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NTSB: Rail Fatalities Down

September 3, 2004 Railfanning.org News Wire
Rail fatalities decreased in 2003, newly released information released by the National Transportation Safety Board shows (NTSB).

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Commuter Rail

NTSB: Operator Failure and Safety Oversight to Blame for Collision

September 1, 2004 Todd DeFeo
Operator failure and “inadequate operational safety oversight” by the Chicago Transit Authority are to blame for a Feb. 2, 2004, collision of two CTA trains, the National Transportation Safety Board determined.

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Amtrak

Railroads Alter Florida Service Because of Storms

September 1, 2004 Todd DeFeo
As Tropical Storm Bonnie and Hurricane Charley moved towards Florida, railroads began altering their services to avoid the storm.

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Commuter Rail

Officials: Two Men Planned Subway Attack

September 1, 2004 Railfanning.org News Wire
Two men — a U.S. citizen and a Pakistani — were arrested in late August, authorities charging them with plotting to detonate a bomb in the New York subway.

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Commuter Rail

DFW Planning World’s Fastest Airport Train

August 16, 2004 Railfanning.org News Wire
The world’s largest and fastest airport train, designed to whisk passengers between terminals is part of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport’s $2.7 billion expansion.

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Commuter Rail

N.J. Transit Celebrates Train

August 15, 2004 The Cross-Tie
On July 1, 1854, the first trans-New Jersey train left Coopers Ferry Terminal in Camden and arrived on the then-bare Absecon Island in Atlantic City.

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Hurricanes Force Railroads to Change Service

August 12, 2004 Todd DeFeo
As Tropical Storm Bonnie and Hurricane Charley moved towards Florida, railroads were altering their services to avoid the storm.

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Commuter Rail

Bloomberg and Pataki: President’s Support of Tax Conversion Proposal Paves the Way for a Lower Manhattan-JFK Rail Link

August 12, 2004 Special to Railfanning.org
President Bush’s approval of a request to redirect up to $2 billion in Liberty Zone tax benefits toward other key components of the rebuilding effort in Lower Manhattan likely paves the way for a rail link between Lower Manhattan JFK Airport, New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Gov. George E. Pataki say.

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Bombardier Awarded $320 Million Contract for Fully Automated Rapid Transit System in South Korea

August 11, 2004 Railfanning.org News Wire
The Yong-In LRT Consortium has been awarded a 35-year Build-Transfer-Operate (BTO) concession contract by the City of Yong-In, Republic of Korea, for a fully automated 11.5-mile rapid transit system.

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FRA

To Report or Not to Report? New York Times: Railroads Hamper Federal Investigations

August 10, 2004 The Cross-Tie
Railroads, The New York Times reported July 11, have hampered federal investigations by failing to promptly report fatal crashes.

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