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Kyoto funding may be used for rail link, sources say
(The Globe and Mail posted the following article by Keith McArthur on its website on February 19.) OTTAWA -- The Canadian federal government is considering using money earmarked in yesterday's budget for Kyoto Protocol commitments to kickstart plans for a high-speed...
2001 CPR crash blamed on loose rails
(Canoe.ca posted the following Canadian Press article on February 19.) RED DEER -- A train derailmaent and chemical spill that led to the death of one man and the evacuation of 1,300 people was caused in part by inadequately tightened rails, says a report by the...
Trains so crowded the conductors couldn’t collect the fares
(The following article by Anthony DePalma was published in the New York Times’ online edition.) NEW YORK -- About the only good thing that thousands of frustrated rail commuters could say about yesterday's travel was that at least they did not pay for it. As New York...
On LIRR, rush hour mostly a waiting game
(Newsday.com posted the following story by Joie Tyrrell on February 19.) NEW YORK -- The workday commute after one of the biggest snowstorms in recent years turned into a frozen, chaotic nightmare for hundreds of Long Island Rail Road riders yesterday who endured...
CSX worries stopped D.C. passenger trains
(The Washington Post published the following story by Don Phillips on its website on February 19.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- CSX Transportation, a major Eastern freight railroad whose tracks are used by many commuter and Amtrak passenger trains, was largely shut down in the...
Amtrak service to resume in Va.
(The Richmond Times-Dispatch posted the following article by Chip Jones on its website on February 19.) RICHMOND, Va. -- Amtrak has been stopped in its tracks in Richmond for the past two days and won't send off its first train until later today, railroad officials...
AFL-CIO flight attendant unions block airlines’ effort to weaken anti-terrorism training
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- AFL-CIO flight attendant unions representing the vast majority of the nation’s flight attendants successfully lobbied Congress to reject a behind the scenes effort by the airline industry to dramatically weaken anti-terrorism training mandated by...
Snow causes roof of B&O museum to partially cave in
(The Baltimore Sun posted the following article by Jamie Stiehm Eric Siegel and Frederick N. Rasmussen on its website on February 18.) BALTIMORE, Md. -- The roof fell in on railroad history yesterday. The landmark 1884 roundhouse -- the center of the B&O Railroad...
Rail line may spur more jobs
(The San Antonio Express-News posted the following article by Patrick Driscoll on its website on February 18.) SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- A new railroad line for a future Toyota plant in South Bexar County also could be a centerpiece for an industrial district luring...
Metra adds south line to plans
(The following article by Carlos Morales was published in the Chicago Tribune on February 15.) CHICAGO -- Acknowledging it left the south suburbs out of its long-term plans to improve transportation in the Chicago region, Metra announced Friday it will seek $500...
