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LIRR plans fare-hike meetings
NEW YORK -- Long Island Rail Road commuters will get to have their say about a proposed fare hike that could raise ticket prices by 10, 20 or 30 percent and boost subway fares to $2, according to Newsday. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority board voted yesterday...
Snow’s sale of CSX stock may raise some questions
WASHINGTON -- John W. Snow, President Bush's nominee for Treasury Secretary, executed a well-timed $4.2 million sale of CSX Corp. (CSX, news) stock this summer, raising cash to repay a loan backed by the railroad where he is chairman and chief executive, Thursday's...
NS blames landslide for Pa. derailment
BALDWIN, Pa. -- A Norfolk Southern freight train derailed Tuesday night after a landslide damaged the tracks it was traveling on near Pittsburgh, the Associated Press reported. Allegheny County emergency management officials reported no injuries in the accident, which...
Train careens off tracks, smashing through parking lot
HOUSTON -- Trouble on the tracks means a trip to the body shop for several cars in southeast Houston, according to television station KTRK. A train jumped the tracks near Hobby Airport Wednesday afternoon and went careening into a group of cars. You probably have...
BNSF won’t pay for Santa Train, annual run cancelled
DENVER -- Santa Claus Train, which brought Christmas cheer to scores of remote rural communities for the past 13 years, isn't making its appointed rounds this season, and some folks are bitterly disappointed, the Denver Post reported. "You are not hurting adults; you...
Protesters slam railroad change
SAN ANTONIO -- Railroad engineers gathered Wednesday to warn the public about hazards they say will result from converting to remote-control switching operations, scheduled to begin locally next year, according to the San Antonio Express-News. Union Pacific officials,...
Seattle chooses team to design monorail
SEATTLE -- With their brightly lit elevated platforms and panoramic windows, the Vancouver, B.C., SkyTrain rail stations are just the sort of landmarks monorail planners hope to duplicate here, the Seattle Times reported. So last night, the Seattle Popular Monorail...
Investment group to buy CSX Lines
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Domestic-shipping company CSX Lines LLC will have a new owner and new name, but its headquarters will remain in Charlotte, the Charlotte Observer reported. Its parent company is selling a majority stake of the largest domestic shipper to a...
Rail service gets new life in Meadville, Pa.
ERIE, Pa. -- The Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad is scheduled to run a train between the New York communities of Wellsville and Hornell today, according to the Erie Times-News. Though the event is occurring more than 100 miles away, it signals the beginning...
How the Norfolk Southern Grinch stole Christmas
PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- Every Christmas season needs its Grinch, and I think I've found this year's, according to an editorial written by ruth Ann Baker and published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. He doesn't live in the area; he just passes through, making his meanness...
