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CPR profit jumps 29 percent
(Morningstar.ca published the following Reuters article by Jeffrey Jones on January 27.) CALGARY, Alberta -- Canadian Pacific Railway said on Monday its fourth-quarter profit rose 29 percent as the country's No. 2 railroad had a foreign exchange gain and weathered the...
Bakersfield City Council hears remote control plea
(The following story by James Burger was published in the January 27 online issue of the Bakersfield Californian.) BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- Members of the Bakersfield, Calif., City Council’s Legislative and Litigation Committee recently listened to concerns from local...
Opinion: Company-provided medical insurance model needs overhaul
(The following editorial by Jerry Heaster was published in the January 22 online edition of the Kansas City Star.) KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- As the cost of health care coverage soars for both businesses and employees, the time has come to overhaul the postwar...
Homeowners to pay for loss of railroad’s taxes
(The following story by Judy Rife was published in the January 24 online edition of the Middletown Times Herald-Record.) MIDDLETOWN, N.Y. -- Town supervisors and school administrators focused yesterday on the price that every property owner in Orange County will have...
High-speed rail group lobbies for changes
(The Indianapolis Star published the following article on January 27.) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- The Indiana High Speed Rail Association joined 54 other advocacy groups throughout the nation in endorsing the American Passenger Rail Agreement, which advocates the...
Couple pulled from train tracks offer thanks
(The following story by Petula Dvorak and Martin Weil was published in the January 27 online edition of the Washington Post.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The 81-year-old man who was pulled out of his car along with his wife just before the vehicle was struck by a train...
Mudslide blocks tracks
(The Everett, Wash., Herald published the following on January 26.) EVERETT -- A mudslide Friday morning north of Karkeek Park in Seattle shut down Amtrak service to and from Everett. Spokesman Gus Melonas said Saturday that rain and saturated soils on a steep slope...
Ohio Governor’s tax plan hinders transportation choice
(The Ohio Association of Railroad Passengers (OARP) issued the following press release on January 27.) COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Governor Taft’s call for a 6-cent increase in the Ohio Motor Vehicle Fuel Tax only takes Ohio further down the road of a highways-only...
Amtrak committed to long-distance trains
(The following story by Bill Hirschi was published in the January 27 online edition of the Lake City Reporter.) LAKE CITY, Fla. -- Six days a week, Amtrak's Sunset Limited stops in Lake City on its journey between Orlando and Los Angeles. On the surface, it's just...
Opinion: No way to run a railroad, they say
(The following editorial by Jim O’Grady was published in the January 26 online edition of the New York Times.) NEW YORK -- If it looks like a railroad and acts like a railroad, then gosh darn it, it is a railroad. That is what Staten Island Borough President James P....
