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Amtrak service in Iowa may be derailed
DES MOINES, Iowa -- A wire service reports that the head of the National Association of Railroad Passengers warns that Amtrak's financial troubles could mean the end of at least one of Iowa's two long-distance passenger rail routes. "When you look at the little clues...
House OKs Railroad Retirement Bill
WASHINGTON -- The House passed gave final passage Tuesday to legislation allowing a $15 billion railroad retirement fund to be invested in stocks and bonds for the first time, a wire service reports. The bill, which passed the House on a 369-33 vote, would cut payroll...
U.S. House approves rail pension funds for railroads
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday gave final congressional approval to a bill that would permit $15.3 billion in railroad pension funds to be invested on Wall Street, reports a wire service. On a vote of 369-33, the House passed the previously...
Wreck site has power outage
DAVISBURG, Mich. -- A stretch of railroad track where a fatal train collision occurred Nov. 15 had a switch power outage last week but continued to function without interruption of service, a railroad company spokesman said Monday. Jack Burke, a spokesman with the...
If you hear the train coming, it’s too late
PHILADELPHIA -- You won't hear the rumble and grumble of a diesel locomotive. You won't hear the clickety-clack sound of wheels on gaps in the rail. If you're lucky, you might hear a horn, according to the Philadelphia Daily News. All you'll probably hear is a hiss....
U.S. rail freight traffic up in November
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. freight rail carload traffic rose 1.7 percent (22,546 carloads) in November 2001 compared to November 2000, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported via its website on December 6. On the positive side in November 2001, carloads of...
Maglev meeting leaves Pa. residents full of questions
PITTSBURGH -- Linda Monahan of Penn Township went to a meeting Tuesday hoping to learn more about maglev, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports. She left with few answers and more concerns about the high-speed train. "I think we tried to come here with open minds,"...
Ridgewood, N.J. blowing whistle on trains
RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- Almost 15 years to the day after a village teenager was killed by an oncoming locomotive, the Village Council is set to vote on an ordinance that would outlaw the sounding of train whistles except for an emergency, reports the Bergen Record. The new...
Back on track
RICHMOND, Va. -- Before Sept. 11, Ross Capon was a voice in the transportation wilderness, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports. From the halls of Congress to local conference centers, he spent a quarter century promoting the advantages of riding trains rather than...
Phantom rail crossing stops school bus
OTTAWA -- Twice every school day, Robin Daborn turns on the flashing red lights of his big yellow bus and stops on Highway 306 south of Regina to check for traffic on an invisible set of railway tracks, the National Post reports. The children on his bus -- all 11 of...
