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Nevada to Calif. maglev train still up in air
(The Las Vegas Sun posted the following article by Benjamin Grove on its website on February 28.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A critical showdown in Congress this year may settle the long fight over $950 million in federal funding for the nation's first magnetic-levitation,...
Human error blamed for run-away Taiwan train
(Reuters published the following article by Alice Hung.) TAIPEI -- Human error caused a train to derail half way up a mountain in Taiwan, a prosecutor in charge of the investigation said on Sunday, in an accident that killed 17 passengers and injured 173. Lo...
German rail workers threaten strikes
(The Austin American Statesman posted the following Associated Press story on its website on March 2.) FRANKFURT, Germany --Germany's railroad unions threatened Sunday to continue pressing their demands for 5 percent more pay through brief strikes throughout the...
Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) Railroad Museum cancels the Fair of the Iron Horse 175, Festival of Trains
(The B&O Museam issued the following press release.) BALTIMORE -- The Board of Directors of the Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) Railroad Museum has announced the cancellation of the Fair of the Iron Horse 175, Festival of Trains due to damage the Museum incurred during the...
Locomotive joins National Register of Historic Places
(The Huntington Dispatch posted the following story by Bob Withers on its website on March 3.) HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- Former Chesapeake & Ohio Railway steam locomotive 1308 has joined more than 73,000 buildings, sites, structures, objects and districts on the National...
Rural fire officials say CPR failed to maintain track
(Canada.com posted the following Canadian Press article by on March 2.) FARGO, N.D. -- The Minot Rural Fire Department says the Canadian Pacific Railway failed to properly inspect and maintain the track where a derailment spilled deadly anhydrous ammonia last winter....
Once-bustling coal terminal slows, but NS holds bottom line
(The Virginian-Pilot posted the following article by Carolyn Shapiro on its website on March 2.) NORFOLK, Va. -- It’s all about gravity. From the yard at Lamberts Point terminal, gravity carries the rail cars down a shallow incline toward the water where ships wait....
Amtrak slows start of high-speed Turboliners
(The Times-Union posted the following article by Cathy Woodruff on its website on March 2.) ALBANY, N.Y. -- Production of high-speed trains intended to streamline Amtrak service between Rensselaer and New York City is headed for another slowdown unless engines and...
CSX vows to do better at keeping tracks clear
(The Richmond Times-Dispatch posted the following article by Chip Jones on its website on February 28.) RICHMOND, Va. -- Virginia's transportation chief said yesterday that CSX Corp. has agreed to try to do a better job of keeping its railroad tracks clear during...
Union Pacific workers gather to oppose changes in rail operations
(Houston television station KHOU posted the following story on its website on March 3.) HOUSTON -- Several Protestors carrying signs marched next to a busy Union Pacific railroad yard in Northwest Houston this morning. They say the wanted to educate the public about...
