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MTA abandons 2 of 3 possible Maglev routes
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Bowing to pressure from residents and local politicians, the Maryland Transit Administration has scrapped two possible routes for a high-speed train between Baltimore and Washington that would have run through residential neighborhoods, the...
CN appeals ruling on common-law benefits
HALIFAX -- Canadian National is appealing last month's court decision that awarded survivor's pension benefits to a Nova Scotia woman nine years after the death of the man with whom she lived, the Globe and Mail reports. The Nova Scotia Supreme Court ordered the CN...
STB issues “housekeeping” stay in I&M case
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Surface Transportation Board (Board) Chairman Linda J. Morgan announced on June 26 that the Board has issued a procedural, "housekeeping" stay in the case concerning the Iowa, Chicago & Eastern Railroad Corporation's (IC&E) request for an exemption...
Freight train trapped in Calif. brush fire
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. -- A car fire ignited a blaze that quickly consumed at least 5,500 acres, burned three homes and shut down the main traffic artery between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, a wire service reported. The fire in Cajon Pass on Wednesday also prompted the...
NTSB calls on DOT to improve oversight of cargo loading following fatal hazmat fire in Michigan
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The National Transportation Safety Board today called on the U.S. Department of Transportation to develop safety requirements governing the loading and unloading of railroad tank cars, highway cargo tanks, and other bulk containers. The...
CN helps short-line upgrade freight route
VANCOUVER -- Canadian National Railway Co. is providing financial help and materials so that Kelowna Pacific Railway can upgrade the short line route in British Columbia it took over from CN two years ago, the Canadian Press reports. CN said Tuesday it is providing...
Private CN a model for BC Rail, Tellier says
OTTAWA -- The British Columbia government should keep Canadian National Railway Co.'s privatization in mind as it weighs the future of BC Rail, says Paul Tellier, president and chief executive of CN. The National Post reports that in a Vancouver speech, Mr. Tellier...
Mineta and Amtrak Chairman Smith issue joint statement
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The following joint statement on Norman Y. Mineta, Secretary of Transportation, and John Robert Smith, Chairman of Amtrak's Board, was released yesterday evening: We are pleased to report excellent progress in intensive conversations between the...
U.S., Amtrak agree to keep trains going
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Amtrak and the Bush administration agreed last night on a plan to prevent a shutdown of nationwide passenger rail service and many commuter operations that could have begun during the Independence Day weekend, though Congress will have to act after...
Deal could keep Amtrak operating through October
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Amtrak and the Bush administration reached a tentative agreement last night that would provide enough cash to keep the railroad operating through October, but the deal requires that Congress come up with half of the money, the New York Times...
