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Amtrak fares? All aboard eBay
PHILADELPHIA -- Add Amtrak tickets to the long list of travel-related goods and services you can bid for on eBay, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. The railroad announced early this month that it would make a limited number of tickets available on the online...
Though funding is uncertain, Pittsburgh pushes for maglev
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Even if published reports prove true that Pittsburgh's main rival may drop out of the competition for federal funds to help build a magnetic levitation train, there is no certainty that the nod would go to Pittsburgh, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette...
Amtrak returns to KC Union Station
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- With a hearty "All aboard," passenger rail service officially returned to a refurbished Union Station on Tuesday, in what local leaders view as a focal point for urban redevelopment, the Associated Press reported. With a four-piece band playing...
Hopes rise for maglev in Pa.
PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- Hopes that the Pittsburgh region will be selected as the home for a high-speed passenger train are increasing as support in Baltimore wanes, the Tarentum Valley News Dispatch reported. Maryland officials say the $4.4 billion magnetic levitation...
Deaths on Caltrain rails hit lowest level in decade
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Deaths on the Caltrain tracks hit their lowest level in a decade this year, a trend officials attribute both to good luck and a series of efforts to curb one of the grimmest trends on the Peninsula, reports the Oakland Tribune. There have been only...
CN to acquire 550 high-capacity freight cars for forest products customers
MONTREAL -- Canadian National announced it will acquire 350 new boxcars and 200 new centerbeam flatcars next year for its service-sensitive forest products customers. The high-cube 50-foot boxcars for newsprint and fine papers, and the 73-foot centerbeam cars for...
Rail car maker fined after worker crushed
OTTAWA -- A Nova Scotia rail car maker has been fined after an employee was crushed in a workplace accident earlier this year, the Canadian Press reported. Trentonworks of Trenton, N.S., was ordered to pay $27,500 after pleading guilty to one count under the...
UP may cut 10 percent of administrative jobs
OMAHA -- Union Pacific Corp. is preparing cost cuts that may include the loss of at least 10 percent of the company's administrative jobs, the Omaha World-Herald reported. Most of the company's administrative jobs are in Omaha, where it is based, or in St. Louis....
Amtrak train derails on test run
LYONS, N.Y. -- An Amtrak test train derailed Saturday west of Lyons, Wayne County, reports the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. According to the Wayne County Sheriff’s Department and CSX Transportation in Jacksonville, Fla., no one was injured in the accident, which...
Pataki gets credit for averting strike while keeping his distance
ALBANY -- During the week leading up to a labor settlement with New York City transit workers, Gov. George E. Pataki drew criticism from labor leaders and Democrats for not rolling up his sleeves and inserting himself directly in the negotiations, reports the New York...
