt in its bumpy ride toward financial solvency Friday when a House panel decided to give it less than one-third of the money the passenger railway...
House defeats Democrats’ bid to thwart new overtime rules
(The New York Times posted the following article by Carl Hulse on its website on July 10.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The House cleared the way today for the Bush administration to impose new rules on overtime pay, narrowly rejecting Democratic arguments that the plan will...
Report urges tighter oversight of airline repairs
(The Washington Post published the following article by Don Phillips on its websit eon July 11.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As major airlines increasingly contract out maintenance, the Federal Aviation Administration must do a better job of overseeing private aircraft repair...
