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Amtrak offers commuter rail test drive
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- When legislators convene at the Capitol Tuesday they will debate, among many measures, Gov. Jesse Ventura's bonding bill proposal, which includes $120 million for the Northstar Commuter rail line as its biggest outlay. The project is a planned...
German leader basks in Bombardier’s about-face
HALLE, Germany -- Gerhard Schroeder, the German Chancellor, won cheers yesterday from some 900 workers at a plant owned by Bombardier Inc. as he announced he had struck a deal to save their jobs, a wire service reports. Mr. Schroeder intervened after Montreal-based...
Minot spill sparks heightened concern over Olympic safety
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah -- One day after the Coalition for a Safe Olympics raised public concerns about unrestricted rail shipments of hazardous materials through Salt Lake City during the Winter Olympics, a deadly train crash in North Dakota heightened tensions about...
STB approves 7.5-mile BNSF line
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Surface Transportation Board (Board) Chairman Linda J. Morgan announced on January 28 that the Board has issued a decision granting final approval for The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF) to construct and operate an...
UK rail managers cover for strike staff
LONDON -- SWT hopes to run a third of trains for commuters Commuters faced delays as staff on the South West Trains network began their latest 48-hour strike on Monday, BBC News reports. About 100 managers were brought in by the company to carry out guards' duties on...
Amtrak lost $1.1 billion and needs more help, report says
WASHINGTON -- A wire service reports that Amtrak lost $1.1 billion in 2001, the biggest deficit in its 30-year history, and has not made progress toward meeting Congress's goal of self-sufficiency, a government report said. The report by the inspector general of the...
White House backs continuing Amtrak aid
NEW ORLEANS, La. -- Continued financing for Amtrak appears to have the backing of the Bush administration, despite a panel's recommendation that Congress disband the money-losing rail line and transfer its most popular routes to private companies, the Times-Picayune...
Service disrupted as track burns in San Diego
SAN DIEGO -- A fire burned a wooden railroad trestle Saturday night, disrupting train service. The blaze was reported about 9:15 p.m. and burned the trestle and surrounding grass near Interstate 5, according to the city Fire Department. According to a wire service, no...
Old railroad ties worry neighbors
LACROSSE, Wisc. -- The southern end of French Island has become the final destination for millions of railroad ties treated with creosote, a substance that has been criticized as a threat to human health and the environment, the Lacrosse Tribune reports. Earlier this...
Report: Amtrak’s financial woes have worsened
WASHINGTON -- Despite robust passenger growth over the past five years, Amtrak's financial condition has deteriorated and the national passenger railroad probably cannot get through this fiscal year without additional federal subsidies, the Department of...
