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CPR to make public confidential contract for rail commuter service in Vancouver
CALGARY -- Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), announced it will not appeal the British Columbia Supreme Court decision which will result in the release of its contract with Translink, the regional transportation authority for the Greater Vancouver Regional District...
Chasing travelers in the Northeast
NEW YORK -- Delta Air Lines and Amtrak have introduced campaigns to woo business travelers in the Northeast corridor, a market that has become more competitive with Amtrak's expansion of its high-speed Acela service, reports the New York Times. Before Acela appeared...
Norfolk Southern recognizes safest chemical customers
NORFOLK, Va. -- Twenty-nine customers earned the Thoroughbred Chemical Safety Award for safe handling of hazardous chemicals on the Norfolk Southern transportation network in 2001, according to a press release issued by the railroad. The customers qualified for the...
STB to address small RR rate cases
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Surface Transportation Board (Board) Chairman Linda J. Morgan announced on May 2 that the Board has instituted a proceeding to address costing issues in rate cases involving smaller railroads. Under the law, the Board may not review the...
ENSCO, Inc. aids FRA in toll-free emergency notification system
SPRINGFIELD, Va. -- ENSCO, Inc., a diversified research, development and information technology company, continues to lead the railroad supplier industry in advanced technology for safety. ENSCO has been chosen by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to...
Canada’s Bombardier wins C$1.1 billion in train orders
TORONTO -- Bombardier Inc.'s transportation division said on Friday it had won two orders for railroad equipment in Italy and the United States valued at C$1.13 billion ($724 million), according to a wire service. Bombardier said it will supply the Long Island Rail...
Opinion: Lawmakers sign away railroad safety
(BLE Editor's Note: The Letter to the Editor was publishing in the May 2 issue of the Miami Herald.) In 1997 I was impressed that your editorial page told the public that the involvement of courts and legislatures are vital for consumers to force railroads to be safe...
NTSB update on BNSF, Metrolink accident
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The National Transportation Safety Board yesterday released the following updated information on its investigation of the April 23 collision involving a Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight train and a Metrolink passenger train in Placentia,...
CN train carrying dangerous chemicals derails
FIRDALE, Manitoba -- A freight train carrying dangerous chemicals collided with a semi-trailer in southwestern Manitoba on Thursday, sending a towering plume of thick, black smoke into the air and forcing the evacuation of dozens of area residents, according to the...
Trains ‘trap mobile phone radiation’
LONDON -- Train passengers who hate it when other commuters use mobile phones on board may have every right to get angry, according to BBC News. Research carried out by scientists in Japan suggests that using a mobile phone inside a train carriage could have serious...
