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FELA firm secures $2 million award for injured engineer
SAN FRANCISCO-- A California U.S. District Court jury has rejected a questionable job offer by the Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Company to an employee who was injured on the job and, instead, awarded him $2,125,000 for the railroad's failure to provide the...
STB announces procedures for DM&E, I&M deal
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Surface Transportation Board (Board) Chairman Linda J. Morgan announced on June 12 that the Board has issued a notice advising the public of the procedures to be followed in the Board's consideration of the proposed acquisition of the lines of I&M...
Is refinement of Acela name in the offing?
Trains.com reports that although it has been reported that Amtrak President and CEO David Gunn wants to drop the name "Acela" from everything but the high-speed Acela Express trains, an Amtrak spokeswoman says that’s news to her. "Unfortunately, that appears to be...
New excursion train rolls across Maine
GREENVILLE, Maine -- Most of the attention about trains in Maine has focused lately on Amtrak's new train service from Portland to Boston, a wire service reports. But a luxury passenger train with refurbished Victorian-era railroad cars train made its inaugural run...
$20 million on track for Alaska Railroad
ANCHORAGE -- The federal government has freed up $20 million for track upgrades this year along the Alaska Railroad, the Anchorage Daily News reports. U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens secured the money in the 2002 Department of Transportation budget, and Stevens announced Monday...
Fuel-cell lab to target railroads
SPOKANE, Wash. -- Avista Labs announced an agreement with a St. Louis company that will market the company's fuel cells to the railroad industry, the Spokesman-Review reports. Avista Labs Vice President Frank Ignazzitto said Automated Railroad Maintenance Systems Inc....
Two Metra trains collide
AURORA, Ill. -- Two commuter trains collided Wednesday in this Chicago suburb, causing minor injuries to about 30 passengers, a wire service reported. The wheels of three commuter cars and one locomotive were off the tracks after the accident involving one inbound and...
NJ Transit OKs $101.4 million for light rail cars
NEWARK, N.J. -- NJ Transit will spend $101.4 million to purchase 34 light-rail cars for expanded subway service in Newark and extensions of the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail system, which serve two of the most densely populated areas of the state, a wire service reported....
Remote switching advances
TOLEDO, Ohio -- Remote-control train switching, the subject of a bitter dispute involving two labor unions and the railroad industry, has arrived at a major Toledo-area rail yard, the Toledo Blade reports. CSX Transportation Corp. began training employees at Stanley...
Rail firm puts summer youth events on track
JACKSON, Miss. -- Financial support from a Canadian railway company with ensure the Metropolitan Crime Commission can sponsor two summer youth programs, the Clarion-Ledger reports. "Without their support, we could not have had either program," said Crime Commission...
