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Rochester, Mayo Clinic fighting DM&E decision
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- The Mayo Clinic and the city of Rochester went to court on February 5 to challenge the expansion of the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports. They filed petitions with a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C.,...
Court urged to bar rail closure
PHILADELPHIA -- In a rare courtroom appearance, Sen. Arlen Specter urged federal appeals judges Tuesday to bar Norfolk Southern (news/quote) from closing a western Pennsylvania railcar repair shop, saying it would violate commitments the railroad made to him and...
NTSB blames truck driver in Bourbonnais fatality
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday blamed a fatal collision between an Amtrak train and a tractor-trailer on the truck driver's failure to stop when he heard the warning bells and saw the crossing gates, a wire service reports. The...
Proposed long-distance cuts would spell end to national rail
WASHINGTON -- Travelers no longer could get on a train in the Northeast and connect all the way to California, or board in Florida and reach the Pacific Northwest if Amtrak goes ahead with threatened cuts to long-distance trains, according to a wire service. Amtrak...
List of long distance routes Amtrak may cut
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- According to a wire service report, the following is a list of 18 Amtrak long-distance routes could be cut in the fall, followed by the major cities they serve: --Kentucky Cardinal: Louisville, Ky.-Chicago --Cardinal: Washington-Cincinnati-Chicago...
NS head-on injures four crew members
LA PORTE, Ind. -- Two Norfolk Southern freight trains collided at La Porte, Ind., early Sunday morning, injuring four crew members and derailing 25 cars, according to Trains.com. Westbound train 19A, with two locomotives and 125 cars, en route from Pittsburgh to...
Transportation security gets billions in Bush budget
WASHINGTON -- According to a wire service, a wide array of post-Sept. 11 transportation security initiatives, including an overhaul of airport passenger screening and stepped up patrols of U.S. shores, would cost more than $8 billion next year, according to the White...
DOT’s 2003 budget includes funds for security
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Department of Transportation on February 4 unveiled its budget that would seek $59.3 billion in funding for the fiscal 2003 budget to help provide for improved security and safety of the country’s transportation system. The 2003 budget...
NTSB mulls cause of Bourbonnais crash
WASHINGTON -- Federal safety officials are considering whether a truck driver police said was tired or non-working crossing gates contributed to a fatal collision between an Amtrak train and a tractor-trailer in Illinois two years ago, a wire service reports. The...
Money woes threaten Amtrak’s future
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Amtrak President George Warrington said on February 1 that he will shut down most of the Amtrak system on Sept. 30 unless Congress appropriates at least $1.2 billion to keep the system going while the government debates the long-term future of...
