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Agreement launches new era of Amtrak accountability
(The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release on April 10.) WASHINGTON - In testimony before the Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury and Independent Agencies today, Deputy Secretary of Transportation Michael P. Jackson...
CIT Rail Resources acquires Flex Leasing Corporation, including 7200 railcars
(CIT distributed the following press release on April 9.) LIVINGSTON, N.J. -- CIT Group Inc. (NYSE: CIT) announced today that its CIT Rail Resources business unit has acquired Flex Leasing Corporation of San Francisco, California. Flex Leasing was founded in 1996 and...
RailAmerica completes Dallas rail line purchase
(RailAmerica issued the following news release on April 9.) BOCA RATON, Fla. -- RailAmerica, Inc. announced that it has completed its previously announced line purchase from Kansas City Southern (KCS) in Dallas, Texas. RailAmerica's Dallas, Garland & Northeastern...
JetTrain owner pulls out no stops for Edmonton
(The Edmonton Sun posted the following article by Paul Cowan on its website on April 10.) EDMONTON -- Transportation manufacturer Bombardier is unrepentant over its decision to not showcase its new high-speed JetTrain in Edmonton -- which it compares to Quebec or...
Trench project still within budget
(The following article by Anjeanette Damon was published in the Reno Gazette-Journal on April 9.) RENO, Nev. -- Reno has spent $50.2 million on the $282 million train trench project and is still within budget, according to an updated budget presented Wednesday to the...
NYC claims railroad treats Westchester stations better
(Newsday posted the following Associated Press article on its website on April 9.) NEW YORK -- The Metro-North Railroad takes better care of its stations in Westchester County than its stations in New York City, the city comptroller's office alleged Wednesday. A...
Cecil-Newark rail line to be studied
(The Delaware News Journal posted the following article by Sean O’Sullivan on its website on April 10.) WILMINGTON, Del. -- Along nearly 460 miles of commuter rail lines between Richmond, Va., and New London, Conn., there is one major gap - the 20 miles between...
CP, CN railway police involved in record breaking drug seizure
(The Ontario Provincial Police issued the following news release on April 9.) TORONTO -- On Monday, April 7, 2003 search warrants were executed in the Toronto area, which yielded the largest-ever combined marijuana and money seizure for the Ontario Provincial Police...
Controlled burn ignites UP car
(The Wyoming News posted the following Associated Press article on its website on April 10.) PLEASANT VIEW, Utah -- A controlled burn that got away from a rancher ignited a stationary rail car full of lumber, forcing closure of the Union Pacific rail line for more...
Mom leaps from moving Amtrak train, leaving 2 children
(The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette published the following story by Jonathan D. Silver on its website on April 10.) PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- A woman traveling cross-country apparently leaped from a moving passenger train Tuesday night as it chugged through Pittsburgh, abandoning...
