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Appeals court snubs challenge to DM&E expansion
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals has denied a request by opponents of the DM&E Railroad expansion project to require the federal board that approved the project to release more records in connection with the case, the Rochester (Minn.)...
Pataki gets on board Amtrak negotiations
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Saying he is frustrated by delays in opening the new $53.1 million Rensselaer train station, Gov. George Pataki says he wants to help get negotiations between the Capital District Transportation Authority and Amtrak back on track, the Albany...
Hoglander to referee airline, rail disputes
GLOUCESTER, Mass. -- After he helped elect John Tierney to Congress in 1996, Harry Hoglander went to Washington. But he did not stay for long, according to the Gloucester Daily Times. Though he remained a legislative specialist on Tierney's staff, Hoglander was not...
New station at Albany is idle; Amtrak balks at signing lease
RENSSELAER, N.Y. -- On a stifling afternoon a few days ago, dozens of Amtrak riders waited in a cramped, well-worn rail station without air-conditioning or a snack bar. Next door, the air-conditioning breezed through a new four-story brick-and-glass station yet to...
Amtrak gambles on costly, `gutsy’ repair work
NEW YORK -- In a gamble to keep things running, Amtrak plans a costly program to start repairing its growing backlog of passenger trains damaged in wrecks, Monday's Wall Street Journal reported. The cash-starved passenger railroad has ordered its mechanical department...
CPR freight train spills hazardous chemical in N.Y.
WESTPORT, N.Y. -- A Canadian Pacific Railway freight train spilled a hazardous powder Saturday as one car derailed and was dragged for seven miles in northern New York state, a wire service reported. No injuries were reported, said state Trooper Brian Rhoney. As a...
Five cars derail in remote control mishap at CSX yard in Atlanta
ATLANTA -- Five railcars derailed at CSX Transportation's Tilford switching yard in Atlanta after a remote-controlled locomotive ran into a train being assembled by workers using another remote-controlled engine, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. It was the...
Tri-Rail gets more funds to double-track system
MIAMI -- The head of the Federal Transit Administration on Thursday announced $26 million in funding to the Tri-Rail commuter rail system to help finish its double-tracking project a month and a half before construction on the final phase begins, the Miami Herald...
Rail traffic up in July
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. rail carload traffic rose 2.5 percent (39,786 carloads) while intermodal rail traffic rose 8.0 percent (67,394 units) in July 2002 compared to July 2001, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported on its website. Carloads of metallic...
China takes delivery of maglev train
SHANGHAI -- China took delivery on Friday of a maglev passenger train that travels at up to 430 kph (270 mph), with the German makers hoping it will convince Beijing to spend billions of dollars on more, a wire service reported. The train will run on the first...
