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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....
Bill helps railroad retirees
LINCOLN, Neb. -- Right down to the wire, Scott Rezek and his sheet metal workers union members were making the phones ring in the offices of Nebraska's U.S. senators, the Lincoln Journal Star reports. Rezec, his union colleagues and about a million other railroaders...
Senate OKs partial privatization of rail pensions
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Senate voted overwhelmingly yesterday to allow the $15.3 billion railroad retirement system to invest in the stock market for the first time, clearing the way for final approval of the legislation despite controversy over its potential cost to...
Senate votes 90-9 to pass railroad retirement bill
WASHINGTON -- Thousands of American railroaders will receive improved retirement benefits under legislation approved Wednesday by the Senate, the Omaha World-Herald reports. On a 90-9 vote, senators approved a railroad retirement bill to allow rail companies and labor...
Senate vote a victory for rail workers, families
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The following statement was issued on December 5 by Sonny Hall, President of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO, after the United States Senate voted 90-9 to approve the Railroad Retirement and Survivors’ Improvement Act of 2001. "This...
Senate approves bill to invest rail funds
WASHINGTON -- The Senate today passed a measure under which a $15 billion railroad retirement fund would be invested in stocks and bonds for the first time. Critics said the measure would increase the federal deficit and unduly put tax dollars at risk, according to...
CPR declares dividend
CALGARY -- The Board of Directors of Canadian Pacific Railway Limited has declared a quarterly dividend of twelve and three-quarter cents ($0.1275) Canadian per share on the outstanding Common Shares. The dividend is payable on January 28, 2002, to holders of record...
International journey begins with tribute to Sept. 11 victims
NEW YORK -- Canadian Pacific Railway's Holiday Train, a 1,200-ft. freight train decorated with thousands of Christmas lights, will begin its spectacular cross-continent journey in New York City tomorrow with a special ceremony to honor the fallen heroes of September...
