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Warnings sought for Ala. rail crossing
(The Birmingham News posted the following article by Malcomb Daniels on its website on March 27.) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- State Rep. Cam Ward on Tuesday asked the Alabama Department of Transportation for warning lights at a railroad crossing in Alabaster where two...
Miss. leaders eye way to save rail lines
(The Clarion Ledger posted the following article by Arnold Lindsay on its website on March 27.) JACKSON, Miss. -- A group of state lawmakers on Wednesday pledged to support any reasonable resolution to keep two segments of Canadian National railway from closing if the...
Panel OKs train repeal vote
(The Sarasota Herald-Tribune published the following Associated Press article on its website on March 27.) TALLAHASSEE -- Concerned about the cost of a high-speed rail system, the House Transportation Committee voted Wednesday to make Floridians vote on repealing a...
House panel to vote on Amtrak
(The following article by James McCurtis Jr. appeared in the Lansing State Journal on March 27.) LANSING, Mich. -- The House Transportation Committee is expected to vote on a bill today that would lift a cap on the amount of state money Amtrak receives. The state...
Study: Small tunnels hinder NS
(The Daily Press posted the following Associated Press article on its website on March 25.) CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Norfolk Southern Corp. could shave 667 miles off freight travel between Virginia and Ohio if railroad tunnels along the way were enlarged to accommodate...
Eves delaying GO, Via expansion, MPs charge
(The London Free Press posted the following article by Maria McClintock on its website on March 27.) OTTAWA -- Ontario Premier Ernie Eves is holding up expansion of the GO train and Via rail lines, two senior Toronto federal cabinet ministers said yesterday. Transport...
Collenette speech regarding the GO Transit / York Region Transit Network announcement
(The office of David Collenette, Canada’s Transport Minister, issued Mr. Collenette’s speaking notes on March 26.) MISSISSAUGA, Ontario -- This is a great day for the people of the Greater Toronto Area andsouthern Ontario. The federal government is announcing $435...
Canada targets rail transit
(The Globe and Mail posted the following article by Richard Mackie on its website on March 27.) OTTAWA -- In a bid to reduce highway congestion around Toronto, the Ontario, federal and municipal governments plan to increase spending on GO Transit and on York Region...
BNSF boss sees expansion in Calif.
(The Press-Enterprise posted the following article by Adam Eventov on its website on March 27.) RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Matthew K. Rose believes that the future of the Inland Empire is tied to the rails. As president, chairman and chief executive officer of Burlington...
CSX proposing to keep trains’ speed up in floods
(The following article by Don Phillips appeared in the Washington Post on March 27.) WASHINGTON -- CSX Corp., which has played havoc with Virginia and Maryland commuters by slowing or halting passenger trains during extreme weather, has proposed new operating...
