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Alaska Railroad updating track
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on July 8.) ANCHORAGE -- The Alaska Railroad Corp. is replacing the bolted rail that was previously used with continuously welded rail on the corridor between Anchorage and Wasilla. "This is big stuff," Terry...
City buys train depot
(The following article by Pablo Lopez was published by the Fresno Bee on July 8.) FRESNO, Calif. -- Fresno is moving forward with its $6 million plans to restore the historic, yet dilapidated downtown Santa Fe train depot on Tulare Street across from City Hall. After...
CN to report second-quarter results
(The Canadian National Railway issued the following news release on July 7.) MONTREAL -- CN will report its second-quarter 2003 financial results at 8 a.m. Eastern time July 22, 2003. Senior CN executives will review the results with analysts and reporters in a...
Light-rail plan clears major hurdle with feds
(The following article by Alex Fryer and Mike Lindblom appeared on the Seattle Times’ website on July 8.) SEATTLE -- Federal auditors have given Sound Transit's light-rail project a clean bill of health, increasing the odds that the first tracks could be laid by...
UP keepin’ it movin’
(The Northern Star posted the following article by Shivangi Potdar on its website on July 8.) DeKALB, Ill. -- Union Pacific Railroad finished two years of track upgrades in downtown DeKalb last month that allow trains to run at speeds up to 70 mph, depending on load...
DOT Deputy will join private sector
(The Washington Post published the following story by Don Phillips on its website on July 8.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Deputy Transportation Secretary Michael P. Jackson, who has been mentioned prominently as the eventual successor to Secretary Norman Y. Mineta, said...
New station points the way ahead
(The following article by Alycia Ambroziak was published by the Montreal Gazette on July 8.) MONTREAL -- Commuters off the western tip of Montreal Island will have a new train station as of Aug. 4. The new Vaudreuil station was inaugurated yesterday by Transport...
Lawyers will review rail plan
(The following article by Jim Skeen was posted on the Los Angeles Daily News website on July 8.) PALMDALE, Calif. -- Continuing the push for an Antelope Valley alignment for a proposed $25 billion high-speed-rail system, Palmdale officials plan to hire a noted law...
Work may begin soon on high-speed rail
(CBC Ottawa posted the following article on its website on July 7.) OTTAWA -- Via Rail's board chair, Jean Pelletier, says he's optimistic that the federal cabinet will approve plans for high-speed trains in the Quebec City-Windsor corridor, which includes Ottawa....
High-speed approval sought on rail link
(The Canadian Press circulated the following article on July 7.) OTTAWA -- Work may begin as early as this fall to develop a high-speed rail link between Quebec City and Windsor, Transport Minister David Collenette said. The project, which would take years to complete...
