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Freight railroads object to Ohio plan for faster high-speed rail trains
(The following story by James Nash appeared on The Columbus Dispatch website on August 31, 2010.) COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio's transportation director asserted today that passenger trains eventually will reach speeds of 110 mph across the state, even as freight railroads...
DOT announces new, uniform high-speed rail design standards
(The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following on August 31, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced the first-ever uniform technical standards for the manufacture of high-speed intercity passenger rail cars, a...
Lawmaker questions liability cap on train crash
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Daisy Nguyen on August 31, 2010.) SIMI VALLEY, CALIF. — A Southern California congressman whose district includes dozens of commuter train passengers involved in a catastrophic collision wants to challenge a...
BNSF worker struck, killed by Northstar train in Minnesota
(The following appeared at WCCO.com on September 1, 2010.) FRIDLEY, Minn. ― A rail worker was killed after being struck by a Northstar Commuter Rail train headed into the Twin Cities Wednesday morning. The train struck a BNSF Railroad employee in between the Northstar...
Railroad Retirement Board 2010 informational conferences
CLEVELAND, August 31 — The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board will hold free informational conferences throughout 2010 for elected officers of all railroad labor unions. The following is a list of informational conferences that have been scheduled thus far for 2010....
RRB: Summary of annual financial report to Congress
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on August 3, 2010.) CHICAGO — The Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) is required by law to submit annual reports to Congress on the financial condition of the railroad retirement system and the railroad...
Credit for military service under the Railroad Retirement Act
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on July 23, 2010.) CHICAGO — Many railroad employees have at some time served in the Armed Forces of the United States. Under certain conditions, their military service may be credited as rail service under the...
Opinion: New website honors long-ignored Chinese who built CP Rail
(The following column by Stephen Hume appeared on the Vancouver Sun website on August 28, 2010.) VANCOUVER, B.C. — Perched in a wooden lift-top desk with working ink well, at first in a two-room schoolhouse and then in a recently vacated army hut, I was initiated into...
STB to hold oral argument in Entergy routing case
(The Surface Transportation Board issued the following on August 30, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Surface Transportation Board will hold an oral argument on Tuesday, Oct. 26 on the case Entergy Arkansas, Inc. and Entergy Services, Inc. v. Union Pacific Railroad and...
Track work will disrupt St. Louis-Chicago Amtrak service
(The following story by Greg Jonsson appeared on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch website on August 30, 2010.) ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Track work on the rail corridor used by Amtrak between St. Louis and Springfield, Ill., will mean closures on the line off and on for the next...
CN signs mitigation agreement with Long Grove
(The following appeared on the Chicago Daily Herald website on August 28, 2010.) CHICAGO — The Canadian National Railway reached a deal with Long Grove Friday over the impact of the company's takeover of the EJ&E Railroad. The mitigation agreement means CN will...
BNSF derailment to inconvenience Fort Worth passenger rail commuters
(The following story by Gordon Dickson and Bill Miller appeared on the Fort Worth Star-Telegram website on August 31, 2010.) FORT WORTH, Teas — Some Trinity Railway Express passengers can expect at least modest delays in their morning commute until early Wednesday...
NTSB commends Operation Lifesaver for reducing highway-rail grade crossing accidents
(The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following on August 30, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a speech today at the Operation Lifesaver, Inc. (OLI) Symposium in Baltimore, Md., National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Deborah A.P. Hersman commended...
LIRR back on track after fire knocks out service for a week
(The following story by Michael M. Grynbaum appeared on the New York Times website on August 29, 2010.) NEW YORK — After a week of spoiled dinners, missed recitals and frustrating delays, riders on the Long Island Rail Road are to be greeted on Monday morning with the...
Raleigh’s FivePoints neighborhood turns against high-speed rail route
(The following appeared on the Raleigh News Observer website on August 31, 2010.) RALEIGH, N.C. — Nancy Mullin fears the worst. Her fears about a plan for high-speed trains are spreading fast through her handsome, leafy neighborhood near Raleigh’s Five Points. The...
Opinion: High-speed rail plan will test California
(The following column by Jonathan Weber of the Bay Citizen appeared on the New York Times website on August 29, 2010.) NEW YORK — The Bay Area has a reputation as a place where it’s hard to get things done, but you’d never know it from all the recent progress on...
More detained on trains near northern U.S. border
(The following story by Nina Bernstein appeared on the New York Times website on August 29, 2010.) ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The Lake Shore Limited runs between Chicago and New York City without crossing the Canadian border. But when it stops at Amtrak stations in western New...
Western U.S. railroads tout efficiency, future developments
(The following story by Mike Hall appeared on the Topeka Capital-Journal website on August 30, 2010.) TOPEKA, Kan. — The Union Pacific Railroad is spending more than $11.5 million improving its track between Topeka and Herington, part of $2.6 billion it will spend...
Production problems delay delivery of SEPTA’s new Silverliner railcars
(The following story by Paul Nussbaum appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on August 31, 2010.) PHILADELPHIA — Already eight months behind schedule, SEPTA's new Silverliner V railcars will be delayed further by production and labor difficulties at the...
Legislators urge 150+ mph bullet trains, not 110 mph trains
(The following story by Jon Hilkevitch appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on August 30, 2010.) CHICAGO — A revolt is building against what some public officials mistakenly consider high-speed rail. You can't blame anybody who has experienced riding aboard bullet...
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