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CPR launches new community investment program

CALGARY -- Canadian Pacific Railway yesterday unveiled a cross-border community investment program featuring a new charitable focus and multi-year partnerships with non-profit groups. The program, called Community Connect, replaces the charitable donations previously...

CPR offers New Brunswick rail line for sale

MONTREAL -- Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) announced yesterday it is offering for sale a low-density railway spur line in northern New Brunswick, in accordance with discontinuance procedures of the Canada Transportation Act (CTA). CPR is offering for sale to the...

STB eliminates CSX, NS reporting on Conrail purchase

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Surface Transportation Board (Board) Chairman Linda J. Morgan reported on June 17 that the Board's Director of the Office of Compliance and Enforcement (OCE) has approved a joint request of the "CSX" and "NS" railroads to eliminate their filing of...

Boston-to-D.C. Train sleepers back on track

BOSTON -- A month after removing sleeper cars from the Twilight Shoreliner to-and-from Washington, D.C., Amtrak has announced that it is bringing the throwback coaches back to the popular red-eye route, the Boston Herald reports. The sleeper cars - which offer...

Funding cuts could end E. Texas Amtrak route

PARIS, Texas -- Lawmakers who want to cut Amtrak service to East Texas are on the wrong track, according to U.S. Rep. Max Sandlin, D-Marshall, the Paris News reports. The congressman, whose district includes Paris and the Red River Region, said passenger train service...

Amtrak boss: I won’t dismember system

BALTIMORE -- Amtrak's new president said he won't "dismember" the money-strapped passenger rail system by eliminating 18 long-distance lines as his predecessor threatened, a wire service reported. David Gunn, who started his job last month, flatly rejected the...

Amtrak train strikes truck in Neb.

ASHLAND, Neb. -- An Amtrak passenger train struck a gravel truck Monday at 70 mph, cutting it in half before it burst into flames. Minor injuries were reported, according to a wire service. Midlands Hospital spokesman Tim Kaldahl said the truck driver, a train...

One dead in Amtrak, car wreck

BILLINGS, Mont. -- A 78-year-old Nashua man died Sunday when he drove around railroad crossing warning arms and his car was hit by an Amtrak train in Nashua, the Billings Gazette reports. The incident occurred about 12:05 p.m. on Highway 117, where the highway runs...

Amtrak crews work through the night to restore train service

BALTIMORE -- Amtrak crews worked through the night at the scene of a derailment south of Baltimore and the railroad expects to resume service between Washington and Baltimore tomorrow morning. Customers should expect some delays during the early morning hours and are...

NY-bound Amtrak train, MARC cars collide

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- An Amtrak passenger train and a MARC train sideswiped each other in Baltimore during yesterday's afternoon rush hour, causing three minor injuries and delaying hundreds of commuters as well as rail travelers between Washington and New York. Two...

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