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UP museum sees visitor 10,000
(The Omaha World-Herald posted the following story by Julie Anderson on its website on July 11.) COUNCIL BLUFFS -- The new Union Pacific Railroad Museum welcomed its 10,000th visitor Wednesday afternoon, just two months after opening. "We are thrilled to reach this...
Rail freight traffic up during holiday week
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following news release on July 10.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Freight traffic on the nation s railroads was up during the week ended July 5 in comparison with the corresponding week last year, the Association of American...
Alameda Corridor agency names CEO
(The Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority issued the following news release on July 10.) LOS ANGELES COUNTY -- The Governing Board of the Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority (ACTA) on Thursday elected a new chairman and vice chairwoman, named a Chief...
Riders tell LIRR to take a hike
(The following article by Clemente Lisi was posted on the New York Post website on July 11.) NEW YORK -- Fewer people are riding the Long Island Rail Road. Ticket sales on the commuter line plummeted 5 percent last month -- when higher fares first went into effect --...
Opinion: UP in reverse
(The Sacramento Bee posted the following editorial on its website on July 11.) SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- This wasn't the reaction that train passengers between Auburn and San Jose had in mind. Riders and Capitol Corridor rail officials pleaded in May with the Union...
STB foils San Jacinto rail line objectors
(The Houston Chronicle published the following article by Bill Hensel Jr. on July 11.) HOUSTON -- The San Jacinto rail project may be on a fast track now that the Surface Transportation Board has turned back attempts by the city of Houston and others to slow it. The...
Group challenges T’s fare hike
(The Boston Globe posted the following story by Thanassis Cambanis on its website on July 11.) BOSTON -- A coalition of community groups yesterday appealed to the MBTA's board of directors to cancel a 25 percent fare increase that will raise ticket prices on buses,...
New Hudson rail tunnel should ease traffic, improve air quality
(The Jersey Journal posted the following article on its website on July 10.) JERSEY CITY, N.J. -- It could be called the return of the sandhogs - but not right away. At least not until 2015, if then. On June 20, NJ Transit took the first step toward construction of a...
Idaho agency to investigate soil, groundwater at UP yard
(The Idaho State Journal posted the following article by Emily Jones on its website on July 11.) POCATELLO, Idaho -- The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality will oversee a site investigation of soil and groundwater at a Union Pacific rail yard in downtown...
Trains, trucks and cars to share new lane
(CBC News-British Columbia posted the following story on its website on July 4.) VICTORIA -- The provincial government is going ahead with its plan to pave a 13.5-kilometre section of the B.C. Rail railbed, to create a new lane for the Sea-to-Sky Highway south of...
