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Rail projects are sign of a quiet revolution in short-haul trips
NEW YORK -- Delta Air Lines, for one, is plenty worried about business travelers who are so fed up with airport problems that they're switching to the train on East Coast routes. In an attempt to portray the train as an inferior option to flying, Delta's ads do...
Blood on the Tracks
It all seems so simple here on the back edge of George Clark's 170 acres in Westfield, Ind., where a line of stubby trees marks the old railroad right-of-way. Clark is a farmer, corn and soybeans, working land that has been in his family since 1832. Clark respects his...
UP says it meets new rules
NOGALES, Ariz. -- The City of Nogales started as a train station, but residents are not so appreciative when they are trapped on Morley Avenue or Grand Avenue waiting for the train to clear the crossing, the Nogales International reports. City officials are working...
Temporary block on Southampton railroad tower
NEW YORK -- Escalating its battle against the Long Island Rail Road, Southampton Village has obtained a temporary restraining order blocking the completion of a planned 150-foot tall communications tower at the village railroad station, New York's Newsday reports. The...
Winona drops DM&E appeal
WINONA. Minn. -- Winona has abandoned a court appeal of the federal government's approval of Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad's 880-mile expansion plan, saying it will focus instead on allaying traffic conflicts with all shipping industries that enter the city,...
Rails help roads stay in line
MANHATTAN, Kan. -- Abandonment of Kansas' short-line railroads would add nearly $50 million annually in repairs to the state highway system, a Kansas State University report found. According to the Topeka Capital-Journal, the price tag is based on the increased truck...
Michigan fifth in hazardous goods rail accidents
LANSING, Mich. -- Propane that spewed from a derailed train in Potterville last week is among more than 6 million tons of potentially dangerous substances that ride Michigan's railways each year, the Lansing State Journal reports. And although serious accidents are...
Environmentalists split on rail project
BROCKTON, Mass. -- Two major environmental groups are split on whether commuter trains should cross Hockomock Swamp in Easton and Raynham -- home of a 5-inch salamander and other tiny creatures that some say could derail the project, the Brockton Enterprise reports....
Town re-opens after train derailed
POTTERVILLE, Mich. -- Most local businesses opened Saturday for the first time since a train carrying propane derailed nearby on Memorial Day, a wire service reported. Eaton County Sheriff Rick Jones allowed the town's 2,200 residents to return home Friday after...
Amtrak finds a smoother ride in Congress
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- For Amtrak, the ride lately has been like a rollercoaster, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports. Right now, it's on an upswing: The House has joined the Senate in efforts to pump more money into the ailing national passenger rail system, which two...
