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Committee gives nod to hearings on remote controls on trains
(The La Crosse Tribune posted the following story by Joan Kent on its website on April 30.) LA CROSSE, Wisc. -- A La Crosse Common Council committee voted Tuesday to hold public hearings on whether to support use of remote controls on trains. Burlington Northern Santa...
Airline unions retain strength in slump
(The following article by Leigh Strope was posted on Yahoo News by the Associated Press on April 29.) WASHINGTON -- A bad economy is brutal for unions. Just ask any airline employee. But unions at American Airlines showed that they've still got some muscle at the...
Hammerschmidt recalls NTSB investigations
(The following story by J.E. Dunlap, Jr. was published by the Harrison Daily Times on April 28.) HARRISON, Ark. -- Harrison native, John Arthur Hammerschmidt, who last month completed 18 years with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), 12 years as a member...
Bombardier secures Taiwan transit deal
(The Canadian Press circulated the following article on April 29.) MONTREAL -- Bombardier Inc.'s rail and transit division has been selected to supply the electrical and mechanical portion of a rapid-transit contract in Taiwan. Bombardier Transportation's share of the...
NS, OL safety blitz aims at educating Ohio drivers
(The Sandusky Register published the following story on April 29.) SANDUSKY, Ohio -- When slowing down to drive over train tracks, most drivers are trying toprotect the underside of their cars, not their lives. But the danger railroad tracks may present was precisely...
Rail worker gets back pay chance
(The Calgary Sun published the following story by Kevin Martin on its website on April 29.) CALGARY -- A rail-traffic controller whose bid to get back pay from his suspension during a drug-use investigation will get another hearing. Justice Eric Macklin ruled the...
NTSB meeting to select most wanted safety recommendations for 2003
(The NTSB issued the following news release on April 29.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a public meeting Tuesday, May 6 at 9:30 a.m., to select its list of "Most Wanted" safety recommendations for 2003. The Board chooses for...
Beech Grove facility ready to roll out refurbished cars
(The Chicago Tribune posted the following story by Jon Hilkevitch on its website on April 28.) BEECH GROVE, Ind. -- Here lie the charred and twisted remains of Amtrak's City of New Orleans, a 14-car train that smashed into a truck near Bourbonnais, Ill., four years...
Opinion: Amtrak schedule change rattles city
(The Richmond Times-Dispatch posted the following column by Chip Jones on its website on April 28.) RICHMOND, Va. -- It started as a minor shift in Amtrak's schedule. But changes in the area's morning train service have rattled some windows from Shockhoe Bottom to the...
Amtrak hits tree near site of ’02 derailment
(The following article by Andy Hall was published by the Palatka Daily News on April 29.) PALATKA, Fla. -- An Amtrak Auto Train struck a fallen tree late Friday afternoon only a few miles south of the site of the 2002 derailment near Crescent City in which six people...
