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Small railways play big role says CPR chief
MONTREAL -- Short line and regional railways are playing a critical role in the growth of the entire industry in North America by maintaining a sharp customer focus in rapidly changing times, says the President of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR). In a speech to the...
Limits extended on harrassment suits
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court made it easier for victims to complain about long-term job discrimination or harassment, ruling on Monday that statutes of limitations do not always apply when shabby treatment is extended over a period of months or years, according to...
Deaths on the rails leave scars for engineers
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Jackrabbits scurry out of the early morning mist to avoid an Amtrak train starting out of downtown Sacramento, the Sacramento Bee reports. As the train picks up speed, pigeons and doves take off in a flurry of wing beats, just missing the...
Amtrak board approves plan to consolidate
WASHINGTON -- A wire service reports that Amtrak's governing board has approved a reorganization plan that will consolidate authority and get rid of unnecessary oversight, the railway's new president said today. Job cuts also are likely, a spokesman said. In a special...
Group maps nuke dump routes online
WASHINGTON -- It will be years before the first shipment of nuclear waste travels to Yucca Mountain in Nevada if the waste dump gets approved. But an environmental group wants to make it easier for people to find out how close the radioactive waste will come to their...
Communications fell short during Amtrak disaster
PALATKA, Fla. -- Communication breakdowns hampered rescue efforts after an Amtrak Auto Train derailed in rural Putnam County in April, according to emergency officials, according to a wire service. The communications issue arose Thursday when officials from Amtrak,...
VIA renovates Kingston station to handle growing passenger rail traffic
KINGSTON, Ontario -- VIA Rail Canada officially opened VIA’s renovated Kingston station today, following a $2 million project to modernize facillities for the growing number of passengers using the station. On hand at the press conference to mark the event were...
Rail ramps give turtles help across the tracks
CHICAGO -- The unusually mobile Blanding's turtles are getting a little help in their travels over train tracks in the former Army arsenal property south of Joliet, reports the Chicago Tribune. An unknown number of the turtles--whose species is threatened in...
Rail trench financing an intricate matter
RENO, Nev. -- As a group of lawyers and engineers review how much it will cost Reno to dig a 2.1-mile train trench through downtown, city finance officials are scrambling to finalize an intricate funding package five years in the making, the Reno Gazette-Journal...
Transportation Labor blasts air traffic control privatization
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The following statement was issued today by Sonny Hall, president of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), in sharp criticism of a Presidential Executive Order which strips the nation's air traffic control system of its "inherently...
