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Freeway atop rail line offered as way to relieve congestion
LOS ANGELES -- The Irvine Co. has proposed stacking a freeway on top of railroad tracks through Santa Ana Canyon to relieve traffic on the Riverside Freeway, an idea that illustrates how desperate planners are to ease the daily crush on one of Southern California's...
NJ Transit approves $1.22 billion budget
NEWARK, N.J. -- NJ Transit adopted a $1.22 billion operating budget this week that provides for more seats on its trains and buses, a wire service reported. The transit agency will receive the same $260 million state subsidy as last year. It raised its fares by an...
CP, Borealis weigh new Windsor crossings
OTTAWA -- Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. and Borealis Transportation Infrastructure Trust said they are mulling options to improve cross-border traffic flow at Windsor, Ont., the Globe and Mail reports. The companies' Detroit River Tunnel Partnership will examine the...
CSX promotes Gooden and Blumenfeld to key posts
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- CSX Corporation announced executive changes at CSX Intermodal and CSX Transportation. Clarence W. Gooden has been named CSX Transportation's (CSXT) senior vice president-merchandise service group, and Alan P. Blumenfeld has been named president...
CSXT official in new position to succeed
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- CSX Transportation President Michael Ward was named president of the railroad's parent company, CSX Corp. Inc., setting the stage for his election to the corporation's top job next year and increasing the likelihood that it would move its...
Nova Scotia to fight railway cuts in Cape Breton
SYDNEY, N.S. -- The Nova Scotia government is fighting plans by RailAmerica to abandon freight rail service in Cape Breton, the Canadian Press reports. The province filed an intervention on Wednesday with the Utilities and Review Board over an application from the...
Opinion: Why Amtrak deserves more financial aid
HACKENSACK, N.J. -- This morning, millions of New Jersey residents will step into their cars, start their engines, and motor to work, according to an editorial in the Bergen Record. Probably few will know that their various governments are picking up much of the cost...
State role in Amtrak funding could be part of rail solution
WASHINGTON -- According to the Washington Post, President Bush, listening to Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta outline his plan for the future of the passenger train, interrupted to say, "Norm, do you remember the job I had before I came here?" His point: As...
Retired railroaders fix up old depot
ELDON, Iowa -- Some Southeast Iowa retired engineers and conductors are investing their time, money and effort in preserving something for us -- the Eldon Depot and memories of the Rock Island Line Railroad, the Ottumwa Courier reports. Steve Roe and Jimmy Bedford,...
CSX declares dividend
RICHMOND, Va. -- The board of directors of CSX Corporation today approved regular quarterly dividends on the company's common stock. The 10 cents per share dividend is payable Sept. 13, 2002, to shareholders of record on Aug. 23, 2002.
