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U.K. train drivers signal discontent
LONDON -- Train drivers involved in a pay and conditions dispute with ScotRail have staged a demonstration outside the company's offices, BBC News reports. Union officials urged members to show "the strength of feeling" in the row which has resulted in ScotRail...
Maglev may hit legal action
PITTSBURGH -- Penn Township commissioners unanimously agreed Wednesday to consider all options in a fight over a high-speed train cutting a path through the municipality, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports. The board stopped short of threatening immediate legal...
CSXT details its value to Florida
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- CSX Transportation announced yesterday that it helped to bring more than $1.7 billion in new plant and equipment investment and 2,284 new jobs to Florida by working with state economic development officials on 34 projects in 2001, the Florida...
Railroad gets out of ’98 $100 fine
AKRON, Ohio -- One might think a $100 traffic ticket to a millionaire amounts to a cheap lunch in Paris, reports the Akron Beacon Journal. But not to the folks at the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Co. in Brewster. For almost four years, they've battled the Village of...
Suit against U.P. is tossed
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah -- Not many industries are more powerful than the railroad, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. U.S. District Judge Ted Stewart acknowledged as much Tuesday, dismissing Salt Lake City's lawsuit against Union Pacific to stop freight trains rumbling...
Railroad Day On The Hill focuses on infrastructure
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- More than 100 representatives of the nation’s rail industry -- representing both large and small railroads as well as the railway supply industry -- gathered on Capitol Hill yesterday (March 13) to emphasize the important role railroads play in the...
Attica train derailment shakes up some but injures none
ATTICA, Ind. -- A Norfolk Southern freight train derailed in Attica on Wednesday, blocking a main intersection into the early evening but causing no injuries, the Journal and Courier reports. Shortly before 11 a.m., the Norfolk Southern Corp. train came off the...
Commuters, Metrolink officials blast U.P. over delays
LOS ANGELES -- Train delays have become so frequent on the Riverside Metrolink line that commuter rail officials have taken to writing letters on behalf of riders to excuse a tardy arrival to a boss or day-care provider, the Los Angeles Times reports. There are times...
Calif. lawmakers pitch $6 billion high-speed rail bond
SACRAMENTO -- Calling it a project whose time has come, the state treasurer and a group of Democratic lawmakers proposed a $6 billion bond measure Tuesday to begin construction of a high-speed rail line linking California's major cities, a wire service reports. "This...
Derby man sentenced for train derailment
DERBY, Kan. -- A Derby man, convicted of derailing a train in Butler County, has been sentenced to five months in a half-way house followed by five months of home detention, according to the Derby Daily Reporter. Preston S. Shields, 27, of Derby, pled guilty to one...
