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CSX: Rail projects will provide jobs, reduce fuel costs
(The following story by Tiffany Wright appeared on the Daily American website on April 24, 2010.) SOMERSET, Pa. — CSX Transportation and National Gateway officials want people to get all aboard and support a series of projects that will connect East Coast ports to the...
Opinion: Always expect a train
(The following column by Jon Hilkevitch appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on April 25, 2010.) CHICAGO — "I don't really understand the roadway well where the tragic train accident occurred in University Park, and I can see how someone could be crossing over the...
In Canada, railway police stepping up patrols
(The following appeared on the Calgary Herald website on April 26, 2010.) CALGARY — Canadian Pacific police officers are stepping up enforcement this week, taking part in blitzes at railway crossings and running anti-trespassing patrols around rail operations across...
Amtrak considers upgrades to the Texas Eagle train
(The following story by Tim Landis appeared on the State Journal-Register website on April 25, 2010.) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Texas Eagle, train 22, was 15 minutes late. Not bad, said longtime local travel agent Pat McKenzie. “I avoid it. It was always late,” McKenzie...
Amtrak making a comeback in Texas
(The following story by Gordon Dickson appeared on the Fort Worth Star-Telegram website on April 24, 2010.) FORT WORTH, Texas — Robert and Ann Balson's first Amtrak ride from Fort Worth to Oklahoma City was clean, comfortable and on time. The Grand Prairie retirees...
West Coast high-speed rail: First a route must be chosen
(The following story by Hasso Hering appeared on Gazette Times website on April 24, 2010.) CORVALLIS, Ore. — Before anyone can work on plans for high-speed passenger rail in the Willamette Valley, local and state authorities have to decide on a route. Discussion on...
California high speed rail options create friction
(The following story by Russell Clemings appeared on The Fresno Bee website on April 23, 2010.) FRESNO, Calif. — Fresno can't wait for the day when California's planned high-speed rail line runs right through the center of town. But the city's neighbors in Madera...
Coal City, Ill., prepares for an increase in heavy train traffic
(The following story by Kim Smith appeared on the Herald News website on April 23, 2010.) COAL CITY, Ill. — This is one little town that rocks and rolls all day and every night. The walls rock at least 70 times a day as trains roll by -- and that's rail traffic down....
Report details vision for Pennsylvania rail lines
(The following story by Jon Schmitz appeared on the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette website on April 26, 2010.) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — A comprehensive report on the future of rail transportation in Pennsylvania makes no mention of the long-stalled plan to build a magnetic...
Amtrak reports best-ever half year
(The following story by John R. Pulliam appeared on The Register-Mail website on April 24, 2010.) GALESBURG, Ill. — With Amtrak on pace to break its annual ridership record after the first six months of fiscal year 2010, ridership also is up on trains serving...
Amtrak ridership is up, but passengers grouse about frequent delays
(The following story by Andrea Sachs and Nancy Trejos appeared on the Washington Post website on April 25, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak's Northeast Regional train No. 177 was scheduled to arrive at Union Station at 1:25 a.m., but at that witching hour, it had made...
U.S. high-speed rail’s ship finally comes in
(The following story by John Rosenthal appeared on The Washington Post website on April 25, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Like the gleam on the tracks from an oncoming locomotive, high-speed rail transportation in the United States may be finally coming into sight. Before...
Family mourns railroad conductor killed in yard accident
(The following story by William Lee appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on April 24, 2010.) CHICAGO — Malinda Carter lit up her mother's eyes recently when she talked about plans to buy a home in the southwest suburbs. But the bigger surprise was that Carter...
Railroad Retirement Board 2010 informational conferences
CLEVELAND, April 23 — 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....
Group wants to get West on high-speed rail fast track
(The following story by Laura Hancock appeared on the Deseret News website on April 22, 2010.) SALT LAKE CITY — It's called Interstate II, the concept of high-speed railroad ribboning through the United States. For proponents of high-speed rail, the first round of...
TSA improving but must coordinate better with rail industry stakeholders, GAO says
(The following story by Mickey McCarter appeared at HSToday.com on April 23, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has taken steps to improve its surface transportation security efforts but it could work more closely with its...
Editorial: Rail car movement good news scenically, economically
(The following editorial appeared on the Great Falls Tribune on April 23, 2010.) GREAT FALLS, Mont. — A good start. That's what we'd call the news that BNSF Railway is removing about a third of the rail cars that have marred the landscape from Great Falls to the Wolf...
BNSF opens new Memphis rail yard site after finishing upgrades
(The followings tory by Eric Smith appeared on the Daily News website on April 22, 2010.) MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis has long been a railroad town. The city’s central location and the availability of other transport modes like the Mississippi River made it a popular...
Toledo-area residents excited about CSX intermodal hub
(The following report by Justin Michaels appeared at WTOL.com on April 22, 2010.) HENRY COUNTY, Ohio —The CSX intermodal hub is a $175 million project that is projected to create more than 2,000 jobs just outside North Baltimore. CSX announced this week the company...
Motorists reminded of railroad crossing safety in Jacksonville
(The following story by Dan Scanlan appeared on the Florida Times-Union website on April 22, 2010.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — It happened as recently as April 8 when a train engine pulling a caboose painted with the railroad crossing safety message "Look. Listen. Live."...
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