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Moynihan to help recreate NYC Pennsylvania Station
NEW YORK -- Calling ex-U.S. Sen. Patrick Moynihan the creative force behind New York City's sweeping plans to recreate the famous old Pennsylvania Station, Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Tuesday named the Democrat to the agency board that will oversee the project. A wire...
Plan to build a new Penn Station is moving ahead, officials say
NEW YORK -- New York officials said yesterday that their plans to build a new Pennsylvania Station in the General Post Office on Eighth Avenue were back on track, even though they have yet to reach a deal with the Postal Service. They added that they were not...
Investors jump aboard the CP train
OTTAWA -- Investors hopped aboard Canadian Pacific Railway Co. after the stock was upgraded on August 26 by an influential U.S. analyst, the National Post reported. James Valentine, who covers the sector at Morgan Stanley, raised the company's shares to "overweight"...
Acela inspections stepped up
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Trying to fix the cracked brackets that have sidelined its lucrative Acela trains, Amtrak is relying on round-the-clock welding and rigorous inspections after every run while it waits for a permanent solution, the Washington Post reported. One by...
Train enthusiasts build working track in back yard
MASSILLON, Ohio -- Two friends have turned their lifelong love of trains into a miniature backyard railroad, according to a wire service. Tucked away in a wooded 5-acre lot behind Larry Volzer's northeast Ohio home in Perry Township is a train that runs on nearly a...
Several people injured in low-speed train crash in England
LONDON -- A slow-moving train hit platform buffers at a station in eastern England on Monday, injuring 31 people, police said. According to a wire service, the train, 10 carriages carrying about 400 people from Crewe in central England, hit the buffers at tiny...
Florida real-estate company to sell railroad stock
PORT ST. JOE, Fla. -- The St. Joe Company said on Monday it has agreed to sell the rolling stock of the Apalachicola Northern Railroad (ANRR) to AN Railway, L.L.C., a subsidiary of Panama City-based Rail Management Corp. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed....
Experiment to see if train route viable
GALVESTON, Texas -- Eighty years ago, 20 passenger trains departed Houston for Galveston every day, according to a report in the Houston Chronicle. From 1911 until 1936, a fleet of electric trolleys carried thousands of people by rail each week from Houston and other...
Southern New Jersey towns have hope riding on light-rail plan
TRENTON, N.J. -- The winding, 34-mile Southern New Jersey Light Rail Transit System connecting Camden and Trenton has the potential to revive riverfront towns, generate development, boost businesses, and increase property values, according to a report in the...
Crews empty tanker
SPENCER, Ohio -- About 60 residents forced to flee the Medina County village of Spencer on Sunday afternoon because of a toxic chemical leak from a railroad tanker car were told they could return to their homes late last night, the Akron Beacon Journal reported. No...
