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U.P. to disinfect for hantavirus
SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. -- The Union Pacific Railroad is ready to begin efforts to disinfect its South Morrill maintenance facility for hantavirus, reports the Omaha World-Herald. The rodent-borne disease was determined to have caused the death of 30-year-old Steve Harberts...
Bombardier gets praise for fixes
WASHINGTON -- According to the Globe and Mail, Amtrak president David Gunn has praised Bombardier Inc. for working hard to fix the troubled Acela Express high-speed trains, but he warned that the Montreal-based manufacturer must still shoulder the cost of a permanent...
Opinion: Gunn’s Amtrak learns from TTC
WASHINGTON -- If Amtrak survives its current financial crunch, the deeply troubled U.S. passenger rail service will owe its salvation to the Toronto Transit Commission, according to the Globe and Mail. After luring former TTC chief general manager David Gunn out of...
5 Acela Express trains in service
BOSTON -- With more than half its high-tech, high-speed locomotives sidetracked by a nagging problem in the shock absorber system, Amtrak officials said yesterday they will keep five Acela Express trains in service today and Friday, reducing its service to just 30...
Amtrak stalwarts hold on
PHILADELPHIA -- Yes, they could just as easily fly, according to the Washington Post. But aboard the Acela Express No. 2172, which rumbles past the smokestacks and clotheslines between Washington and Boston, passengers can quickly rattle off the reasons to stick with...
First repaired Acela Express trains returning to service
WASHINGTON -- According to a wire service, two high-speed Acela Express trains have resumed service, and more could join them for the start of the work week, Amtrak says. All 18 of the premier trains, which can reach speeds of 150 mph (240 kph), were sidelined most of...
Amtrak derailment injures seven
HAYWARD, Calif. -- A wire service reports that an Amtrak train bound for Seattle derailed after hitting an unknown object, slightly injuring seven people, a company spokeswoman said Thursday. There were 287 passengers and 23 crew members aboard the Coast Starlight,...
UK train conductors stage 24-hour strike over pay
LONDON -- Train services across northern England were disrupted Wednesday as conductors held a one-day strike in a long-running pay dispute, according to a wire service. Several hundred conductors at Arriva Trains Northern have staged 17 walkouts this year in their...
Teenager is killed walking along tracks
MONTCLAIR, N.J. -- According to the New York Times, a 17-year-old high school senior who was walking along railroad tracks with friends was killed Monday night after he was hit by a New Jersey Transit train that knocked him to the road below, where he was hit by a...
Kansas City Southern amends, restates credit facility
WASHINGTON -- Kansas City Southern amended and restated its credit agreement in June in connection with the repayment of certain term loans from a previous credit pact, reports a wire service. The new agreement provides the company's Kansas City Southern Railway unit...
