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Two possible maglev routes rejected
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Bowing to pressure from citizen groups and local politicians, the Maryland Transit Administration has scrapped two possible routes for a high-speed train between Baltimore and Washington, including one that would have run through several North...
Groups seek proper end for tattered American flags
CHICAGO -- Many of the American flags that have been waving furiously since Sept. 11 have reached their tattered end and will be disposed of ceremonially today in Flag Day observances around the country, a wire service reports. Civilians inexperienced in the proper...
Old Dominion maglev train on track
NORFOLK, Va. -- Dangling from a crane about 25 feet in the air Thursday, Old Dominion University's sleek, new maglev train looked more like a futuristic Tonka Toy than the next generation of travel, as touted by its inventors, the Virginian Pilot reports. Especially...
3 die as train hits car in Ohio
NEW WESTVILLE, Ohio -- A Norfolk Southern freight train hit a car at a crossing, killing all three people in the vehicle, a wire service reported. The car was struck Wednesday afternoon as it entered a crossing marked only by railroad crossbucks, the Preble County...
Charges dropped in alleged CB&CNS incident
NEW GLASGOW, N.S. -- Charges have been dropped against three men in connection with an alleged picket-line incident at the Cape Breton & Central Nova Scotia Railway last winter. Leonard John Bourque, 26, of Westville, N.S., and Brendan O'Neill, 23, of New Glasgow,...
CN seeks change-oriented managers
NEW YORK -- According to the Canadian Press, the Canadian National Railway Co. is recruiting change-oriented managers and trying to avoid the industry's past "in-breeding," CN chief executive officer Paul Tellier says. "We recruit from right, left and centre," he told...
New rail line to link Mexican border port, California
MEXICO CITY -- Mexico's Transportation Ministry said that it has authorized the construction of a 65-mile (100-kilometer) railway line that will link the border cities of Ensenada and Tecate, then cross into the United States and connect to California's railway...
Railroads, truckers see signs of U.S. economy pickup
MIAMI -- Railroads and large truckers are beginning to feel wind from the recovering U.S. economy, saying shipping volumes are turning up from sustained declines, a wire service reported. "We are beginning to see for the first time in about 18 months positive...
Intermodal up for ninth straight week on U.S. railroads
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Intermodal traffic on U.S. railroads was up from year-earlier levels for the ninth consecutive week during the week ended June 8, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported on its website. Intermodal traffic totaled 189,914 trailers and...
Oklahoma Amtrak service wins funding for two years
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Oklahoma's Heartland Flyer passenger train has another two years of life, The Daily Oklahoman reports. The state and Amtrak signed a two-year contract that will keep the Oklahoma City-to-Fort Worth, Texas, train running through 2004, state and Amtrak...
