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Maglev hearing set for tonight
PITTSBURGH -- Maglev officials and some Penn Township residents opposed to routes being considered for the high-speed train are expected to meet tonight in Harrison City, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports. A meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the township...
Acela not enough of a boost for Amtrak
WASHINGTON -- According to a wire service, Amtrak celebrated the one-year anniversary of the nation's first high-speed train Monday amid uncertainty about its own future as America's passenger rail company. With creature comforts and a top speed of 150 mph, Acela...
Conrail agrees to pay Amtrak $3.5 million
PHILADELPHIA -- Conrail agreed Monday to pay $3.5 million to settle claims it understated the miles its trains traveled on Amtrak's rails for reimbursement purposes, a wire service reports. Conrail was required under a 1986 contract to report the miles its trains...
STB asks AAR to resolve rail car interchange issues
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Surface Transportation Board (Board) Chairman Linda J. Morgan announced on December 10 that the Board has asked the Association of American Railroads (AAR) to convene a meeting with railroads, shippers, and other involved parties to discuss ways to...
NCRR and CSX resolve property dispute
RALEIGH, N.C. -- North Carolina Railroad Company (NCRR) and CSX Transportation Inc. (CSXT) have settled a 140-year ownership dispute over a portion of track near Raleigh, NC. The agreement opens the door for increased rail transit and economic development in the...
VRE on track for $67 million upgrade
RICHMOND, Va. -- Northern Virginia's commuter railroad has given the green light to a new operating agreement with CSX Corp. that's expected to trigger a $67 million rail improvement program from Washington to Richmond, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports. Officials...
Acela train kills 3 teenagers near Philadelphia
AIRLESS HILLS, Pa. -- An Amtrak Acela Express train traveling 100 miles an hour rounded a curve today and killed three teenagers who were walking on the railroad tracks, the authorities said. None of the roughly 300 passengers were hurt, according to a wire service....
One killed, one hurt in collision of train, ATV
BALTIMORE -- One person was killed and another was seriously injured on December 8 when an Amtrak passenger train and an all-terrain vehicle collided on railroad tracks cutting through a residential neighborhood in Baltimore County's Rosedale neighborhood, the...
Crash site reportedly popular for ATVs
BALTIMORE -- Thomas Crowley Jr. knew that his son liked to go four-wheeling along the railroad tracks in Chesaco Park but never worried too much about it. After all, Crowley said, he used to do the same thing when he was a kid, 20 years ago, the Baltimore Sun reports....
Canadian National grain train derails in Manitoba
WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- Crews in southern Manitoba were working on December 7 to repair a section of railway after a late-night freight-train derailment, a wire service reports. “Between the detours that we have available and the relatively short time that it will take...
