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Penn. governor announces rail-freight improvement projects
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- On behalf of Pennsylvania Gov. Mark Schweiker, Transportation Secretary Bradley L. Mallory today said that more than $900,000 has been awarded for projects that will help preserve rail- freight service and stimulate economic development across...
Rail officials eye enforcement to keep people off the tracks
DOVER, N.H. -- In light of recent incidents, rail officials hope more enforcement tools will be used to keep people off the tracks, according to Foster’s Daily Democrat. On Thursday, a northbound Downeaster train came to a screeching halt in Saco, Maine, to avoid...
NTSB slap at fire crew in rail crash jolts town
CHICAGO -- Three years ago, state and local officials praised the Bourbonnais Fire Protection District for its response to a truck-train crash that killed 11 people aboard an Amtrak Superliner, reports the Chicago Tribune. The entire community was commended for...
Council to unveil Amtrak plan
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Amtrak Reform Council is expected today to recommend that Amtrak be transformed into a passenger-train operating body only, with new federal corporations taking over passenger policy issues, funding, oversight and ownership of the...
Panel: Amtrak should be broken up
WASHINGTON -- According to a wire service, a congressionally appointed panel says Amtrak is irreversibly flawed and should be broken up to give the free market an opportunity to improve the nation's passenger train system. Amtrak, created to relieve freight railways...
Amtrak says routes in Congress’ hands
OMAHA -- Ever since the fabled golden spike was driven in 1869, Nebraskans have been able to hop a train to California, the Omaha World-Herald reports. They've been able to head to points east even longer than that. Soon that may no longer be true. In fact, if Amtrak...
ASLRRA’s Turner announces retirement
WASHINGTON -- American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) president Frank K. Turner has announced his intention to retire in May, 2002. He and his wife Rosalie will be moving to Birmingham, Alabama. “I have sincerely enjoyed my tenure with ASLRRA,”...
Norfolk Southern celebrates African-American railroader month
NORFOLK, Va.-- Norfolk Southern Corporation is saluting the accomplishments of African-American railroaders this month in observance of national Black History Month, according to a company press release. “African-American Railroader Month at Norfolk Southern is a time...
Ohio cities could lose Amtrak rail stops
AKRON, Ohio -- Most Akron residents have never seen the small Amtrak train station tucked away behind Quaker Square, or spotted the darkened passenger cars as they chug through the city in the dead of night, according to the Akron Beacon-Journal. The train pulls into...
DM&E seeks investors
PIERRE, S.D. -- The next step for Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad is to line up financing as it proceeds with its expansion project into Wyoming, a wire service report. The DM&E, which received approval from the federal Surface Transportation Board, will need at...
