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Just when ya thought everything was okay...
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...ta play on the tracks, and climb on trains... Or cross in front of a train in your car: Crossing, trespasser deaths up in first-half 2010 Friday, October 01, 2010 Rail-highway grade crossing fatalities in this years first six months increased 13.6% to 125 compared with the same period last year. T...
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Rail cost-of-capital 10.43% for 2009
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Rail cost-of-capital 10.43% for 2009WASHINGTON The U.S. Surface Transportation Board (STB) has established the the rail industry's cost of capital for 2009 at 10.43 percent, down more than one percentage point from the 2008 cost of capital. Cost of capital is a crucial determinant in shipper ch...
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Indonesia. Not India!
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Indonesian train crash kills at least 36 By NINIEK KARMINI (AP) 1 hour ago JAKARTA, Indonesia A train crash in central Indonesia on Saturday killed at least 36 people and injured dozens, several with severe burns and broken bones, officials and witnesses said. As most passengers slept on the train,...
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USDOT provides progress report on National Rail Plan
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USDOT provides progress report on National Rail Plan (The the following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on September 29, 2010.) WASHINGTON D.C. Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) released an update of the National Rail Plan in a report, titled Moving Forw...
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New California legislation will enable Metrolink to advance PTC implementation
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New California legislation will enable Metrolink to advance PTC implementation (The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on September 29, 2010.) California California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger recently signed Senate Bill 1371, which authorizes the California Trans...
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Will Canadian bureaucrats derail Seattle-B.C. train service?
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Will Canadian bureaucrats derail Seattle-B.C. train service? (The the following column by Joel Connelly appeared on the Seattle Post Intelligencer website on September 28, 2010.) SEATTLE Amidst copious politician self-congratulation, Gov. Gregoire and British Columbia Premier Campbell c...
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Railroad realignment might go through North Pole
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Railroad realignment might go through North PoleFAIRBANKS, Alaska -- Transportation experts will take a closer look at realigning the railroad through North Pole, thanks to nearly $1 million in federal funding announced Monday, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported. The grant will go towar...
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Amtrak's vision for N.E. Corridor: Bold, fast
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Amtrak's vision for N.E. Corridor: Bold, fast Faster than a bird and faster than a plane is the vision of Amtrak President Joseph Boardman for future Amtrak high-speed service throughout the Northeast megalopolis, north from Washington, D.C., to Boston -- a transportation corridor home to almos...
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Shippers favor STB, rail reform
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Shippers favor STB, rail reform (The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on September 27, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. Nearly three-fourths of rail shippers want Congress to pass a regulatory reform bill, according to a Wall Street analysts survey, and many ship...
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Pan Am eyes TV, fashion
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Pan Am eyes TV, fashionPan American, which few people realize is headquartered in Billerica and Portsmouth, N.H., is taking off again. Not into the wild blue yonder, but into fashion and television, the Boston Globe reports. You need a long memory to call up Pittsburgh banking scion Timothy Mellon...
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Amtrak sued after attendant trips, falls
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Amtrak sued after attendant trips, fallsAn Amtrak attendant is suing her employer for failing to keep obstacles out of the walkway, causing her to trip and fall, the Louisiana Record reports. Claiming her employer is liable under the Federal Employer's Liability Act, Gail Z. Herbert filed suit ag...
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Railroad shares up at the close of September 24 trading
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Railroad shares up at the close of September 24 trading (The Associated Press circulated the following on September 24, 2010.) NEW YORK Shares of some top railroads companies were up at the close of trading: CSX rose $1.75 or 3.2 percent, to $56.14. Canadian National rose $1.57 or 2.5 percent, to $64...
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Derailed transit-union chief blames SEPTA
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Derailed transit-union chief blames SEPTA By MICHAEL HINKELMAN Philadelphia Daily News hinkelm@phillynews.com 215-854-2656 The outgoing president of Transport Workers Union Local 234 yesterday blamed "outside interference" by SEPTA for his failed re-election bid. "SEP...
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New Orleans Public Belt Railroad was run at former director's whim, state audit finds
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New Orleans Public Belt Railroad was run at former director's whim, state audit finds (The following story by Michelle Krupa appeared on The Times-Picayune website on September 26, 2010.) NEW ORLEANS, La. When it came to throwing parties, Jim Bridger loved to play host. And he had the perfect spot f...
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Philadelphia rail expert named to head Amtrak’s high-speed unit
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Philadelphia rail expert named to head Amtraks high-speed unit (The following story by Paul Nussbaum appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on September 23, 2010.) PHILADELPHIA As Amtrak seeks to create and expand high-speed passenger train operations in the United States, the company...
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No leads in Amtrak death
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No leads in Amtrak deathDAYTONA BEACH -- The son of an Amtrak passenger found dead on railroad tracks in Georgia said his mother had too much going for her to have jumped to her death from the train, the Daytona Beach News-Journal reports. Barbara Arteta and her husband, Eugene Arteta, were traveling...
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FRA safety fines to reflect infractions' severity
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FRA safety fines to reflect infractions' severityWASHINGTON -- Civil penalties imposed by the Federal Railroad Administration for violating federal rail safety rules would be tied to a new scale that ranks violations according to the severity of the infraction, writes Stephen Lee for the Burea...
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Canadian border service won't budge on Seattle-Vancouver train fee
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Canadian border service won't budge on Seattle-Vancouver train fee (The following story by Adam McDowell appeared on the National Post website on September 22, 2010.) OTTAWA Train travellers have been fretting in recent days that a second daily train from Portland, Ore., to Vancouver could go of...
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Man dies after fall onto third railBOSTON -- A man was killed Wednesday night after he fell onto the tracks at an Orange Line train station in Malden, The Boston Globe reported. Lydia Rivera, an MBTA spokeswoman, said a report came in at about 10:30 p.m. for a man who had fallen onto the northbound track...
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NJ Transit grilled on train woes
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NJ Transit grilled on train woes (The following story by Larry Higgs appeared on the Asbury Park Press website on September 20, 2010.) TRENTON, N.J. NJ Transit officials found themselves Monday in the place where many commuters were during record delays this summer, in the hot seat. During an Assem...
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Train-service employees returning...
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...and being called back off furlough to work. Led by train and engine crews, employment rises Monday, September 20, 2010 Transportation (train and engine) employees led the way in employment gains for the second straight month, increasing 5.59% in July vs. one year ago, powering an overall Class...
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NJ Gov. Chris Christie may have plans for Hudson Tunnel funds
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NJ Gov. Chris Christie may have plans for Hudson Tunnel funds (The following story by Larry Higgs appeared on the Asbury Park Press website on September 21, 2010.) TRENTON NJ Transit Executive Director James Weinstein said the Christie administration is considering using up to $2 billion in state...
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Freight railroads threaten high-speed rail expansion
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Freight railroads threaten high-speed rail expansion (The following story by Jennifer Levitz appeared on the Wall Street Journal website on September 21, 2010.) NEW YORK Opposition from freight railroads is threatening the Obama administration's multibillion-dollar push to make high-spee...
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BLET's Hagan criticizes Ohio GOP over high-speed rail stance
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BLET's Hagan criticizes Ohio GOP over high-speed rail stance (The following story by Marc Kovac appeared on the Youngstown Vindicator website on September 21, 2010. In addition to serving as State Rep. for Ohio's 60th District, Bob Hagen is a locomotive engineer and member of BLET Division 757.) C...
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As Freddy reported in the Shout Box
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Blazing bridge fire over Harlem River halts Metro-North rail traffic BY Pete Donohue and John Lauinger DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS Monday, September 20th 2010, 12:31 PM ABCThe fire appeared to have broken out in wooden pilings underneath the rail bridge, which connects the Bronx with Manhattan at 13...
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