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2 men killed when car, Amtrak train collide
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Frank O'Toole had just turned to pour himself a cup of coffee when he heard a crash and the sickening shriek of metal on metal, the Orlando Sentinel reports. "By the time I looked out, I could see the damn engine block and the hood flying off. By...
Better rail service doesn’t end shipper gripes
HOUSTON -- Five years ago, the troubled merger of Southern Pacific and Union Pacific nearly paralyzed rail traffic in Houston and points north, the Houston Chronicle reports. Despite the near-meltdown in service in 1997 and into 1998, massive efforts by Union Pacific...
Millions in repairs due for Amtrak tunnels
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Amtrak plans to spend at least $54 million to improve the safety of two train tunnels under the Hudson River connecting New Jersey and New York City, a wire service reported. Congress voted last fall to give Amtrak $100 million to make improvements...
Opinion: Under the Gunn
By the time you read this, Amtrak will have dodged another bullet and found enough money to avoid a threatened shutdown over the July 4th holiday, according to an editorial in Traffic World. Last week, in the face of Amtrak President David L. Gunn's Independence Day...
Transportation Secretary announces grant to Amtrak for New York rail tunnel improvements
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta and Federal Railroad Administrator Allan Rutter today announced the award of a grant totaling $76,748,000 to Amtrak, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, to fund improvements to the Amtrak-owned New...
4th Circuit Court of Appeals slams Overnite Transportation
WASHINGTON -- In a unanimous opinion, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit rejected an appeal by Overnite Transportation Company, the trucking subsidiary of Union Pacific, and affirmed a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) order demanding that...
BMWE strikes Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. -- Members of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes set up picket lines at Escanaba & Lake Superior headquarters in Wells, Michigan at 6 a.m. (EDT) today. Approximately 18 maintenance of way workers are employed by E&LS which operates about...
Into the Homestretch
WASHINGTON -- Traffic World reports that the United Parcel Service and the Teamsters union are entering their seventh consecutive week of negotiations with a renewed sense of urgency as they enter the final month of the current agreement. The two sides are just...
Border coming down
CLEVELAND -- The following story appeared in the July 1, 2002 issue of Traffic World. Click here to read story.
U.K. government sets up new body to investigate rail accidents
LONDON -- After several fatal crashes in recent years, the government on Tuesday announced plans for an independent body to investigate rail accidents, according to a wire service. Until now, train disasters have been investigated by the railway inspectorate of the...
