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ARC continues Amtrak bashing
WASHINGTON -- Figures released by the Amtrak Reform Council (ARC) contradict Amtrak's projections that train ridership blossomed in the days and weeks after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, a wire service reports. Nationwide ridership was actually lower each day in the...
BNSF should pay taxes, tribes reply to court
POPLAR, Mont. -- The Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribal Nation has filed a reply brief in its appeal of a district court decision denying the tribe authority to tax Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad. The brief was filed in the federal Court of Appeals for the...
Union Pacific completes acquisition of Motor Cargo
NEW YORK -- According to a wire service, Union Pacific Corp., the No. 1 railway operator in the United States, said on Friday that it has acquired a majority stake in transport company Motor Cargo Industries Inc. Union Pacific paid roughly $80 million for a 98.3...
CPR Holiday Train to launch cross-country goodwill voyage
CALGARY, AB -- Canadian Pacific Railway's Canadian Holiday Train begins its spectacular 5,000-km, 15-day journey in Montreal on Friday December 7, taking the battle against hunger to dozens of communities across the country. The 1,200-ft. freight train, decorated in...
Neighbors help forge rules for Caltrain yard in S.J.
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- San Jose's historic tree-lined Lenzen Avenue area is preparing for a new and unwanted neighbor: a 24-acre maintenance yard that will handle almost two-thirds of the Bay Area's commuter trains, the San Jose Mercury News reports. But residents...
U.S. Senate juggles, energy, cloning, railroads
WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans tried to force a debate on controversial energy legislation and a ban on human cloning onto the legislative agenda Thursday by attaching both proposals to a measure to reform railway pensions, reports a wire service. "Three big issues...
Opinion: Liquidating Amtrak doesn’t make sense
SEATTLE -- Amtrak, which will not meet a Dec. 2 deadline for covering its operating costs without government help, now has 90 days to draw up a liquidation plan, according to an editorial in the Seattle Times by Mauris L. Emeka, a Seattle-based Amtrak train attendant...
Festive train of lights rallies support for Midwest food banks
CHICAGO -- Canadian Pacific Railway's US Holiday Train begins its spectacular 1,135-mile, seven-day journey near Chicago on Saturday, Dec. 8, taking the battle against hunger to 19 communities in Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota and Saskatchewan. The...
UK hires Ford exec to overhaul Railtrack
LONDON -- The British government has appointed a leading Ford executive to oversee the difficult task of rebuilding failed rail network operator Railtrack Plc, a wire service reported. Ford of Britain Chairman Ian McAllister has been chosen by Transport Minister...
AAR statement on Senate vote for cloture
WASHINGTON -- Edward R. Hamberger, President and CEO of the Association of American Railroads, issued the following statement yesterday regarding the Senates vote to invoke cloture on the Railroad Retirement reform legislation: "We’d like to thank the U.S. Senate for...
