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Opinion: Downeaster right on track
BOSTON -- On Amtrak's Acela train to New York City, cellphones chirp and laptops clack, an intense fluorescent light pours down, and the unreeling landscape is for the most part urban, according to an editorial in the Boston Globe. The combination manages to bring out...
Teamsters join lawsuit over Mexican truck emissions
WASHINGTON -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters today joined a lawsuit over the Bush Administration's failure to address environmental health concerns with Mexican truck emissions. A coalition of environmental, labor and industry groups took the legal action...
Operation Lifesaver promotes railroad safety
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- The railways were cold Tuesday, the Crimson White reports. Tracks from Birmingham to Tuscaloosa were cleared, and no trains were scheduled to run their routes as members of Operation Lifesaver and Norfolk Southern joined U.S. congressmen for a...
NS sued for slavery reparations
NEWARK, N.J. -- According to a wire service, a class action lawsuit was filed on Wednesday against three U.S. companies demanding reparations for the decendents of black American slaves from firms that benefited from the slave trade. New York Life Insurance Co., Wall...
CN leases Saskatchewan line
OTTAWA -- Canadian National Railway Co. has signed a 20-year agreement to lease its 74-kilometre Cudworth subdivision northeast of Saskatoon to Wheatland Railway Inc., effective Aug. 1, according to the Globe and Mail. Wheatland Railway was established by six north...
Metrolink conductor files lawsuit
LOS ANGELES -- The conductor aboard a commuter train that collided last week with a freight train filed a lawsuit Wednesday alleging the accident could have been prevented, a wire service reports. Patrick J. Phillips, 48, seeks unspecified compensatory and punitive...
Okla. Senate supports tax hike for passenger rail service
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Senators approved a resolution Tuesday for a statewide vote to increase the gasoline tax by a penny a gallon to continue passenger rail service in Oklahoma, reports the Oklahoman. House Joint Resolution 1045 by Sen. Dave Herbert, D-Midwest City, would...
Supporters rally to save Iowa passenger trains
CRESTON, Iowa -- About 50 Union County residents were on hand Monday for a meeting at the Creston restored Depot, the first in a series of sessions intended to raise public-awareness about passenger rail service in Iowa, the Creston News Advertiser reports. Organizers...
Bush names Laney to Amtrak board
WASHINGTON -- Dallas lawyer David Laney, former chairman of the Texas Transportation Commission, was named Tuesday by President Bush to the Amtrak board of directors, reports the Dallas Morning News. The appointment, requiring Senate confirmation, will fill the only...
States on board to speed up trains
WASHINGTON -- At first glance, the dream of trains zipping riders between U.S. cities would appear to be stuck in the station, USA Today reports. Amtrak is in disarray. The nation's passenger railroad faces a projected $1.1 billion deficit this fiscal year — its...
