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Seattle monorail idea wins applause
SEATTLE -- Even though a majority of Seattle voters would not be frequent riders, they want to build a city monorail, the Seattle Times reported. In a Seattle Times poll conducted this month by Elway Research, 55 percent said they support or strongly support the...
RailWorks bankruptcy plan approved
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- RailWorks Corporation, a leading provider of integrated rail and transit system products and services in North America, won approval on September 23, 2002 from the bankruptcy court in Baltimore, Md., of its reorganization plan under Chapter 11 of...
Strike over surveillance camera to end
TRENTON, Nova Scotia -- About 500 workers walked off the job at the Trentonworks rail car plant in Trenton, Nova Scotia on Monday because the company installed video surveillance cameras, CBC News reported. The local head of the United Steelworkers Union, Don Murphy,...
Potential buyer found for UP’s Curtis Park yard
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Union Pacific railroad has picked a potential buyer for its Curtis Park yard, the Sacramento Bee reported. The rail giant has also chosen four finalists to submit proposals to buy the front 40 acres of its downtown rail yard, which city officials...
System would cut train noise by 80%; pollution, 90%
CHICAGO -- Lake Bluff Mayor Tom Skinner gets an earful from residents about trains idling noisily for hours at the little north suburb's station, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. Wearing his other hat Monday -- as regional administrator of the U.S. Environmental...
Train, truck collision in Clear Lake, Iowa on Thursday
CLEAR LAKE, Iowa -- Thick, black smoke was visible from as far away as Manly late Thursday morning after an explosive collision between a diesel tanker truck and a 75-car train in Clear Lake, the Mason City Globe Gazette reported. Clear Lake Police Chief Dan Jackson...
CSX may expand in Norfolk
NORFOLK, Va. -- CSX Corp.'s growth could be the port of Hampton Roads' gain in what's already been a good year, the Virginian-Pilot reported. CSX recently announced it would expand and improve its intermodal railroad services from the Portsmouth Marine Terminal, said...
Amtrak is vital link for region’s businesses
ALBANY, N.Y. -- It's a never-changing ritual of Capital Region business life, according to the Business Review of Albany, N.Y. On weekday mornings, bleary-eyed, briefcase-toting, business-suited men and women board trains in Rensselaer, Schenectady and Hudson and head...
Bill in U.S. House aims to cut funding for Amtrak service in Houston
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A House committee on Thursday is expected to complete work on a transportation spending bill that could eliminate Amtrak service in Houston and other parts of Texas, and deny the state $13.7 million for repairing flood-damaged roads, the Houston...
GOP bill would leave Amtrak short
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee have drafted a bill that would leave Amtrak with $500 million less than it says it needs next fiscal year and could require the shutdown of six long-distance routes, according to a copy of the...
