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Md. officers ride rails in terror hunt
POINT OF ROCKS, Md. -- The Maryland Transit Administration is offering free passes to plainclothes officers who agree to watch for terrorists and other troublemakers during their commute, the Associated Press reports. ``Our goal is, with heightened concerns about...
Railroad denies access in O’Hara
O'HARA, Pa. -- The safety of more than 80 riverfront residents is at risk because of what township officials on Monday called an underhanded move by Norfolk Southern Railroad officials, the Tarentum Valley News Dispatch reported. They said railroad officials, without...
Congressmen urge UP to play ball in Toyota bid
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As pressure builds on elected officials to lure a lucrative Toyota manufacturing plant to South Texas, the San Antonio congressional delegation fired off letters today to attempt to smooth over a railroad stumbling block and persuade Toyota...
LIRR to reduce service in 2003
NEW YORK -- The Long Island Rail Road budget for next year calls for eliminating five peak trains and closing some ticket windows on weekends, Newsday reported. LIRR president Ken Bauer said yesterday some reductions had to be made to continue to fund future railroad...
‘Close-call’ derailments top of Calif. public forum
DUNSMUIR, Calif. -- Fans of the upper Sacramento River, Union Pacific Railroad representatives, city, county and state officials and concerned citizens are all expected to gather in Dunsmuir for a Thursday night forum on railroad derailment safety, the Dunsmuir News...
Sussex rail line reopens
GEORGETOWN -- Repairs to more than 300 feet of damaged railroad track, which led to a train derailment in Georgetown last week, were completed late Tuesday afternoon, Norfolk Southern Corp. officials said. Gannett News Service reports that crews continued their work...
Cause of CN derailment pinpointed
MARINETTE, Wisc. -- The cause of the derailment of two Canadian National Railway tank cars last October in Marinette has been blamed on an air hose separation on one of the cars that derailed, the Eagle Herald reported. The cause was detailed by the railroad in a...
Railroad brakeman injured in Kent collision
KENT, Wash. -- A railroad brakeman escaped with minor injuries when a slow-moving freight train hit a street sweeper early Tuesday morning, pinning the man's leg between the end of a rail car and the damaged sweeper, the South County Journal reported. Kent...
Johnson selected as NMB General Counsel
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The National Mediation Board announcee the selection of Mary L. Johnson to the position of General Counsel on December 10. Ms. Johnson brings to the agency's top management team a wealth of experience, having served the Board in various legal...
Acela still not at full strength
WASHINGTON -- Amtrak's high-speed Acela Express service carried more than 2.5 million riders in its second year, which was marred by equipment problems, reports the Associated Press. The trains, serving the Boston-New York-Washington corridor, generated nearly $293...
