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Amtrak sparks bidding interest
NEW YORK -- According to the Financial Times, at least four potential bidders have expressed an interest in operating routes or service contracts for Amtrak, the US passenger railway, according to a federal watchdog. The Amtrak Reform Council (ARC) will this week...
Amtrak’s last private car stands out
NEW YORK -- At the start of rush hour each evening, commuters bound for the New Jersey suburbs are poised by the track doors at Pennsylvania Station, ready to fly at the first sound of their train and pounce on the first available seat, reports The Times. Such...
CN Rail officials defend car-rationing system
SASKATOON, Sask. -- Naber Seed and Grain of Melfort says rail-car rationing has cost it business, but CN Rail says the practice has been healthy for the intricately balanced grain transportation system, the Saskatoon StarPhoenix reports. Rationing and allocating a...
TTD condemns Delta for election interference
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The following statement was issued today by Sonny Hall, President of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO, on the conduct of Delta Airlines management in an election by its flight attendants to gain a voice on the job as members of the...
Snowmobilers bedeviling Amtrak
PORTLAND, Maine -- Amtrak's Downeaster passenger train service has a problem with snowmobilers: they get in the way, forcing emergency stops to avoid collisions, according to a wire service report. The latest incident occurred Thursday night in Saco, when the train...
British transport chief defends Railtrack move
CARDIFF, Wales -- Under fire from the opposition Conservative Party, Transport Secretary Stephen Byers laid out a firm defense Saturday of his decision to pull the plug on the private company that ran Britain's railroads. Speaking at a meeting of the governing Labor...
UK rail safety deadline ‘abandoned’
LONDON -- The British government has abandoned its commitment to implement a £3bn rail safety project by 2010, according to BBC News. The joint inquiry into the Ladbroke Grove and Southall rail accidents set the deadline for all trains travelling above 100mph to be...
Grain leaders criticize out-of-state discounts on railroad pricing
GREAT FALLS, Mont. -- Local grain leaders are blasting expanded railroad discounts to farmers in neighboring states, saying the move stings Montana producers who already are victims of price-gouging, the Great Falls Tribune reports. The move expands discount rates to...
Teens hit by Amtrak train in Dec. used drugs
PHILADELPHIA -- Three teen-agers killed by an Amtrak train had marijuana and the hallucinogen PCP in their systems, according to toxicology reports. “They were certainly impaired, to the point where they may not have been aware of the approaching train,” Bucks County...
Ferroequus makes bid to use CN track
OTTAWA -- Canada's two major railways are teaming up to fight an effort by a small rival to grab some of their grain moving business, the National Post reports. Edmonton-based Ferroequus Railway Co. Ltd. has applied to the Canadian Transportation Agency for the right...
