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Alternate rail route no solace to Houston neighborhoods
HOUSTON -- The Houston Chronicle reported that a new plan to divert train traffic on a proposed rail line away from Houston's East End neighborhoods addresses some concerns of residents, but not all, a neighborhood spokesman said. A coalition of Houston Ship Channel...
Rail intermodal transportation grew 8% over past three months
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Freight rail intermodal transportation, which is the movement of consumer goods and other products in a truck trailer or container on a railcar, posted an eight percent growth over the past three months and is poised to overtake coal as the top...
Mass transit tough to keep secure
WASHINGTON -- The Associated Press reports that buses, subways and commuter trains make attractive terrorist targets, but they are expensive and difficult to secure, congressional investigators said Wednesday. "Securing the nation's transit system is not a short-term...
Partisan and union disagreements threaten Amtrak’s fiscal future
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Disputes in the House have held up subsidies that Amtrak officials say are critically needed, adding an extra measure of uncertainty to the embattled rail system’s future, according to a report in The Hill, a newspaper for and about the U.S....
Amtrak chief proposes more cuts
WASHINGTON -- Amtrak President David L. Gunn says he has developed a fiscal 2003 budget that calls for more personnel cuts, an end to freight service and an eventual end to state-subsidized trains unless the states agree to cover all of their operating losses, reports...
Canadian auto workers forge tentative pact with GM, avoiding strike
TORONTO -- The Canadian Auto Workers union reached a tentative agreement with General Motors Corp. for a new three-year labor contract, avoiding a strike against the auto maker, reports a wire service. The agreement includes a 3% wage increase in both the first and...
Machinists ratify US Airways’ restructuring proposal
WASHINGTON -- Mechanic & Related employees at US Airways today ratified contract amendments proposed by the company as part of the bankrupt carrier's restructuring program. The vote carried by 57 percent, according to the International Association of Machinists and...
UK: All aboard! except for runaway train driver
LONDON -- A train driver was forced to sprint 100 yards (metres) along the station platform to catch his train after it decided to start its journey without him, Reuters reports. "The ticket-collector climbed on and seconds later the train started moving. When I...
Extra noise from sound wall is deemed barely perceptible
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. -- A sound wall buffering Port Warwick creates little extra noise in the Glendale neighborhood when freight and passenger trains pass, according to an acoustics study by a nationally known engineering firm, according to the Hampton Roads Daily Press....
The transfer at Secaucus edges closer to reality
NEWARK -- The Secaucus Transfer, the long-awaited station that will connect 11 of the state's 12 commuter rail lines and shave minutes off commuting times to Midtown Manhattan for thousands of commuters, will be slowly phased in beginning next fall, New Jersey Transit...
