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Tough budget decisions ahead
(The Mobile Register posted the following story by Sean Reilly on its website on February 5.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- To rail buffs of a certain age, the sight of the Sunset Limited rumbling along the Mobile waterfront may trigger a pleasurable flashback to the day when...
Gunn says Amtrak won’t ever support itself
(Newsday.com posted the following Associated Press article on its website on February 4.) NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Amtrak won't ever earn enough money to support itself and needs a budget larger than what President Bush is proposing, the train service's president and chief...
Greenbrier resort’s relations with town strained
(The following article by the Associated Press was published in the New York Times online edition.) WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. -- The harsher facts of life have rarely intruded on the genteel atmosphere of the luxury resort known simply as The Greenbrier, a...
Union Pacific’s ‘Building America’ tops Addys
(The following article appeared on Adweek.com.) CHICAGO--Bailey Lauerman's advertising campaign for the Union Pacific Railroad won Best of Show this weekend at the annual Nebraska Addy Awards banquet. The commercials are narrated by actor Sam Elliott (news), whose...
Railway Association of North Carolina hires Executive Director
(The Railway Association of North Carolina issued the following press release via PRNewswire on February 3.) RALEIGH, N.C. -- At their fourth quarter 2002 meeting, the Railway Association of North Carolina (RANC) hired Barbara Holmes Marcum as Executive Director of...
Bombardier revs up campaign for high-speed train travel
(The Globe and Mail posted the following story by Bertrand Marotte on its website on February 4.) LA POCATIÈRE, Quebec -- Bombardier Inc. is stepping up its campaign for high-speed train travel in Canada with a bet that its sleek new jet-powered technology can win...
UP, NS expand “Blue Streak” intermodal service
(Union Pacific issued the following press release on February 3.) OMAHA -- Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern Railway Co. are expanding their "Blue Streak" intermodal service to link Northern California and Northern Nevada with Chicago and destinations on the Norfolk...
A trip to Boston in half an hour?
(The Concord Monitor posted the following story by Amy McConnell on its website on February 2.) CONCORD, Mass. -- Picture a trip from Concord to Boston this afternoon: Rows of taillights stretch ahead and behind you. You spend nearly 90 minutes on Interstate 93, pay...
Fresh ideas evolve for CSX in Tampa
(The Tampa Tribune posted the following article by Ted Jackovics on its website on February 3.) TAMPA, Fla. -- Chuck McBride showed up at CSX Transportation Inc.'s railroad yard in Mulberry at 4 a.m. to visit with crews heading out of Polk County's Bone Valley...
BNSF takes on resurgent UP
(The Fort Worth Star-Telegram posted the following article by Dan Piller on its website on February 3.) FORT WORTH, Texas -- Now that Union Pacific Railroad has overcome the problems stemming from its merger with Southern Pacific in the late 1990s, Burlington Northern...
