Railroad News Menu - April-June, 2002

 
    

June, 2002 (below)

 

First Enron then Amtrak, now Worldcom and Xerox -is the Postal Service next?

 

U.S. Government, Amtrak agree on bailout

 

Police search for clues in blaze

 

Lafayette has a lot riding on Amtrak

 

South Shore derailment problem identified

 

Bay City train depot gets new attention

 

Amtrak says it cannot accept all bailout terms

 

Freight railroads call for Congress to act on Amtrak

 

Residents of Michigan urged to stay off tracks

 

Railroad, union ratify contract

 

U.S., Amtrak in tentative deal to avoid shutdown

 

Supervisors recind resolutions

 

Amtrak delays rail shutdown for one week

 

Amtrak's shaky status could delay rail line in City

 

Suburbs plan for rail stops

 

A barely chugging Amtrak looks for another bailout

 

Amtrak to keep trains running for now

 

Repairs reduce Amtrak service

 

Amtrak riders wonder:is it rail's end?

 

South Shore derails in Chicago

 

Amtrak troubles worry passengers

 

Some Amtrak service cancelled due to track work

 

Train kills man on tracks near Bangor

 

US weighs funding to derail Amtrak shutdown

 

NY, NJ senators support Amtrak

 

Amtrak shutdown would disrupt US commuter routes

 

NS track work brings lighter Amtrak schedule

 

Mishawaka, Granger seek end to rail headaches

 

U.S. Transportation Secretary does not want Amtrak shutdown

 

End of the line may be near for national rail passenger service

 

Officials: Rail shop fire likely arson

 

Rail woes: Washington wearing blinders about need for healthy Amtrak

 

Bush proposes leaner Amtrak

 

Amtrak hopeful for financing to avert shutdown

 

Fire damages railcar building

 

All aboard the Toonerville Trolley

 

Amtrak bond rating cut

 

Without loan, Amtrak could shut down next week

 

CP to buy car platforms, add rail track

 

Transporting nuclear waste by rail not as dangerous

 

First woman South Shore engineer dies

 

New automated state service provides data on rail crossings

 

Coalition protests transport of nuclear waste across state

 

No suspects found in case of dog killed on train tracks

 

New NS Triple crown train?

 

E&LS derailment

 

Mine theme park to open

 

Sightseeing train tours slated

 

E&LS Conductor spots naked man

 

Life on the line: cops nab drivers testing luck at railroad crossings

 

 Shoreline Drive project advances (Muskegon)

 

Rail bridge fire interrupts service to Manistee

 

Planners want CSX to maintain spur line

 

Police ride rails to target drivers behavior

 

12 year old OK after ride on outside of train

 

Potterville residents meet to discuss rail lawsuit

 

Scary time at rail crossing

 

Farm Bureau wants to buy CSX rail spur

 

City buys railroad land

 

Boy hitches ride on train

 

Nuclear waste route could run through Green Bay

 

Money will put steam in rail plans

 

High court won't reverse $3 million verdict against GTW

 

Train, traffic halted

 

Potterville residents file lawsuit

 

Remote switching advances

 

Amtrak says its short by $200 million

 

Amtrak's service may be halted

 

Obituary: Donald Drew

 

Staying on track

 

Amtrak needs cash, faces shutdown

 

Effort in works to save depot

 

Senate approves transit bill

 

Questions surround regional transit bills

 

Man allegedly lied to get vouchers

 

Sheriff: Man lied to get vouchers

 

Potterville residents seeking reimbursement face surprises

 

Council to determine fait of railroad depot

 

Haviland makes changes to avoid chemical spills

 

People mover gets back on track

 

Superior police identify burn victim

 

Potterville residents begin submitting damage claims

 

People mover remains down

 

Sides spar over new transit system

 

Crews clean up coal spilled in derailment

 

NS Derailment in Broughton, OH

 

NS Detroit Line Improvements

 

Train incidents

 

Car saved from train

 

Clipper designation change may allow ship to host groups

 

Conductor leaves railroad after long run with Amtrak's Pere Marquette

 

May, 2002 (below)

 

Man burned when fire breaks out in rail yard

 

CN Potterville Derailment articles (most recent on top):

Residents allowed back: bringing life to Potterville 6/1

Potterville residents allowed to return home  6/1

Potterville residents ready to go home 5/30

Work continues on derailment site 5/30

Latest derailment briefing...

Cleanup danger keeps town away

Information for Potterville residents

CN Rail meet with Potterville residents (video)

Cleanup moving ahead in derailment's hot zone

Derailed train keeps town evacuated

Town shaken by derailment

Potterville remains off-limits to residents

Evacuated town waits for all clear

Potterville derailment update

Potterville residents evacuated (video clips)

Chemical leak clears out city

Derailment sends residents packing

Derailment closes CN main line west of Lansing

 

Fire clouds Detroit-Windsor rail tunnel

 

Metro transit plan in danger

 

AATA may get lead role in commuter rail effort

 

Disappearing freighters

 

Coombs rail trestle to get upgrade

 

Couple's work gives new life to Boblo ferry

 

Trail grows on the Iron Range

 

Metro transit future on line today

 

TARTA boss: Transit teamwork needed

 

Train buff sent away for molesting boys

 

3-way deal will shut E. Toledo rail crossing

 

South Dearborn residents fight freight railroad yard plan

 

CSX Operation Lifesaver schedule in Michigan

 

Train runs over railroaders foot (Ohio Central)

 

Snowmobilers aim for Rails-to-Trails linkage

 

 Proposals trades whistles for upgrades

 

Both sides waiting for RTRR decision

 

CSX invests in rail line improvements in Michigan

 

Back on track: Shortline overcomes bad times, looks to future

 

Long overdue, train station getting wheelchair lift

 

Depot owner interested in City's plans

 

What's next for station?

 

Plymouth train underpass delayed

 

New train horns sound great to most

 

Engineer shot, not grazed on NS train

 

Railbuff served on Willard Council

 

Religious-based performers at Railroad Days

 

Bullet grazes train worker

 

Ford Rouge sells switchers

 

Excess pressure in tank cited as cause behind toxic acid spill

 

Cloud of toxic gas forces freeway to close

 

Train-car crash under investigation

 

CP adds power to its growing Expressway trains

 

Amtrak's renewal is no guarantee for NW Ohio

 

Refurbished ferry seeks new home

 

Traffic gets back on track

 

CN deal to end traffic delays

 

Rail tunnel financing in the works

 

Music kept rail engineer on track

 

Reading railroads

 

Trail ties homes to nature

 

Historic baggage car returns to Port Huron

 

April, 2002 (Below)

 

St. Johns depot could become town center

 

Amtrak starts safety blitzes to end lapses

 

Rail plan becoming a reality

 

A Depot Town welcome

 

Deshler derailment cuts communications

 

STB finds Class Exemptions Inappropriate for Riverview Railroad

 

Uneven rails caused accident

 

Monroe derailment is focus of investigation

 

New look for (Ft. Wayne) Baker Street station

 

Repairs turn up trolley track

 

Monroe homes evacuated after train derailment

 

CSX Rougemere derailment

 

Downriver train derailment scare over

 

Aerial view of Monroe train derailment

 

Train derails in Monroe

 

High speed rail's director leads talks about Amtrak

 

CN tickets trespassers

 

Investigators begin probe of Amtrak train derailment

 

A street car named denial

 

Dearborn wants all aboard on rail plans

 

Amtrak to alter Toledo stops for Pennsylvanian

 

Speedlink supporters unite

 

CN derailment on Flint subdivision

 

Plymouth awaits OK for underpass

 

Amtrak, freight railroads at odds over routes

 

34 BLE members on GTW to be paid $2500

 

Amtrak and GetThere announce alliance

 

Amtrak:  Deal will save $85 million

 

"I could not believe what was happening"

 

Thomas the Tank Engine whoo whoos into town

 

Costs impede Detroit-Lansing rail plan

 

CP Rail passenger plan takes railway back to its roots

 

Bush administration delays U.S. rail proposal

 

Seneca (OH) authorities probe man's death

 

Car struck by freight train (photo)

 

Seneca County (OH) ponders derailment strategy

 

Rouge Steel makeover to secure role as producer

 

 NS tests engine auto start/stop

 

Debate rages about shipping of nuclear waste

 

Steam trip sold out, photo day on June 8th

 

Amtrak warns states of possible rail cuts

 

MSU plans rail underpasses

 

Legislation allows trucks to carry heavier loads

 

INDOT to review city's rail plan

 

Police officers are informed about railroad operations

 

Rail overpass plan dies

 

April Fools project near Ludington

 

CCI shoots for April 12 Empire Mine opening

 

SMART asks voters for funds

 

 

 

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