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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...
Life gets back on track
(The St. Louis Post-Dispatch posted the following article by Ken Leiser on its website on February 16.) TAMAROA, Ill. -- Nobody can say how long it will take to restore a sense of normalcy to this small town along U.S. Highway 51. Residents who returned to their homes...
State, County sue CN for toxic cleanup
(The Southern Illinoisan posted the following story by Christi Mathis on its website on Febraury 14.) TAMAROA, Ill. -- The homecoming was complete in Tamaroa Friday night, as the last residents were allowed to return home with assurances that testing has revealed no...
Court approves rail drug-testing procedure
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on February 14.) OMAHA, Neb. -- A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a former Union Pacific conductor who claimed he was fired because he was falsely accused of trying to cheat on a drug test. Daniel...
Train carrying Army equipment vandalized
(The Sarasota Herald Tribune posted the following Associated Press article on its website on February 18.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Sheriff's officials were investigating the vandalism of a train carrying military vehicles and personal items belonging to soldiers from...
Amtrak says it can maintain service this year
(Yahoo News published the following story by Reuters on its site on February 14.) WASHINGTON -- Amtrak said on Friday that it could maintain all of its service this year even though Congress gave it $150 million less than the railroad said it needed. Congress on...
Amtrak says subsidy is sufficient
(Amtrak posted the following statement on its website on February 14.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As part of legislation passed by Congress last night, Amtrak will receive a $1.05 billion operating and capital grant for Fiscal Year 2003. Additionally, repayment of the $100...
Bill seems to shift key Amtrak role to DOT
(The followng article by Don Phillips appeared in the Washington Post on Febrayr 18.) WASHINGTON -- Congress has approved enough money for Amtrak to limp through the rest of this fiscal year without the threat of a shutdown, but lawmakers attached confusing conditions...
