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Opinion: Nothing in the world like a steam locomotive
(The Denver Post published the following column by Dick Kreck on its website on May 16.) DENVER -- My eyes and ears were wide, wide open. All I remember is steam and heat and oil and the throbbing of a 600,000-pound monster beneath my feet. There I was, standing in...
Railroad crossing lights often disregarded
(The Cleveland Plain Dealer posted the following story by Rena A. Koontz on its website on May 16.) CLEVELAND -- On Monday, a 37-year-old mother and her 5-year-old daughter were killed when an Amtrak passenger train hit their Chevrolet Blazer at a railroad crossing in...
Group’s mission is averting rail tragedy
(The Akron Beacon Journal posted the following article by Kymberli Hagelberg on its website on May 15.) AKRON, Ohio -- A father and son in separate cars at lunchtime. A pair of high school students on foot heading home from classes. Commuters headed for the day's...
MTA files appeal notice, putting fare rollback on hold
(Newsday posted the following story by Joshua Robin on its website on May 15.) NEW YORK -- The MTA today signaled it will appeal a judge's ruling that ordered the recent transit fare hikes to be rolled back. Under state law, that means Justice Louis York's decision...
Transit agency to appeal judge’s order to roll back fares
(The following article by Randy Kennedy was posted on the New York Times’ website on May 16.) NEW YORK -- The Metropolitan Transportation Authority filed papers yesterday saying that it would appeal a Manhattan judge's order to roll back transit and commuter rail...
Intermodal freight up, carload down on U.S. railroads
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following news release on May 15.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Intermodal freight was up but carload volume was down on U.S. railroads, during the week ended May 10 in comparison with the corresponding week last year, the...
SEPTA finds even more dead call boxes
(The Philadelphia Daily News posted the following tory by Gloria Campisi and Jim Nolan on its website on May 16.) PHILADELPHIA -- It's worse than you thought. SEPTA yesterday admitted that 31 emergency call boxes on its Broad Street and Market Frankford Elevated lines...
Private operator sought for BC Rail
(The following Reuters article was posted on May 16.) VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- British Columbia confirmed on Thursday that it wants a private company to operate provincially owned BC Rail, Canada's third-largest railway. The B.C. Liberal Party government, which...
DEQ criticized on Eunice cleanup of derailment
(The Lafayette Advertiser posted the following article by Beverly Corbell on its website on May 16.) EUNICE, La. -- After years of waiting, cleanup work at the site of a train derailment in 2000 has finally begun. But, the city of Eunice wants the federal government...
CN derailment fire doused; Crew confirmed dead
(The Canadian Press circulated the following article on May 16.) McBRIDE, B.C. -- The remains of two people were found in a train wreck at the bottom of a ravine yesterday after crews finally doused a fire that had been raging for 24 hours. "Two people are dead and...
