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Amtrak offers 2-for-1 fares
BOSTON -- Amtrak is offering a 2-for-1 ticket sale through February, mostly outside the Northeast, to lure more passengers as it attempts to meet a December deadline to cover costs, the Boston Globe reports. The promotion excludes travel Feb. 15-18 outside the...
UP leases ‘Green Goat’ hybrid switcher locomotive for California
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- The largest railroad in the US, Union Pacific Railroad, an operating subsidiary of Union Pacific Corporation, has signed a 1-year demonstration lease for RailPower Technologies Corp's 'Green Goat(TM)', it was announced today. The hybrid...
CN’s E. Hunter Harrison is Railway Age 2002 Railroader of the Year
MONTREAL -- E. Hunter Harrison, executive vice-president and chief operating officer of Canadian National, was named 2002 Railroader of the Year today by railway industry trade journal Railway Age for his leadership in designing and implementing the scheduled railroad...
Unidentified man hit by NS train, taken to hospital
ROANOKE, Va. -- A man who was hit by a train in Botetourt County, Va., Tuesday night "left the scene walking," authorities told the Roanoke Times. Botetourt County police said they received a call from a Norfolk Southern train conductor at 9:41 p.m. Troutville Fire...
Mechanics sue to block Bush panel
WASHINGTON -- United Airlines' mechanics filed suit Monday to block an emergency panel established by President Bush that delayed the union from striking last month, according to a wire service. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers union...
Trains back to normal in S. England
LONDON -- A wire service reports that train services in southern England returned to normal Wednesday after a two-day strike, but disruptions continued in Scotland. London commuters face more cancellations within weeks. Members of the Rail Maritime and Transport Union...
Ikea starts its own railway in Europe
STOCKHOLM -- Ikea, the home-furnishings retailer, won permission to run its own diesel-powered freight trains between Sweden and Germany, becoming the first private European company to operate a cross-border train, a wire service reports. The two freight trains will...
Judge voids a union rule issued by Bush
NEW YORK -- According to the New York Times, a federal judge has overturned one of President Bush's earliest executive orders, which required federal contractors to post notices telling workers they did not have to join unions. The order also required the notices to...
Rail strike cripples part of England
LONDON -- A second wave of train strikes crippled rail services across southeast England Monday, leaving tens of thousands of commuters stranded, a wire service reports. South West Trains services across southern England and into London's Waterloo station were...
Opinion: Rail objects to truck subsidies
OTTAWA -- As usual, there's a mixture of truth and fiction in the Canadian Trucking Alliance's response to my comments, writes Bill Rowat in the National Post. Mr. Rowat is President and CEO of the Railway Association of Canada. Unfortunately, the public can't always...
