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NTSB’S ‘most wanted’ list to highlight meeting
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a public Board meeting to discuss items on its Most Wanted list of safety improvements and a highway crash that occurred in Tennessee in 2000. The Meeting will be held on May 14, 2002 at 9:30 a.m.,...
Railroad to pay $2.2 million in DNA test case
WASHINGTON -- According to a wire service, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. agreed on Wednesday to pay $2.2 million to settle charges of illegally testing workers for genetic defects in the government's first case against workplace DNA discrimination. While the...
Panel signals Amtrak will get funds
WASHINGTON -- A House subcommittee answered Amtrak's pleas for a major boost in funding, sending a strong signal that the cash-starved railroad will get the money it says it needs to avoid cutting routes, according to a wire service. The proposal adopted on Wednesday...
Is costly maglev just a boondoggle?
WASHINGTON -- According to the Washington Times, the Crestwood Improvement Association's April 2 meeting would have passed without much attention under other circumstances. Crestwood is a suburban enclave of 297 middle-class homes in the congested corridor connecting...
Executive who made Downeaster a reality is stepping down
PORTLAND, Maine -- The rail executive who helped transform Amtrak's Downeaster from a dream more than a decade ago into a reality late last year is stepping down from his post this summer, reports the Boston Herald. Michael Murray worked on the Boston-to-Portland...
Amtrak plan features higher cost, less service in Vermont
MONTPELIER, Vt. -- Officials from Amtrak and Vermont Gov. Howard Dean’s administration are looking to have taxpayers contribute more to the financially troubled railroad over the next several years in exchange for less service in Vermont, a move that drew a cool...
Amtrak service no guarantee for Ohio
TOLEDO, Ohio -- After months of uncertainty, Amtrak, which quietly reached its 31st birthday last week, appears increasingly likely to see its 32nd, the Toledo Blade reports. A bill introduced late last month in the U.S. House of Representatives provides the minimum...
Union Pacific to cut 110 jobs
OMAHA, Neb. -- Union Pacific Corp. plans to cut jobs from its customer service center in St. Louis, reports a wire service. While the railroad declined Monday to specify how many employees would be affected, labor union officials said 110 jobs will be cut. Union...
Informal inquiry on purchase of Railtrack shares
LONDON -- According to the New York Times, Schroder Salomon Smith Barney is conducting an internal investigation into suspicious trades in the shares of Railtrack, the insolvent company that owns Britain's railroad tracks and stations, a spokesman for Schroder Salomon...
Wisc. youngsters get lesson in rail safety
MIDDLETON, WIS. -- As the 100-ton train engine's deep whistle bellowed in greeting, Chelsea Bergman and Claire Buchholz couldn't contain their excitement, according to a wire service report. "Yea, yea!" the Sunset Ridge Elementary School first-graders cheered,...
