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Engineering gets rolling on regional railroad plan
(The Patriot-News published the following story by Frank Cozzoli on its website on July 2.) HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Conductors aren't set to bark "all aboard!" but the return of regional rail to Harrisburg is just around the bend. Preliminary engineering has begun on a...
CSX launches track maintenance blitz
(CSX Transportation issued the following news release on July 1.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla., -- CSX Transportation Inc. (CSXT), a unit of CSX Corporation, has suspended operations on a key rail line from Elkhorn City, Ky., to Laurens, S.C., for the next eight days while...
Amtrak will keep Mich. trains going at least until Dec. 31
(The Lansing State Journal posted the following story by James McCurtis Jr. on its websit eon July 2.) LANSING, Mich. -- Amtrak will continue running its two state-funded train lines through Dec. 31 with the understanding that MDOT will pay $7.1 million for the...
Derailment data take focus off water main
(The Washington Post published the following story by Don Phillips on its website on July 2.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A 116-year-old water main apparently did not burst until almost three hours after a freight train derailed and caught fire inside a Baltimore tunnel two...
Water linked to CSX tunnel crash
(The Baltimore Sun posted the following story by Stephen Kiehl on its website on July 2.) BALTIMORE -- A federal report released yesterday on a train derailment and fire in the Howard Street Tunnel two years ago describes "chronic water infiltration" in the tunnel...
CPR fined for N.D. derailment
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on July 1.) BISMARCK, N.D. -- The state fined a railroad $925,000 Tuesday for environmental violations stemming from an ammonia spill earlier this year that killed one person and injured hundreds. Attorney General...
Accident at rail yard spills toxic chemical
(The Register-Guard posted the following story by Susan Palmer on its website on July 1.) EUGENE, Ore. -- A hazardous materials team responded to a chemical spill in the west Eugene rail yard on Monday that injured three railroad employees. The incident occurred at...
Three arrested at St. Louis protest
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on July 1.) ST. LOUIS -- Three people were arrested Monday for sitting down on the tracks of a commuter railroad to protest the lack of minority subcontractors hired to build a portion of the line. The protesters,...
Fitzmaurice named NMB Chairman
(The National Mediation Board issued the following news release on July 1.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Edward J. Fitzmaurice Jr. is the new chairman of the National Mediation Board effective July 1, 2003. Mr. Fitzmaurice was nominated to the NMB by President Bush on November...
Railroad celebration on track
(The Baltimore Sun posted the following article by Liz F. Kay on its website on June 29.) BALTIMORE -- After the collapse of Baltimore's B&O roundhouse's roof in February, the celebration of the birth of American railroading was canceled at the beginning of the line -...
