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CSX works to repair damaged tracks
(The Times-Picayune posted the following article on its website on March 6.) NEW ORLEANS -- Repairs to CSX railroad tracks in eastern New Orleans where 16 freight cars derailed late Monday night were expected to be finished Wednesday by 8 p.m., but what caused the...
Amtrak to limit use of train name ‘Acela’
(The New York Times online published the following Associated Press article.) WASHINGTON -- In a marketing about-face, Amtrak will begin using the brand name ``Acela'' to describe only its premier high-speed train, Acela Express. Until now, conventional trains that...
Safe at 70: Railroad, federal officials make a case for fast trains
(The Enterprise-Record posted the following article by Ariel Cohn on its website on March 6.) CHICO, Calif. -- Union Pacific railroad representatives Tuesday outlined how 70-mph trains through Chico will be safe, but left city officials wondering why the explanation...
UP’s Bailey Yard makes switch to remote controls
(The Lincoln Journal Star posted the following Associated Press article on its website on March 3.) NORTH PLATTE -- Technology is taking over the driver's seat of locomotives at Union Pacific's Bailey Yard. The nation's largest railroad is starting to use remote...
Chinese company to pay US$2.5 million to put its name on Shanghai `maglev’ train
(The following article was published by the Associated Press.) BEIJING -- A Chinese real-estate company on Wednesday agreed to pay US$2.5 million to name the world's first commercial magnetic levitation train for its first two years of operation. Shanghai Xinhu Real...
Barriers for Calif. reactor on road to nuclear graveyard
(The New York Times posted the following article by Nick Madigan on its website on March 4.) SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. -- Emptied of most of its innards, filled with concrete and encased in a 40-foot steel canister, a decommissioned nuclear reactor here is headed for a...
Deal may save Cape Breton railway
(The Halifax Daily News posted the following article on its website on March 5.) HALIFAX, N.S. -- The province has helped find a new customer for a troubled railway that services Cape Breton, raising hopes the line may be saved. Cecil Clarke, the province’s minister...
Derailment payments still not settled
(The Southern Illinoisan posted the following article by Christi Mathis on its website on March 4.) TAMAROA, Ill. -- The payout by the Canadian National Railway for expenses and losses suffered by people, businesses and agencies because of the Feb. 9 train derailment...
Jeb Bush wants another vote on bullet train
(Florida television station WBBH posted the following Associated Press article on its website on March 4.) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- In his annual address to the opening of the Florida legislature, Governor Jeb Bush says the state of the state is uncertain. Bush threw cold...
S.D. House passes tax breaks for railroad work
(The Aberdeen American News posted the following Associated Press article by Andrew Nelson on its website on March 5.) PIERRE, S.D. -- The state House voted Tuesday to restore tax credits that would help railroads improve their tracks. For more than 20 years, state...
