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Amtrak using Web discounts to raise a few bucks
NEW YORK -- Six dollars might not fill up your car's gasoline tank, but it can get you from Chicago to Detroit on Amtrak, according to a wire service. Beleaguered U.S. passenger rail system Amtrak, which was bailed out by the government last week and says it needs a...
Opinion: Amtrak is needed
By Ross B. Capon In recent weeks, the long-term problems hampering Amtrak's performance have become a full-scale crisis. But this should not obscure America's need for a strong national passenger rail system. Even before Sept. 11, the nation faced a growing crisis of...
Amtrak chief says subsidy limits led to bad moves
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Washington Times reports that budget restrictions by the federal government that were intended to make Amtrak operate efficiently actually drove the railroad even closer to financial collapse, David Gunn, Amtrak's new president, said. Congress...
Rail tracks need upgrading to cope with heavier loads
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Energy Department hopes to ship nuclear waste to Yucca Mountain, Nev., in rail cars that would be about 40 percent heavier than today’s largest rail cars, which could put more strain on the nation’s aging railroad infrastructure, Gannett News...
Small federal penalties may not deter lax railroad maintenance, safety
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The federal agency that oversees the nation’s railroads fined CSX Transportation $20,000 after an Amtrak passenger train derailed 11 years ago in South Carolina, killing eight and injuring 90, Gannett News Service reports. The railroad’s big-dollar...
Trains collide, spill fuel
DALLAS -- Two trains collided late Saturday near White Rock Lake, causing one engine to topple over and spill its fuel. No serious injuries were reported, according to the Dallas Morning News. A train carrying military equipment was traveling northeast near Lakeland...
White House pushes funding for transport agency
WASHINGTON -- The White House on Tuesday prodded Congress to agree on a funding package for the fledgling transportation safety agency set up after the Sept. 11 attacks, as the administration moved around money to keep the agency running, according to a wire service....
NCRR speeds to increase between Durham, Charlotte
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Beginning August 1, trains will travel a little faster along portions of the North Carolina Railroad between Durham and Charlotte, the North Carolina Department of Transportation reports. Train speeds will increase between five and 44 miles per hour,...
Class action against BNSF and Metrolink alleges lax railroad safety costs lives, according to lawsuit
LOS ANGELES-- The following press release is being issued by The Pfiester Law Corporation, of Los Angeles, California. Ten surviving victims of the catastrophic head-on collision of a BNSF freight train and a Metrolink commuter train on April 23rd in Placentia,...
CPR and NS streamline operations in northeast U.S.
CALGARY, Alberta and NORFOLK, Va. -- Norfolk Southern Corporation and Canadian Pacific Railway announced that CPR has granted Norfolk Southern Railway Company (NS) trackage rights between Sunbury, Pennsylvania and Mechanicville, New York. The granting of trackage...
