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Holiday train to make 27 stops in Midwest journey to fight hunger
MINNEAPOLIS -- Many cities are planning train's a-comin' parties in December to gather food pantry donations and await the arrival of Canadian Pacific Railway's lighted Holiday Train. Decorated with thousands of Christmas lights, the 11-car train will carry five...
BNSF dumps Galesburg’s ‘Railroad Days’
GALESBURG, Ill. -- The Railroad Days Council chairman said Wednesday planning the annual festival is "no longer business as usual," the Peoria Journal Star reported. The committee met to discuss liability concerns of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad, and...
Maglev BWI stop equals $200 million
ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- A rail line for a proposed high-speed train from Baltimore to Washington would require more than $200 million in tunnels at its BWI stop, according to consultants studying the project. The Annapolis Capital reports that the cost of the airport stop...
Dow rail operations jobs cut
MIDLAND, Mich. -- Nine rail operations employees at The Dow Chemical Co.'s Michigan Operations have been told their jobs will be gone in 30 days. The group went through "comparative analysis," in which it must match the cost the company would have if the same work...
Transit tax plan seeks $5 billion
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- A new $5 billion plan by rail transit officials calls for a half-cent sales tax across the Twin Cities and a statewide 6¢ gas tax hike, the Associated Press reported. The ten-year plan is by the Metro Transitways Development Board, which includes...
Study: Fares will support Orlando-Tampa rail
TAMPA -- Two independent studies of the financial viability of a high-speed rail link between Tampa and Orlando conclude the fares paid by riders alone would cover the cost of operating and maintaining the system, the St. Petersburg Times reported. The results of the...
No decision yet on NC east, west rail
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Metropolitan Transit Commission agreed Wednesday that trains should serve Mooresville and University City but left undecided whether light rail or busways would be built to the airport and Matthews, the Charlotte Observer reported. It won't make...
Amtrak changes seat reservation policy for Thanksgiving
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Amtrak will allow passengers to reserve all seats on Empire Corridor trains over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, the Albany Business Review reported. This is the first time this year that Amtrak has allowed all-reserved service on the trains that run...
Railroads try guarantee to entice more shippers
YAKIMA, Wash. -- Two railways have teamed up to offer guaranteed arrival times coast to coast -- for a price -- in hopes of persuading more shippers of perishable commodities to use rail service, the Associated Press reported. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway and...
County lashes back at UP
SAN ANTONIO -- Bexar County commissioners fired back Wednesday at Union Pacific Railroad, vowing to make life difficult for the carrier if it stands in the way of efforts to attract a Toyota manufacturing plant to the San Antonio area, the San Antonio Express-News...
