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Class-action suit filed in NS toxic spill, derailment
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Two Knox County residents have filed a class-action lawsuit against Norfolk Southern in connection with a Sept. 15 train derailment near Farragut's Anchor Park that led to the evacuation of nearly 4,000 people, the Knoxville News-Sentinel reported....
Group seeks cut of Indiana sales tax for high-speed rail
INDIANAPOLIS -- Saying it's time for Indiana to get serious about high-speed rail, supporters of a Midwest rail project are planning a major effort to persuade state lawmakers to get on board, according to the Indianapolis Star. Their plan: a new dedicated fund to...
Amtrak future uncertain in Fort Worth
FORT WORTH, Texas -- The Texas Eagle rumbled into Fort Worth last week, 33 minutes late, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported. Pat Woods, 32, of Luton, England, climbed aboard enthusiastically. He has been visiting the United States for about a month, using Amtrak to...
Gunn has plan to save Amtrak
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- After four months on the job, Amtrak's new president, David Gunn, says he has figured out how to save the bedraggled national passenger railroad, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported. He's using the railroad's brush with bankruptcy in July to focus...
Two Amtrak cars derail in Sanford, no injuries
SANFORD, Fla. -- An Amtrak locomotive and dining car derailed as the train pulled into a station, officials said. No one was injured, according to the Associated Press. Passengers waited for nearly 10 hours Sunday for their vehicles to be unloaded from the Auto Train...
Alleged bomb threat on Amtrak train
MCKEESPORT, Pa. -- A man allegedly made a bomb threat aboard an Amtrak train, forcing it to stop for more than two hours, an Amtrak spokeswoman said. According to an Associated Press report, the Chicago-bound Capitol Limited, with 104 passengers and 15 crew members,...
Rail developers to relocate tortoises
PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. -- They lived life on the wrong side of the tracks. Now almost 60 of Palm Beach County's gopher tortoises, animals that move at a crawl, are going to be uprooted to help rail commuters make haste during rush hour, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel...
Kroger elects UPRR exec to Board of Directors
CINCINNATI, Ohio -- The Kroger Co. on September 20 announced that Richard K. Davidson has been elected to the Board of Directors. Mr. Davidson, 60, is chairman and chief executive officer of Union Pacific Corp., based in Omaha, Nebraska. He has held that position...
Trains are best for reducing highway congestion, group says
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- More trains, more stations and billions of dollars. The Connecticut Post reports that that's the best way to take on congestion on Interstate 95, according to an advisory group for the Transportation Strategy Board. At their Wednesday meeting in...
Passengers relive deadly Amtrak crash for A&E
BATON ROGUE, La. -- Ray and JoAnn Lyons of Slidell still ride trains. The Falls family of Lakeland, Tenn., don't know if they'll ever take another train trip, according to the (Baton Rogue) Advocate. Both families were trapped in the fiery dining car of Amtrak's City...
