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Plan outlined for WTC site transport hub
(The New York Times published the following Associated Press article.) NEW YORK -- Officials have proposed a grand, airy transportation hub at the World Trade Center site, but some relatives of Sept. 11 victims are angry the plan would infringe on the ``footprints''...
High-speed train may go back to voters
(The following Associated Press article by Brendan Farrington appeared in the Tallahassee Democrat.) TALLAHASEE, Fla. -- Voters would get a chance to repeal the high-speed rail project they put into the constitution under measures supported by lawmakers who say some...
School evacuates after train derailment
(The Associated Press published the following article.) TAMAROA, Ill. -- An elementary school was evacuated Thursday after a nearby car from a train that derailed earlier this month released toxic vapor into the air. No one was injured. Officials evacuated the school,...
Amtrak to seek new work rules in union talks
(The New York Times online published the following Reuters article.) WASHINGTON -- Amtrak said on Thursday it would seek work rule concessions from its unions representing 20,000 employees as part of its drive to operate more efficiently. Unlike U.S. airlines, in...
Amtrak says it will survive 2003
(The following Associated Press article appeared in the New York Times.) WASHINGTON -- Amtrak expects to get through the current budget year but says it needs a major increase in federal support to maintain service over the next several years. Amtrak President David...
‘Unmanned’ train controversy continues
(The following article was published by Amarillo television station KAMR.) AMARILLO, Tex. -- A controversial way of moving trains through Amarillo's switchyards is under fire again. Burlington Northern Santa Fe has only been using Remote Control Operations for just a...
Operators of China’s first `maglev’ train to open bids for naming rights
(The following story is from the Associated Press.) BEIJING -- The consortium in charge of the world's first commercial magnetic-levitation train wants to slap your name on it for two years — if you have a million or so bucks to spare, that is. The Shanghai Maglev...
Man’s love of railroads turns into art
(The following article by David Dishneau was published by the Associated Press.) HANOVER, Pa. -- Each stroke of Charles L. Amos' slender brush is colored by a lifetime spent dreaming, learning and teaching people about trains. Enchanted by steam locomotives while...
Repairs to roof of B&O museum are begun
(The Baltimore Sun published the following article by Reginald Fields.) BALTIMORE -- At the B&O Railroad Museum, where half the roof over the 19th-century roundhouse building collapsed under the weight of snow, structural engineers and contractors began preparing...
Railroad will help Minn. shipper
(The following article by Shelley Nelson was published in the Duluth News-Tribune.) DULUTH, Minn. -- A new railroad track in Superior could help keep grain exports moving through the Twin Ports. The City Council on Wednesday approved granting a railroad easement to...
