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...
September 23, 2008 | Headlines, Legislation
(The following story by Heide B. Malhotra appeared on the Epoch Times website on September 22.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) recently introduced the Freight Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2007, which seeks to create more competition in the U.S....
September 23, 2008 | Headlines, Legislation, Technology
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Daisy Nguyen and Erica Werner on September 22.) LOS ANGELES — After a fatal commuter train collision, Congress is hurrying to pass new laws that would limit hours engineers work, mandate technology to stop trains...
August 4, 2008 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Legislation
(The following story by Steve Ritea appeared on the Newsday website on August 4.) NEW YORK — A federal grant program that could help the Long Island Rail Road fund part of its $46-million effort to close dangerous gaps at some station platforms is headed to President...
June 10, 2008 | Headlines, Legislation
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on June 9.) House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Republican leader John Mica (R-Fla.) recently named Joyce Rose staff director for the committee’s Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and...
