January 19, 2009 | Headlines, Legislation
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on January 16.) Yesterday, House Democrats unveiled the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, an $825 billion economic stimulus package that calls for $550 billion in spending on a range of...
January 14, 2009 | Headlines, Legislation
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on January 13.) A freight-rail tax credit bill is back on Capitol Hill. On Jan. 7, Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-Fla.) introduced the Freight Rail Infrastructure Capacity Expansion Act of 2009 (H.R. 272), which is...
December 5, 2008 | Headlines, Legislation
(The following story by Sun Staff appeared at lasvegas.com on December 4, 2008) LAS VEGAS, NV – The following is the text of U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, R-Nev., to a Surface Transportation Board (STB) hearing on the U.S. Department of Energy’s...
October 2, 2008 | Headlines, Legislation
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Andrew Taylor on October 1.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A sweeping rail safety reform bill that envisions billions of dollars for Amtrak easily cleared the Senate Wednesday, its passage helped by the Sept. 12 train...
September 29, 2008 | CN, Headlines, Legislation
(Associated Press circulated the following on September 28.) CHICAGO – Legislation intended to tighten the rules on railroad mergers has fallen short of approval in the U.S. House, dealing a blow to opponents of the Canadian National Railway’s plan to...
September 26, 2008 | Headlines, Legislation
(The following story by Christopher Conkey appeardd on the Wall Street Journal website on September 25.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Legislation that would mandate collision-avoidance systems for trains and boost funding for passenger rail service is being blocked by...
September 25, 2008 | CN, Headlines, Legislation
(The following story by Richard Wronski appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on September 25.) CHICAGO — A congressional committee approved legislation Wednesday that would tighten the rules on railroad mergers by requiring federal regulators to weigh the safety...
September 25, 2008 | Headlines, Legislation
(Bloomberg News circulated the following story by John Hughes on September 24.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. House voted to require rail-safety technology that may have prevented a Sept. 12 crash in Los Angeles that was the deadliest for a passenger train in 15 years....
September 24, 2008 | Headlines, Legislation
(The following story by Steve Hymon and Cynthia Dizikes appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on September 24.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Spurred by the deadly head-on crash of two trains in Chatsworth, congressional negotiators agreed Tuesday to a groundbreaking rail...
September 23, 2008 | Headlines, Legislation, Technology
(The following story by Serena Maria Daniels appeared on the Orange County Register website on September 22.) ORANGE, Calif. — In the aftermath of the Metrolink crash that claimed 25 lives in Chatsworth, the Orange County Transportation Authority gave its support to...
