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Editorial: Virginia needs to connect the dots on high-speed rail
(Source: Fairfax Times, June 17, 2011.) FAIRFAX, Va. — A transportation exists in Virginia, and the establishment of high-speed rail would be a benefit to commuters and the state as a whole. Full editorial: Fairfax Times
Editorial: Amtrak privatization plan not ready to leave the station
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, June 21, 2011.) PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — A plan rolled out in the Republican-controlled House to offer Amtrak's Northeast Corridor to private operators is not ready to leave the station. The Philadelphia Inquirer editorial says that the...
House transportation committee has new Republican member
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on June 20, 2011.) On Friday, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman John Mica (R-Fla.) announced that U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.) had joined the committee. The body’s full...
W.Va.’s Rockefeller, Rahall oppose Amtrak privatization plan
(The following appeared on the Charleston Gazette website on June 20, 2011.) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Senator Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., and Rep. Nick J. Rahall, D-W.Va., are opposed to a House Republican plan to privatize Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor. Both legislators told...
Rahall: Republican plan to abolish Amtrak ‘death knell’ for passenger rail service in America
(U.S. Rep Nick Rahall (D-WV) issued the following press release on June 15, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Republicans on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee today unveiled a controversial partisan proposal to privatize Amtrak that will destroy American...
Editorial: Mica/Shuster Amtrak bill just a rehash of same old, tired rhetoric — and it won’t work
(The following is an excerpt from an editorial that appeared on the Railway Age website on June 16, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — On June 15, we were introduced to the latest “Let’s Pull Amtrak Apart, Pulverize All the Pieces In a Blender, Dump It Out, and Get People Who...
Small plan makes emergency landing on S.C. railroad tracks
(The following appeared on the Post and Courier website on June 20, 2011.) RIDGEVILLE, S.C. — An airplane made an emergency landing on the bumpy railroad tracks in the middle of town here Saturday night. The Piper Super Cub was sitting in a yard near Duke's BBQ Sunday...
Missouri town seeks injunction against BNSF over flooding
(The Associated Press circulated the following on June 17, 2011.) OREGON, Mo. — The northwest Missouri village of Big Lake is seeking an injunction against BNSF Railway and the Missouri Highways and Transportation commission, claiming the railroad's raising of its...
50 motorists cited for unsafe driving at rail crossings in L.A.
(The following appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on June 19, 2011.) LOS ANGELES — Fifty motorists were cited over a two-day period this week for flouting crossing gates at some of Glendale’s most dangerous railroad crossings. Metrolink, Union Pacific and...
Railroad trespassers spark huge wildfire in N.M.
(The following appeared on the Pueblo Chieftain website on June 19, 2011.) RATON, N.M. — New Mexico investigators said Saturday that engine exhaust particles coming from an all-terrain vehicle caused the massive Track Fire that so far has burned eight homes and...
CP Rail eyes slice of crude oil pie
(Reuters circulated the following on June 20, 2011.) CALGARY, B.C. — Canadian Pacific Railway chief executive Fred Green had a message for investors about the oil under southern Saskatchewan: This time it will be different and railways will get a piece of the pie....
U.S. Class I workforce slightly larger in May, STB data shows
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on June 17, 2011.) The U.S. Class I workforce continued to enlarge last month. As of mid-May, the large roads employed 157,522 people, up 0.5 percent from April’s level and 4.4 percent from May 2010’s...
Intermodal rail traffic hits 2011 high
(The following appeared on the Journal of Commerce website on June 17, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Major North American railroads, shaking off the doldrums that slowed freight traffic during the spring, had their largest intermodal volume this year during the week...
Teamsters open registration for 2011 Women’s Conference
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Join Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa and General Secretary-Treasurer Tom Keegel, along with your Teamster Sisters and Brothers at the 2011 Teamsters Women's Conference at the Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers in New York, N.Y., August 26-28,...
Union Pacific, baseball go way back
(From the Omaha World-Herald website on June 17, 2011.) OMAHA, Neb. — Railroads transported baseball teams for decades. By 1876, baseball game schedules were based on train schedules, Union Pacific officials say. As a tribute to its shared history with baseball, Union...
Amtrak’s Vermont, New Hampshire stations to be served by bus during track work
(The Associated Press circulated the following on June 17, 2011.) MONTPELIER, Vt. — Riders of the Amtrak Vermonter service that runs through Vermont and New Hampshire will be riding buses this summer. The Vermont Agency of Transportation says construction work on the...
NS upgrades mean more freight trains, boost for industries in Va.
(The following appeared on the News Virginian website on June 17, 2011.) BLACKSBURG, Va. — Improvements to the Shenandoah Valley’s Norfolk Southern rail line will mean a boost for industry and more frequent waits for motorists at railroad crossings, government...
A railroad renaissance for the Southwest?
(The following appeared on the Arizona Public Media website on June 16, 2011.) TUCSON, Ariz. — Next year, Union Pacific will be celebrating its 150th birthday, marking one and a half centuries as a major business interest in the U.S. What may be surprising is that...
CN to sell Louisiana coal terminal for $73 million
(The following appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on June 16, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Canadian National Railway will sell “substantially all of the assets” of Illinois Central RailMarine Terminal near New Orleans to Raven Energy. CN expects the $73 million...
CN acquires Alberta short-lines for improved access to oil sands region
(CN issued the following press release on June 16, 2011.) EDMONTON — Claude Mongeau, president and chief executive officer of CN, said today the company will have invested almost C$400 million to buy and rehabilitate four short-line railways serving resource-rich...
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