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Reaching the Olympics by steam power
NEW YORK -- Olympic spectators staying in Heber City, about 45 miles southeast of Salt Lake City, can experience a bit of the old West on their way to the 2002 Winter Games. Rail travel is available on the historic steam-powered Heber Valley Railroad from Heber City...
STB ends formal CN-IC oversight
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Surface Transportation Board (Board) Chairman Linda J. Morgan announced on January 3 that, after finding no competitive or other problems during the first and second annual rounds of general oversight in the "Canadian National-Illinois Central"...
STB reviewing 11 rail line construction proposals
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Surface Transportation Board (Board) Chairman Linda J. Morgan announced on January 3 that, consistent with an evolving trend in recent years, there is an unprecedented number of railroad line construction proposals -- 11 in all -- currently under...
STB denies BNSF, UP motion to dismiss rate complaint
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Surface Transportation Board (Board) Chairman Linda J. Morgan announced on January 3 that the Board has denied a motion filed by The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF) and Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) (collectively,...
Wayne O. Burkes designated Vice Chairman of STB
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Surface Transportation Board (Board) Chairman Linda J. Morgan announced that on January 3, 2002, the Board designated Commissioner Wayne O. Burkes as its Vice Chairman. He succeeds former Commissioner William Clyburn, Jr., who served in that...
MBTA board delays OK of rail line contract
BOSTON -- The MBTA's board of directors yesterday put off awarding a contract to build the Greenbush commuter rail line, saying they want more information about the firms that submitted the lowest bid, including alleged troubles with law enforcement and labor unions,...
He’s been working on the railroad
BOSTON -- Michael Dukakis, the 1988 Democratic nominee for the presidency, had no luck convincing voters that he could run the country. Now he's trying to persuade people that he can run a railroad. He's acting chairman of Amtrak, the stepchild of American mass...
Adding a dash of style to the daily shuffle
NEWARK -- Rolling stock. It doesn't sound pretty, and if you ask some of the 340,000 people who ride New Jersey Transit's trains and buses every day, it isn't a pretty experience, according to the New York Times. It's not just the fact that trains between New Jersey...
Opinion: Predictions for 2002
OTTAWA -- The terrorist attacks and the recession turned many companies into zombies in the fall, according to an editorial in the Globe and Mail. Ambitious strategic plans were either put on hold or cancelled, leaving corporate bosses to daydream only about empire...
N.J. Transit is criticized for planning fare increase
NEWARK -- New Jersey Transit's proposal to raise fares on its buses, trains and the Newark subway system over six years was sharply criticized at public hearings tonight here and in five other cities around the state, according to the New York Times. Commuters,...
