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Appeals court to hear MTA suit today
(The following article by Pete Bowles appeared on Newsday’s website on June 10.) NEW YORK -- Attorneys for three separate organizations will gather before a five-judge appeals panel today to argue the merits - or lack of them - of transit and toll increases imposed by...
Students sentenced for rail trespassing
(Boone Today posted the following story by Chuck Hackenmiller on its website on June 10.) BOONE, Iowa -- Two engineering students at Iowa State University originally charged with railroad vandalism in an April 3 incident near Boone both received district court...
Hundreds of northern B.C. Rail jobs on the line
(The following article was posted the CBC British Columbia’s website on June 9.) PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. -- NDP leader Joy MacPhail warns the privatization of B.C. Rail may deal a death blow to the economy of Prince George. She say she the northern city will lose almost...
Author’s theory envisions magnetic, ‘high-speed subway’
(The Bremerton Sun posted the following article by Niki King on its website on June 8.) BREMERTON, Wash. -- At the turn of the 20th century when America's roads were haphazardly hewn of dirt, brick and cedar blocks, the Interstate Highway System would have sounded...
Railroad machinist dies on the job
(The Winchester Herald-Chronicle posted the following article on its website on June 10.) TULLAHOMA, Tenn. -- A CSX railroad machine operator from Cowan was dead on arrival at Harton Regional Medical Center in Tullahoma Friday morning after he collapsed while working...
VRE gives Amtrak deadline for questions on service pact
(The Washington Times posted the following article by Tom Ramstack on its website on June 7.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Virginia Railway Express yesterday gave Amtrak an Aug. 1 deadline to respond to concerns about quality of service or lose the contract to operate Northern...
Canada edges closer to fast rail plan
(Reuters distributed the following article by Randall Palmer on June 9.) OTTAWA -- A speedy rail system that could get passengers from Toronto to Montreal in just three hours looked closer to reality on Monday with fresh declarations of support from federal cabinet...
Big rig collides with train
(The following article was posted on Indianapolis television station WRTV’s website on June 9.) INDIANAPOLIS -- Emergency crews were clearing an accident Monday morning on the southwest side after an 18-wheeler collided with a train shortly before 9 a.m. Investigators...
Bomb scare clears T station, causes delays for commuters
(The following article by Mac Daniel appeared in the Boston Globe on June 10.) BOSTON -- An apparently drunk passenger's alleged threats to detonate a bomb on board an MBTA Red Line train partially shut down the subway and the Old Colony commuter rail line for about...
Grenade seized at Union Station
(The following article by Martin Weil and Petula Dvorak appeared in the Washington Post on June 10.) WASHINGTON -- A man who brandished a hand grenade during a robbery attempt at Union Station was arrested last night after an Amtrak police officer grabbed the...
