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Britain’s biggest rail union cuts funding to Labor Party to protest transport policies
LONDON -- Britain's biggest rail union said Monday it would cut funding to Prime Minister Tony Blair's Labor Party and withdraw financial support from several key Labor lawmakers to protest the government's transport policies, reports a wire service. The Rail,...
VIA begins using new equipment
MONTREAL -- VIA Rail Canada began operating its new Renaissance passenger cars on the overnight train between Montreal and Toronto on June 23, 2002. The new equipment is part of the federal government’s five-year, $402 million investment in passenger rail, designed to...
CN to help shortline upgrade rail line
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- Canadian National announced today an assistance package to help Kelowna Pacific Railway (KPR) finance track capacity increases and build a rail-truck reload centre for new business. CN's assistance includes new rail ties to permit KPR to...
Nuclear waste shipping poses problem
WASHINGTON -- Every year the Navy and a few utilities ship about 60 loads of highly radioactive used reactor fuel from submarines and atomic power plants over short distances, usually by rail, without public notice or protest, reports a wire service. The national...
Opinion: A threat of derailment
NEW YORK -- Reckless brinkmanship in Washington is threatening to disrupt the Northeast's economy and jeopardize millions of Americans' summer travel, according to an editorial in the New York Times. The Bush administration has said it will find a way to provide...
Mineta says Amtrak solution very close
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A solution to Amtrak's immediate financial woes "is very, very close," Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta said Tuesday. Mineta said the problem could be solved by Wednesday offered no details on what actions would be taken to close a $200...
Railroad unions optimistic on Amtrak
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- After meeting with Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta, labor leaders representing Amtrak employees said Tuesday they believe financial troubles won't derail the railroad company -- nor do they believe workers will be forced to make sacrifices...
Amtrak’s future thrown into political competition
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Amtrak's future, already clouded by debt and mismanagement, was thrown into the political competition on Capitol Hill today after a large group of Democratic senators pressured the White House to keep passenger trains running with an emergency...
Senate Democrats urge Bush to budget $205 million quickly for Amtrak
WASHINGTON -- A wire service reports that Senate Democrats on Tuesday urged President Bush to include $205 million for Amtrak in a new spending bill as the administration met with labor unions to discuss ways to keep the passenger rail system running. "If we are going...
Amtrak to keep trains running for now
WASHINGTON -- According to a wire service, Amtrak pushed itself back from the brink late on Tuesday and will keep trains running this week while it works with the Bush administration and Congress to try and resolve its financial crisis, the railroad's president said....
