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Seattle-area monorail debate raises questions
SEATTLE -- As a $1.7 billion monorail plan glides toward a November vote in Seattle, advocates are telling the public the proposed Green Line will handle a hefty 69,000 trips a day, the Seattle Times reports. That estimate, however, is based as much on speculation as...
Upcoming vote affects proposed ‘Transit Village’
IRVINE, Calif. -- The idea behind the "transit village" that Irvine officials want developed on 213 acres at El Toro is simple: Cluster 1,500 homes by the train station and some residents are certain to leave their SUVs at home and ride the rails to work or shop or...
Southern Alliance seeks Federal aid for rails
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- The possibility of catching a train ride across Georgia depends on the lobbying savvy of a new group that is trying to blast a tunnel through a mountain of fiscal granite, the Augusta Chronicle reported. For a moment last spring, long-sought funding...
Magazine names BNSF technology leader
FORT WORTH, Texas -- The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF) has received the CIO-100 award for technology and process integration from CIO Magazine. The 2002 CIO-100 recognizes 100 organizations around the world that excel in positive business...
Amtrak signs 50-year lease for new station near Albany, NY
WASHINGTON -- According to a wire service, Amtrak and the Capital District Transportation Authority of Albany, N.Y., on Wednesday signed a 50-year lease for the Rensselaer rail station, clearing the way for the new $53.1 million facility to open its doors. The...
$7.5 Million rail replacement to cause traffic headaches in Texas
ODESSA, Texas -- Motorists can expect detours along a 12-mile stretch of Interstate Business 20 as Union Pacific Railroad replaces all of its rail lines, switches and crossing surfaces in Odessa, the Odessa American reports. The work is expected to continue in spurts...
Weak coal demand will hurt CSX earnings
JACKSONVILLE -- The parent company of Jacksonville's CSX Transportation announced yesterday that weak coal demand from utility customers will hurt its earnings for the third quarter ending Sept. 27, the Florida Times-Union reported. Coal carloads for the quarter are...
Drought prompts CN to lower forecast
OTTAWA -- Canadian National Railway Co. said yesterday that the drought in Western Canada will cut the company's profit this year and reduce revenue by $170-million, the Globe and Mail reported. "Obviously, [the drought] is having a major impact," Paul Tellier, the...
Injured passengers confront boy who caused N.S. train derailment
HALIFAX, N.S. -- According to a wire service, passengers injured in a massive train wreck last year confronted the boy who caused the derailment, telling him in an emotional meeting Thursday how the violent crash permanently altered their lives. A group from the Via...
FRA to discuss ambient noise in cabs
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Federal Railroad Administration's Railroad Safety Advisory Committee will meet September 19 in Washington, D.C., to discuss grade crossing, fatigue, and trespasser prevention programs, Positive Train Control demonstration projects, and to hear...
