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Amtrak to initiate new Federal service
(New York television station WNBC posted the following article on its website on April 16.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Later this month, Amtrak will connect the nation's capital with Boston with a new overnight train, the Federal, featuring three classes of service. Amtrak...
CSX pipe cleaning nears completion
(The Detroit News & Free Press posted the following article on its website on April 17.) SAGINAW, Mich. -- CSX Transportation Inc. said it is nearly finished cleansing water pipes at its Saginaw rail yard of the bacteria that causes Legionnaire's disease. One of the...
Montana man to spend a month in prison
(The Great Falls Tribune posted the following story on its website on April 17.) GREAT FALLS, Mont. -- James House of Shelby will spend a month in a federal prison for stealing almost $19,000 in ticket money from Amtrak. U.S. District Judge Sam E. Haddon also ordered...
Senators push for N.Y. rail tunnel
(The Villager posted the following story on its website on April 16.) NEW YORK -- At City Hall on Monday, U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Hillary Rodham Clinton called on all city officials to be united in the fight for federal funding for a proposed cross-harbor...
Rail strike to disrupt UK’s busiest day
(London’s BBC News posted the following story by Simon Montague on its website on April 16.) LONDON -- Industrial action by train guards will cause severe disruption on some routes on Thursday, on what is the busiest day of the year for rail travel. Some train...
Teamsters, GOP join forces on environment
(The New York Times posted the following Associated Press article on April 15.) WASHINGTON -- Labor unions that disagree with their traditional environmental allies are banding together with a Republican group to boost their political and lobbying might. The Teamsters...
Poor training factored in rail death
(NY Newsday.com posted the following article by Joshua Robin on April 16.) NEW YORK -- A communication breakdown and poor training led to the death of an AirTrain driver at Kennedy Airport in September, the Port Authority has concluded. With added oversight from a new...
SEPTA changes street musician policy
(The following Associated Press article was circulated on April 16.) PHILADELPHIA -- Looking to strike a chord of harmony with street musicians, transit authority officials say they'll no longer arrest people who perform in the city's subway system. The policy change...
Metro-North train stop to be renamed
(The Journal News Posted the following story by Michael Risinit on its website on April 16.) WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Riders will take the last train to Brewster North sometime in October and find the stop's name changed to Southeast. Metro-North Railroad and local...
Truck crashes into Newark subway train
(Television station WNBC posted the following Associated Press article on its website on April 16.) NEWARK, N.J. -- Newark subway service resumed early Wednesday, several hours after it was shut down when a truck crashed into a light-rail train. New Jersey Transit,...
