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Pa. releases $3.6 million for rail-freight improvements
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- On behalf of Pennyslvania Governor Mark Schweiker, Transportation Secretary Bradley L. Mallory on November 14 announced the release of $3.6 million in state capital budget funds to help five railroads undertake needed infrastructure repairs....
CSX to lay off 19 workers in Buffalo
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- CSX Transportation will lay off 19 employees from its mechanical department at the Frontier Yard off Broadway, citing the slow economy, the Buffalo News reported. The layoffs will leave 46 people working in the department, said Robert Sullivan, a CSX...
Amtrak starts building W. Oakland rail yard
OAKLAND -- Work has begun on a new rail maintenance yard in West Oakland that promises to bring 200 jobs to the area and improve Northern California rail service, the Tri-Valley Herald reported. Amtrak and Caltrans are sharing the $65 million cost for a new shop which...
Railfans complain of police scrutiny in terror era
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On a balmy Sunday afternoon late last month, Richard Whitenight did what he often does on his days off: He went to a busy railroad junction in Fort Worth to watch the trains roll by, the Washington Post reported. But as he sat making notes about...
Sen. McCain wants rail security, not big Amtrak aid
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Sen. John McCain, soon to have new authority over transportation matters before Congress, said on Thursday that lawmakers should expedite passage of rail security legislation and offered no reassurance for the long-term financial survival of...
NTSB looks at 2001 collision that killed BLE member
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a Board Meeting Tuesday, November 19, 2002 at 9:30 a.m., at its Board Room and Conference Center, 429 L'Enfant Plaza, S.W., Washington, D.C. The Safety Board will look at the November 15, 2001...
German nuclear load nears arrival
DANNENBERG, Germany -- Guarded by riot police, a train bringing 1,320 tons of nuclear waste to a German dump site neared its destination Wednesday, despite delays caused by protesters who chained themselves to the rails, the Associated Press reports. The convoy of 12...
Rats threaten railway tracks in India
NEW DEHLI, India -- A serious threat looms over the tracks of the local railway station as a species of mole rat have hollowed the land beneath them, OutlookIndia.com has reported. "If the rats are not wiped out there could be a serious danger to the railway tracks as...
Statement by President Sweeney on Department of Homeland Security
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The legislation considered by the U.S. House of Representatives today authorizes the Bush Administration to strip workers of their existing collective bargaining rights and civil service protections as their jobs are transferred into the new...
RailWorks emerges from bankruptcy
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- According to Reuters, RailWorks Corp., a railroad construction company, said on Wednesday it has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization as a private company. Based in White Plains, New York, the now four-year-old company filed for...
