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Government tells train companies they must do better
LONDON -- According to the Associated Press, Britain's much-maligned train system must improve or find its investment withering, the government's railway minister said Wednesday. "If the train is dirty, then clean it. If the toilet's overflowing, no excuses — fix it....
Teamster freight talks break off
(The International Brotherhood of Teamsters issued the following press release on January 20.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Teamsters National Freight Industry Negotiating Committee (TNFINC) unanimously called for a strike-authorization vote after talks broke off early...
TRANSFLO, UP develop chemical transloading network
(TRANSFLO issued the following press release on January 22.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- TRANSFLO Terminal Services Inc. today announced plans to open a network of bulk chemical transloading terminals with Union Pacific (UP) to extend service to non-rail served customers....
Increasing number of women are working on the railroad
(The following Associated Press article by Charles R. McCauley was published in the January 22 issue of The Birmingham News.) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- If women who build trains, connect rail cars and operate locomotives are rare in the male-dominated rail industry, then...
Metro derailment puzzles engineers
WASHINGTON -- Metro engineers trying to figure out why a 72,000-pound subway car jumped its tracks Monday night on a rail bridge 30 feet above ground remained puzzled one day after the rare derailment, reports the Washington Post. Transit workers spent much of...
Train conductor tragedy
NEW YORK -- A subway conductor on the job for a little more than a year was killed on a Queens station platform early yesterday after she stuck her head out of a moving A train and smashed into a metal gate, colleagues said. According to the New York Post, Conductor...
Motorist killed trying to beat Amtrak train
(The following story by Karlayne R. Parker was published in the January 22 issue of the Tampa Tribune.) PLANT CITY, Fla. -- A motorist died Tuesday trying to beat an Amtrak train at a gated railroad crossing on Woodrow Wilson Boulevard, police said. His name was not...
Missouri Amtrak service could be cut by March 1
(The following Associated Press article by David A. Lieb was published in the January 21 online issue of the Kansas City Star.) JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Unless Missouri comes up with more money by the end of next month, Amtrak plans to eliminate one of its two daily...
Patrols stepped up along Caltrain tracks
TRESPASSERS CITED IN BID TO STEM SPATE OF DEATHS (The following article by Jessie Seyfer was published in the January 22 online issue of the San Jose Mercury News.) SAN JOSE, Calif. -- A startling number of deaths this year along Caltrain's tracks spurred the commuter...
Environmental crusader paralyzed in Metrolink crash
(The following story by Bhavna Mistry was published in the January 22 issue of the Los Angeles Daily News.) MISSION HILLS, Calif. -- Jennifer Kilpatrick, a Santa Clarita attorney active in environmental issues, is preparing for a six-month hospital stay that will...
