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Metra to present plans in Johnsburg
JOHNSBURG, Ill. – Metra representatives this month will present their plan to build a train station and rail yard in the village, according to the Northwest Herald The presentation is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Jan. 21 at village hall, 1515 Channel Beach Ave. Metra...
Man arrested in Mexico for Iowa deaths
MEXICO CITY -- According to the Associated Press, Mexican police have arrested a suspected smuggler for the deaths of 11 migrants who were trapped inside a grain car in Iowa last year, law authorities said Sunday. Lorenzo Cuellar de Lira is part of an international...
EPA unveils program to cut truck, train emissions
(The following Reuters article was published on the Reuters website on January 10.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Environmental Protection Agency unveiled on Friday a voluntary program with leading multi-national corporations to reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions...
Lilly suggests taking rail out of Downtown Indianapolis
INDIANAPOLIS -- With an eye on future development south and east of the city's center, Eli Lilly and Co. is proposing a radical plan to eliminate all Downtown rail lines, including the elevated lines running to Union Station, reports the Indianapolis Star. Such a...
Tax break for railroads awaits Pataki signature
(The following story by Eric Durr was published in the January 11 issue of the The Business Review of Albany, N.Y.) ALBANY, N.Y. -- Gov. George Pataki has until the end of January to say yea or nay to legislation that reduces railroad property taxes and is expected to...
Man charged for impeding MBTA train
(The following story by Cathy Johnston was published in the January 10 issue of the Fitchburg Sentinel and Enterprise.) AYER, Mass. -- A Leominster man faces several railroad-related charges for allegedly stepping in front of a commuter train in Ayer on Monday after...
Ohio keeps day train, at least for a while longer
(The following article by David Patch was published in the January 11 issue of the Toledo Blade.) TOLEDO, Ohio -- Amtrak’s Pennsylvanian will continue running through Toledo a little while longer, though exactly how long is unknown. Kathleen Cantillon, an Amtrak...
$5.6 billion in capital aid sought for Amtrak; Congress is wary
(The following story by Jim Geraghty was published in the January 12 issue of the Boston Globe.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Amtrak supporters in the Senate are pushing for a $5.6 billion investment in railroad upgrades and in security. But such funding for passenger rail...
NS cars derail carrying new pickup trucks
(The following story was published in the January 11 issue of the Virginian-Pilot.) CHESAPEAKE, Va. -- Two cars of a Norfolk Southern freight train, both filled with new Ford F-150 pickup trucks, derailed and overturned Friday night, blocking Portlock Road. No one was...
CSX orange juice train derails
(The following story was published in the January 13 issue of the Baltimore Sun.) BALTIMORE, Md. -- Railroad officials were trying to determine yesterday what caused a freight train to derail Saturday night in a Remington underpass, forcing dozens of trains along the...
