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New commuter stop really gets people going
BOSTON -- With the stairs of the overpass still wet from powerwashing, the new commuter rail station off Pleasant Street opened for business, the Boston Globe reported. ''We've been waiting for years,'' said Katy Shander-Reynolds, who added that she and her family...
Train engineers in England strike
LONDON -- A wire service reports that train engineers in northwestern England began a 48-hour walkout Tuesday in a dispute over pay, prompting the cancellation of dozens of services across the region. The drivers, who work for train operator First North Western, have...
Rail freight traffic reaches highest level this year
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- All three measure of freight traffic on U.S. railroads -- intermodal, carloads and ton-miles -- reached their highest level so far this year during the week ended August 17, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported last week. Intermodal...
States prop up Northwest train travel
SEATTLE -- Amtrak, the national passenger rail service, is on the financial brink and has threatened to shut down in the fall if it doesn't get more federal funding, according to the Seattle Times. Yet in the Pacific Northwest, investment by the Washington and Oregon...
State Senator Bob Hagan says remote control railroad devices are unsafe
COLUMBUS, Ohio --State Senator Bob Hagan (D-Youngstown) today called the use of remote control locomotive devices "unsafe and unproven." The statement comes in light of a recent trend among railroad companies to use remote control devices to operate locomotives....
Hagan stresses remote control dangers
WARREN, Ohio -- A state senator doesn't want railroad locomotives operated on public routes in Ohio without those locomotives being staffed by qualified engineers, reports the Warren Tribune-Chronical. That state Sen. Robert F. Hagan, D-Youngstown, is a card-carrying...
Railroad’s fatigue studies branch into schools
OMAHA -- Union Pacific Railroad is branching into the classroom to share its findings on the impact of fatigue on performance -- in school, on the job, or at home, according to a wire service report. Titled, ``Z-9 Adolescents and Sleep,'' a 10-minute video produced by...
Coalition pushes for high-speed trains between Washington and Atlanta
ATLANTA -- According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, members of Congress, business executives and transportation workers from six states rallied in Atlanta last Wednesday to push the idea of a high-speed train from Washington to Atlanta and beyond. But don't...
Ad agency touts railroad
ATLANTA --"Change is in the air" is the tagline of J. Walter Thompson's new campaign for Norfolk Southern Railroad, according to Ad Week. The print and television advertising effort targets investors skittish about the poor performance that has come to typify the...
Fresno says it belongs on California’s proposed high-speed rail network
FRESNO, Calif. -- Just in case there was any doubt, Fresno made its case for a stop on the state's proposed high-speed rail network, the Fresno Bee reports. With the state High Speed Rail Authority holding its monthly public meeting here, city and county officials and...
