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Fort Wayne recommended for high-speed rail route
FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- If a high-speed Amtrak passenger rail service project ever gets federal funding, Fort Wayne should be on its route, according to the Indiana Department of Transportation. The Fort Wayne News-Sentinel reports that the IDOT, Amtrak and the Ohio...
Union Pacific lifts dividend by 15 percent
OMAHA, Nebraska -- Reuters reports Union Pacific Corp. on Thursday said it raised its quarterly dividend by 15 percent to 23 cents a share from 20 cents a share, citing brightening business prospects for the biggest U.S. railroad. "Union Pacific's business is in...
Wash. state, BNSF sued over Elliott Bay cleanup
SEATTLE -- A nonprofit trust that manages the lands where a century-old wood-treatment operation contaminated Elliott Bay claims the state, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad and others have not paid a fair share of the cleanup costs, the Seattle Times reported....
Rail line once carried county’s economy
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. -- The rail line that runs between Pajaro and Davenport has a shadowy economic presence, noticeable only when something goes wrong, as it did in Monday’s derailment in the Seascliff area, the Santa Cruz Sentinel reported. But the line once was a...
Train kills subway worker; TWU sees safety violation
NEW YORK -- The New York Times reports that a subway worker was struck and killed on the tracks yesterday just north of the West 96th Street station, disrupting train service for more than 90 minutes in midday and prompting renewed demands by the transit workers'...
San Antonio gets pledge of rail line funding
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- San Antonio received a pledge Thursday from a top congressional budget-writer to provide federal funding for a potential new railroad line to help land a lucrative Toyota manufacturing plant, the San Antonio Express-News reported. "I'm extremely...
Contractors wrap up work on 2001 CSX train crash site
ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Contractors for CSX Transportation are wrapping up an excavation off River Street in Charlotte that was prompted by a Dec. 23, 2001, train derailment and chemical spill, the Democrat and Chronicle reported. Workers are taking down fencing and...
CSX land gets safety approval from Ohio EPA
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio -- The 8.39 acres Chillicothe is planning to purchase from CSX has met environmental standards for commercial and industrial use, the Chillicothe Gazette reported. The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency issued a statement Wednesday that said the...
MTA: Fares will go up
NEW YORK -- Transit authorities yesterday made official what many observers have long suspected: Subway and bus fares are going up, Newday reported. The question now is: How much? Holding the fare at $1.50 was not among the options presented to Metropolitan...
Transit fare increases are certain, M.T.A. board decides
NEW YORK -- The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has ruled out cutting service to maintain the current transit fare, guaranteeing that fares and tolls will rise next year to close a gap of almost $1.1 billion in the agency's budget, officials announced yesterday....
