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[ August 17, 2022 ] Lawmakers Raise Alarm About Amtrak Potentially Being Used for Illegal Immigrants to Cross Border Amtrak
[ August 12, 2022 ] MARTA Names New Deputy General Manager Commuter Rail
[ August 12, 2022 ] DART Silver Line Construction Scheduled for Dallas’ Hillcrest Road Commuter Rail
[ August 10, 2022 ] Rail Industry: New Proposed Rulemaking for Rail Regulation has no ‘Plausible Safety Justification’ FRA
[ August 8, 2022 ] United States Patent and Trademark Office Green Lights Rail Vision Application Miscellaneous

SEPTA Statement on Passage of the Pennsylvania Fiscal 2004 Budget

December 24, 2003 Railfanning.org News Wire

The passage of the Fiscal 2004 Pennsylvania state budget restores a 6 percent cut in SEPTA subsidies ($15 million), but does not alleviate the need for greater state support for public transit in the Commonwealth.

MTA, Bus and Rail Operators Reach Tentative Contract Agreement

December 24, 2003 Railfanning.org News Wire

A tentative agreement has been reached on a new three-year labor contract between the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the United Transportation Union, which represents 5,000 bus and rail operators, officials announced Dec. 18.

Innovation Under Way as Railway Aims to Cut Costs

December 18, 2003 Railfanning.org News Wire

Canadian Pacific Railway in December became the first railway in Canada to operate intermodal freight trains with mid-train remote-control locomotives, the company said.

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.

NS to Spend $810 Million in 2004

December 11, 2003 Railfanning.org News Wire

Norfolk Southern Corporation plans to spend $810 million in 2004 for capital improvements to its railroad operations and subsidiaries.

November is Good to Amtrak

December 11, 2003 Railfanning.org News Wire

Amtrak ended the busiest November in its 32-year history with a ridership total of 2,076,054, up 11.7 percent over last year’s total of 1,858,345.

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.

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.

Isabel Slows Trains

October 1, 2003 The Cross-Tie

Rail service along the eastern coast was slowed in September because of Hurricane Isabel.

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.