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Growing number of Americans riding Amtrak
(Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, September 30, 3011) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Amtrak for the first time carried more than 30 million passengers in a year, surpassing last year's 28.7 million and stretching its string of record-setting years to eight of the last nine. Yet,...
Dozens suffer minor injuries in Amtrak crash
(Source: Associated Press, October 1, 2011) BRENTWOOD, Calif. — The 37 passengers and two crew members who suffered "minor to moderate" injuries when an Amtrak passenger train collided with a truck in Northern California have been released from hospitals, an Amtrak...
Dozens suffer minor injuries in Amtrak crash
(Source: Associated Press, October 1, 2011) BRENTWOOD, Calif. — The 37 passengers and two crew members who suffered "minor to moderate" injuries when an Amtrak passenger train collided with a truck in Northern California have been released from hospitals, an Amtrak...
Transit hub in Normal could be example for Springfield, Ill.
(Source: State Journal-Register, October 2, 2011) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The community of Normal is less than a year away from the scheduled opening of a four-story, $43 million transportation hub that will combine train, taxi, bus and other public transportation systems...
Transit hub in Normal could be example for Springfield, Ill.
(Source: State Journal-Register, October 2, 2011) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The community of Normal is less than a year away from the scheduled opening of a four-story, $43 million transportation hub that will combine train, taxi, bus and other public transportation systems...
Pennsylvania’s Keystone rail corridor receives $40 million from USDOT
(Source: U.S. Department of Transportation press release, September 30, 2011) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today awarded a $40 million grant to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation to eliminate delays in and out of Harrisburg on...
Pennsylvania’s Keystone rail corridor receives $40 million from USDOT
(Source: U.S. Department of Transportation press release, September 30, 2011) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today awarded a $40 million grant to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation to eliminate delays in and out of Harrisburg on...
Canada’s rail sector downgraded
(Source: Financial Post, October 3, 2011) OTTAWA — Canada’s largest railways were downgraded to a ‘market perform’ by stock analysts on Monday after a choppy third quarter, the Financial Post reported. Full story: Financial Post
Canada’s rail sector downgraded
(Source: Financial Post, October 3, 2011) OTTAWA — Canada’s largest railways were downgraded to a ‘market perform’ by stock analysts on Monday after a choppy third quarter, the Financial Post reported. Full story: Financial Post
Falling chunk of concrete hits Metra locomotive
(Source: Chicago Tribune, September 30, 3011) CHICAGO — Amtrak said it believes the train platforms on the north concourse at Union Station are safe for pedestrians after a large piece of concrete fell from the overhead structure and struck a Metra locomotive engine...
Falling chunk of concrete hits Metra locomotive
(Source: Chicago Tribune, September 30, 3011) CHICAGO — Amtrak said it believes the train platforms on the north concourse at Union Station are safe for pedestrians after a large piece of concrete fell from the overhead structure and struck a Metra locomotive engine...
Investigators releasing few details about BNSF rail tampering
(Source: The Daily News Online, September 30, 2011) COLUMBIA, Wash. — Authorities remained tight-lipped Friday about what exactly was done to a stretch of train tracks between Vancouver and Chehalis that was shut down Monday after someone "tampered" with them. Full...
Investigators releasing few details about BNSF rail tampering
(Source: The Daily News Online, September 30, 2011) COLUMBIA, Wash. — Authorities remained tight-lipped Friday about what exactly was done to a stretch of train tracks between Vancouver and Chehalis that was shut down Monday after someone "tampered" with them. Full...
NJ to pay $95 million for scrapped railroad tunnel to NY
(Source: Associated Press, September 30, 2011) TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey has agreed to pay back the federal government $95 million for a railroad tunnel to New York that Gov. Chris Christie scrapped nearly a year ago — far less than the original $271 million bill the...
NJ to pay $95 million for scrapped railroad tunnel to NY
(Source: Associated Press, September 30, 2011) TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey has agreed to pay back the federal government $95 million for a railroad tunnel to New York that Gov. Chris Christie scrapped nearly a year ago — far less than the original $271 million bill the...
Economists say Obama jobs plan would help avert recession
(Source: Journal of Commerce, September 28, 2011) WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Obama’s jobs plan, heavy on infrastructure investments to rebuild roads, bridges, ports and schools, would help avert a recession, according to a Bloomberg News survey of economists. Full...
Economists say Obama jobs plan would help avert recession
(Source: Journal of Commerce, September 28, 2011) WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Obama’s jobs plan, heavy on infrastructure investments to rebuild roads, bridges, ports and schools, would help avert a recession, according to a Bloomberg News survey of economists. Full...
AAR spends $2.3 million lobbying in 2nd quarter
(Source: Associated Press, September 28, 2011) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) spent $2.3 million lobbying the federal government in the second quarter on rail safety, track maintenance funding and other issues, according to a disclosure...
AAR spends $2.3 million lobbying in 2nd quarter
(Source: Associated Press, September 28, 2011) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) spent $2.3 million lobbying the federal government in the second quarter on rail safety, track maintenance funding and other issues, according to a disclosure...
In Canada, railways test innovative ways to keep bears off train tracks
(Source: Calgary Herald, September 29, 2011) BANFF — Researchers know bears caught unawares on railway tracks try to run from oncoming trains. The problem is, they run in the wrong direction. Thanks in part to a $1 million donation from the Canadian Pacific Railway,...
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