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‘You’re Hired’: Railroads Expect to Hire 80,000 Workers Over Next Six Years

April 30, 2004 Railfanning.org News Wire

As the nation is coming out of its job slump, freight railroads are expected to hire more than 80,000 new workers over the next six years, the American Association of Railroads predicts.

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Alameda Corridor Project Loan Paid Off Early

April 30, 2004 Railfanning.org News Wire

U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta on April 29 accepted $573 million as payment with interest for a $400 million federal loan that helped launch the Alameda Corridor transportation project but wasn’t due until 2032.

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Communities Can Quiet Train Horns

December 17, 2003 Railfanning.org News Wire

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) on Dec. 17 announced a rule allowing local communities to quiet train horns at some 150,000 railroad crossings nationwide if safety requirements are met.

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Intermodal Sets Annual Record on U.S. Railroads

December 11, 2003 Railfanning.org News Wire

For the eighth time in the past ten years intermodal traffic on U.S. railroads has set an annual record, according to the Association of American Railroads.

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Editor Lectures on Clarksville Railroads

December 1, 2003 The Cross-Tie

Todd DeFeo, publisher of The Cross-Tie, presents a lecture — Railroads in Clarksville: The Present and the Future — to a journalism class at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tenn.

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Hurricane Isabel Suspends Operations

September 17, 2003 Railfanning.org News Wire

Amtrak and other railroads canceled some service in the eastern United States preparing for Hurricane Isabel strike.

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N.J. Transit Set to Open Secaucus Station

August 30, 2003 Railfanning.org News Wire

After much anticipation, N.J. Transit will open its Secaucus Transfer Station Sept. 6 for weekend-only service, Executive Director George Warrington announced July 31.

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The Great Blackout of 2003

August 23, 2003 The Cross-Tie

A sweltering heat welcomed passengers to Penn Station Friday (Aug. 15) as power remained out after the nation’s largest blackout.

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101st Bringing Trains Back on Track in Iraq

August 15, 2003 The Cross-Tie

With a bit of Iraqi industriousness and some help from the 101st Airborne Division, the trains are again rolling northern Iraq.

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TDOT Reorganizes State’s Railroad Crossing Task Force

August 1, 2003 Railfanning.org News Wire

The Tennessee Department of Transportation is reorganizing its Railroad Crossing Task Force.

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