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Traffic controllers warn of strike against CP Rail
(Reuters distributed the following article on June 10.) CALGARY, Alberta -- Unionized traffic controllers for Canadian Pacific Railway said on Monday they may walk off the job or be locked out this month if the two sides fail to reach a settlement on wages and...
French transport workers plan strikes
(The following article by Karine G. Barzegar was distributed by the Associated Press on June 7.) PARIS -- French strikers disrupted train and bus service and sanitation workers dumped garbage in the street in the fourth day of a nationwide protest Friday against...
Berea is a prime spot for train watchers
(The Cleveland Plain Dealer posted the following article by Michael O'Malleyon its website on June 8.) BEREA, Ohio -- Andy Inserra squints westward through a set of binoculars, fixing his sight on the nose of an oncoming eastbounder. "Canadian National," he says....
Sound Transit’s promises expensive to keep
(The Seattle Post-Intelligencer posted the following Associated Press article on its website on June 9.) SEATTLE -- Sound Transit's promise of commuter rail service to Everett will cost local taxpayers more than double what the agency estimated when voters approved...
Public transit chiefs describe `a big hurt’
(The following article by Gary Richards appeared in the San Jose Mercury News on June 9.) SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Transit leaders from across the United States will meet in San Jose this week at the American Public Transportation Association's annual rail conference. It...
PATH expects new stations to open on schedule
(The Bergen Record online posted the following article by Judy Rife on June 9.) NEW YORK -- Less than two months after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks destroyed much of the PATH system, the Port Authority announced an ambitious $544 million plan to rebuild it in 24...
Opinion: And Amtrak keeps rolling along
(The following editorial by George F. Will appeared in the Washington Post on June 8.) David Gunn, 65 and a glutton for punishment, left retirement to run Amtrak. His office is in magnificently restored Union Station, a relic of something Gunn knows is gone forever --...
Amtrak uses bus detour
(The following article by Lee Juillerat was published by the Klamath Falls Herald and News on June 5.) KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. -- Amtrak passengers are finding a different way to travel between Klamath Falls and Eugene this month - by bus. Northbound Pacific Starlight...
AFL-CIO transportation leader tells senate to support, not weaken, Amtrak
(The TTD issued the following news release on June 5.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Calling on Congress and the Bush Administration to make a long-term investment in Amtrak rather than dismantle it through "bureaucratic shell games" and flawed privatization schemes, Sonny...
Derailment blocks tracks in Davenport
(The following article was distributed by the Associated Press on June 9.) DAVENPORT, Iowa -- Authorities say nine cars of an Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad train jumped the track in the 200 block of East River Drive directly in front of The Dock restaurant in...
