News Archive (July 10 through July 16)

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• Feds expected to designate Hudson tunnel project as a priority (AP)
  New York and New Jersey senators, governors, and transit agencies back $6B project.
• NYC Officials Work to Secure Tunnels (AP)
  NYC's MTA, PATH, and Amtrak harden tunnels to protect against bombing and flood.
• Amtrak funding stays steady in House bill (Journal Star)
  House approves $1.3B for Amtrak in '07, equal to '06 and above Bush proposed $900M.
• Protecting rail lines to be a main focus of anti-terror money (AP)
  New Jersey Transit and PATH seek ways to secure transit systems.
• NTSB: Chicago Subway Track Was Too Wide (AP)
  Chicago subway derailment that hospitalized 150 caused by out-of-gauge track.
• Train service back to normal (Toronto Star)
  GO Transit resumes after a Canadian National derailment stranded commuters Friday.
• Train would link Ohio cities (Enquirer)
  $3.2B high-speed rail plan would link Cincinnati, Dayton, Columbus, and Cleveland.
• Rail Runner sets off on inaugural trip (New Mexico Business Weekly)
  Commuter rail service begins Friday on Albuquerque to Bernalillo route.
• Light rail chosen to link Seattle, Eastside (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
  Sound Transit chooses $3.9B light rail for 11 mile link between Seattle and Redmond.
• Planners seek commuter, tourist uses for Mountain Division rail (KeepMeCurrent)
  Maine considers potential uses of state-owned railroad.
• Boston train service to add weekend runs (Providence Journal)
  MBTA adds night and weekend service on Boston to Providence route.
• Port Authority gives nod to twin tunnels under Allegheny River (Post-Gazette)
  Pittsburgh's Port Authority awards contract for light rail tunnels under Allegheny RIver.
• India: Bombers had Pakistani help (AP)
  India's prime minister says train bombers that killed 200 had Pakistan support.
• Amtrak.com eases U.S. travelers into a 'training program' (ATW)
  Amtrak continues improvements to website which now accounts for nearly 40% of sales.
• Metra builds its case for STAR Line (Schaumburg Review)
  Proposed route would link O'Hare and Joliet over the Elgin Joliet & Eastern Railway.
• Talk about a fuel bill, railroads aim to conserve (Virginian-Pilot)
  Norfolk Southern orders fuel-efficient locomotives, encourages engineers to conserve.
• Trinity Industries to sell European rail business (Dallas Business Journal)
  Railcar maker to sell European rail business to Luxembourg company.
• Trinity: On Track for Solid Growth (Business Week)
  S&P says railcar maker is enjoying strong demand and rising margins.
• Genesee & Wyoming Reports Traffic for June and Second Quarter (GWR)
  Regional and shortline operator's June carloadings rise 6.5% despite drop in coal.
• RailAmerica Reports June Carloads (RRA)
  Shortline operator's June carloadings fall 2.5%, with declines in 10 of 14 commodities.
• Coal, Grain Lead Increase in Rail Freight Traffic (AAR)
  Overall US carload volume up 4.9% in the week ended July 8.
• Train line upgrade stopped in its tracks (Chicago Tribune)
  DM&E's $2.5B expansion thwarted by legal, regulatory, and political obstacles.
• Rail lines carrying more, longer cargo (AP)
  Rapid intermodal growth brings increased rail traffic to Kansas.
• CSX completes upgrade to tracks in Ashland area (Times-Dispatch)
  $6M project should reduce freight backups, improve Amtrak service north of Richmond.
• Freight train derails in Cedar Falls (AP)
  Canadian National derails nine coal cars Friday in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
• ACE trains expected to run Friday (Contra Costa Times)
  Altamont Commuter Express resumes commuter rail service Friday after fires.
• Expert: Chlorine Railcars Pose Danger To Cities (Click2Houston)
  Houston considers risk of chlorine cars through city.
• Acela Express Cafe Cars Introduce Wireless Processing of Credit Cards (Amtrak)
  Amtrak to provide instant authorization of credit card purchases in Acela cafe cars.
• BNSF/California derailment prompts evacuation (AP)
  Five locomotives and seven cars of a BNSF train derail in remote Northern California.
• Train derails south of downtown Wichita (AP)
  Union Pacific derails six cars Tuesday morning south of Wichita.
• Freight cars derail in Hershey, forcing families from 10 homes
  Norfolk Southern derailment of 13 cars in Hershey PA forces evacuations.