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Norfolk Southern cuts N.C. rail line
(The Tryon Daily Bulletin posted the following article by Chris Dailey on its website on April 8.) TRYON, N.C. -- It s been 15 months since the last freight train rumbled through the area on Norfolk Southern s rail line. It may be much longer before the next one comes...
Lewistown OKs pact to save BNSF service
(The Billings Gazette posted the following Associated Press article on its website on April 8.) LEWISTOWN, Mont. -- City and county officials here have signed off on a tentative plan they hope will retain rail service to Lewistown, but with changes that would include...
Brothers plead guilty to railroad vandalism
(The Iowa State Daily posted the following article by Jolene Hull on its website on April 8.) AMES, Iowa -- Two Iowa State University students have pleaded guilty to shutting down a section of the Union Pacific Railroad tracks in Boone County by placing large metal...
Metro-North train safety rolls along
(The following article by Jonathan Lucas was published in the Stamford Advocate on April 8.) STAMFORD, Conn. -- Transit officials say an advertising campaign encouraging commuters on Metro-North Railroad and elsewhere to report suspicious packages or people has...
Report: CSX delayed calling in tunnel fire
(The Baltimore Sun posted the following article by Stephen Kiehl on its website on April 7.) BALTIMORE -- A more than half-hour delay by CSX Transportation in reporting the 2001 train tunnel fire under downtown Baltimore hobbled firefighters and allowed the chemical...
Opinion: The railroad industry’s version of ‘Christine’
(The Amarillo Globe-News posted the following column by David Horsley on its website on April 7.) AMARILLO, Texas -- A story in last week's newspaper included a sentence which leaped off the page at me. It concerned a March 30 train derailment in south Amarillo. Eight...
Manassas Park, VRE may settle dispute
(The following article by Eric M. Weiss was published in the Washington Post on April 6.) WASHINGTON -- Two commissions that oversee the Virginia Railway Express commuter railroad approved an offer late last week to settle a dispute with Manassas Park over...
Railroading is now a high-tech industry
(The following article by Brian L. Thompson was published in the St. Augustine Record on April 6.) ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- History is about all that ties the railroads of today to the passenger services of yesteryear. Long gone are the days of the billowing steam...
Mark Rosenker is new NTSB vice chairman
(The NTSB issued the following press release on April 4.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President George W. Bush yesterday designated Member Mark V. Rosenker Vice Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board. Mr. Rosenker joined the Safety Board as a Member on March 24,...
High-speed rail debate eases
(The following article by Lesli A. Maxwell was published in the Fresno Bee on April 7.) SACRAMENTO -- The turf battle that broke out in January over which state agency ultimately will build and run a 700-mile bullet train system in California is showing signs of...
