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RAILnews.net Archive : August 2001

08/31/2001 : University breaks ground for high-speed rail
08/31/2001 : Empire Builder is on track for trouble
08/31/2001 : U.S. rail giant likes co-operative link with CPR
08/31/2001 : Testing ways to ease train horn noise
08/31/2001 : Officials are cool to rail proposal
08/31/2001 : Railroad must pay landowners when it installs fiber-optic lines
08/31/2001 : Train whistle lesson
08/31/2001 : Decision nears on railroad whistles
08/31/2001 : Trumps plans spurring new look at rail shuttle
08/31/2001 : Chemical Train Derails in Kansas
08/29/2001 : Family plans to sue over rail crossing
08/29/2001 : Woman killed by train in Seattle
08/29/2001 : Specter Backs North Shore Connector
08/29/2001 : Rail plan rises to link Union Station and Pearson
08/29/2001 : Xcel Begins Moving Electrical Lines
08/27/2001 : Beantown Boom
08/27/2001 : Bus company head: train is out to steal passengers
08/27/2001 : Through downtown Spokane
08/27/2001 : Volunteers extend Depot hours
08/27/2001 : Depot preserved as museum
08/27/2001 : Rail safety a concern as passenger service is about to begin
08/27/2001 : Behold models of rail stations
08/27/2001 : Light rail to Grand Canyons South Rim under review
08/27/2001 : Fast trains fall short of Amtrak promises
08/27/2001 : SLC to Railroad: Rip Up Track
08/27/2001 : Souths rail line still two years off: But is 60 percent complete
08/27/2001 : Amtrak Turns the Big 3-0, and In Its Mature Age, Drops Most Fares
08/27/2001 : The Past Is Back on Track
08/27/2001 : Experts get rolling on twin tracks for Tri-Rail
08/27/2001 : Shop owners say progress on light rail halts profits
08/27/2001 : Subsidy for new Tokyo-Narita railway to increase
08/27/2001 : Park opens amid concern over rail line in Clear Lake
08/24/2001 : California Traffic Congestion Relief Act (TCRA).
08/24/2001 : Schedule of nostalgic train trips expands
08/24/2001 : Coalition Applauds Redondo Junction Project
08/24/2001 : Expansion will give Amtrak customers more room to wait
08/24/2001 : Tri-Rail ready to roll double-track deal
08/24/2001 : Bullet Trains Missing Targets
08/24/2001 : High-Speed Train From NY-DC Stopped
08/24/2001 : All Aboard- Metro Launches New Rail Car
08/24/2001 : Commuter train strikes, kills 2d person in 2 days
08/24/2001 : Metal plate that killed woman came from railroad counterweight
08/24/2001 : Settlement of railway lawsuit may revive bike path interest
08/24/2001 : Amtraks high-speed trains lagging
08/24/2001 : $4M in hand to replace Hackensack rail trestle
08/24/2001 : Two freight trains collide in LaSalle County
08/22/2001 : Las Vegas wagers $650M on monorail
08/22/2001 : Portland to bill railroad for cost of fighting wildfire
08/22/2001 : Bullet train to speed Cape into global market
08/22/2001 : German Official Blasts Dirty Trains
08/22/2001 : High-Altitude Railway to Link China, Tibet
08/22/2001 : Foreign cash awaits SA speed train
08/22/2001 : Hudak announces $183,000 in funding for Underground Railroad
08/22/2001 : The Port Master Plan: Big on Rigs, Low on Rails
08/22/2001 : Metro Train Stopped After Driver Becomes Incapacitated
08/22/2001 : Amtrak Has Two-Track Mind
08/22/2001 : Fire Department worries over commuter-rail in 1906-era tunnel
08/22/2001 : Burlington, others to build rail link in Texas-WSJ
08/22/2001 : North Korea Upbeat About Rail Link
08/22/2001 : High-Speed Train Disappoints Amtrak
08/22/2001 : Acela Express Off to Slow Start
08/22/2001 : Property owners win case against railroads
08/22/2001 : 13 Killed in Sri Lanka Train Wreck
08/22/2001 : Cape debates impact of rail link
08/22/2001 : Probe transit profiling allegations
08/22/2001 : State to pay $300,000 to former rail owner
08/22/2001 : Acela introduction at halfway point
08/21/2001 : Southeast High Speed Rail complete round 1 of environmental study
08/20/2001 : A Fair TRAX Fare
08/20/2001 : Former railroad boarding house to be demolished
08/20/2001 : New Stockton Amtrak station site nears OK
08/20/2001 : Martinez projects reaching fruition
08/20/2001 : Cape debates impact of rail link
08/20/2001 : Acela introduction at halfway point
08/20/2001 : UTA reaches settlement with makers of rail cars
08/20/2001 : Light rails Olympic effort
08/20/2001 : Amtrak fares set; stations still lag
08/20/2001 : Alameda Corridor Opening of Redondo Junction
08/20/2001 : Amtrak sets fares to Boston at $21, $35
08/20/2001 : Boating lane shut by bridge repairs
08/20/2001 : Southeast high-speed rail will cut travel times, reduce pollution
08/20/2001 : Next year, trains will be zipping through county at 100 mph-plus
08/20/2001 : More join lobbying efforts on Amtrak
08/20/2001 : Rail depot wont get assessment
08/20/2001 : Race Fans Urged to Leave the Driving to Amtrak
08/20/2001 : Proposed Davis Junction Amtrak line halted for now
08/20/2001 : Davis will keep Coast Starlight
08/17/2001 : National Corridors Initiative Newsletter of 8/13/01
08/17/2001 : Hispanic Affairs Office to Explore TRAX Racial Profiling
08/15/2001 : Conservatives, libertarians and rail: a betrayal of ideology??
08/15/2001 : MBTA eyes Amtrak for rail-delay fines
08/15/2001 : CDOT, railroads working together
08/15/2001 : Punishing the victim -- Amtrak
08/15/2001 : U. TRAX line expected to win UDOT approval
08/15/2001 : Strive for fair transit fares
08/15/2001 : Railroad work sparks blaze that threatens Weber homes
08/15/2001 : U.P. latest Rocky adversary
08/15/2001 : Legacy Parkway gets green light
08/15/2001 : Pasadena Blue Line Hits a Crossing Jam
08/15/2001 : SLC Mayor Specific With Union Pacific: Leave
08/15/2001 : Big S.F. transit plan runs into detour
08/15/2001 : BART breakdown tracked to insulator
08/15/2001 : BART baffled as to cause of shutdown
08/15/2001 : Insulator blamed for BART failure
08/15/2001 : Power loss kills BART for 6 hours
08/14/2001 : Amtrak Expands Acela Express Service as of 8/13/2001!
08/14/2001 : Comments solicited on proposed rail lines
08/14/2001 : Airlines Feel Pressure of Europes Fast Trains
08/14/2001 : Sewers, Howard tunnel connect
08/14/2001 : Tunnel lets rail line go the distance
08/14/2001 : Plans for Nashua to Boston trains rolling along
08/14/2001 : Former Amtrak ticket agent sentenced for embezzlement
08/14/2001 : Cities Call Off TRAX Battle
08/14/2001 : BN Santa Fe train derails, hazardous chemical spilled
08/14/2001 : Amtrak pulls Starlight train from Davis station
08/14/2001 : TRAX, Under State Pressure, Says a Fare Increase Possible
08/14/2001 : Gas Blasts Close Baltimore Streets
08/13/2001 : Making tracks for the seashore
08/13/2001 : Tunnel reaches end of the line
08/13/2001 : With railroad mergers, a rougher ride
08/13/2001 : Amtrak in Limbo
08/12/2001 : Dream grows for Asia-North America rail
08/12/2001 : Several suitors show up at I&M Rail Links door
08/12/2001 : Garbage truck trashes Muni wires
08/12/2001 : N. Koreas Kim Visits Siberia
08/11/2001 : Woman run over by train, survives
08/11/2001 : CTA says sorry with free rides
08/11/2001 : Union Pacific train derails in south Fort Worth
08/11/2001 : Put depot at head of trail, group urges
08/11/2001 : Stop starving Amtrak
08/11/2001 : Woman rails at Amtrak abduction
08/11/2001 : Fast Amtrak train is running at half-speed
08/11/2001 : Train caused large wildfire in Portland
08/11/2001 : New rail stops wont increase cost for riders
08/11/2001 : Commuter rail link may not be feasible
08/11/2001 : Man risks own life to help woman who fell on train tracks
08/11/2001 : A Migrants Journey Ends in Tragedy on U.S Border
08/11/2001 : Taiwan-Japan train project may face delay-sources
08/11/2001 : Sound Transit leases new cars to Caltrain
08/11/2001 : Rail, tax-cap referendums sought
08/11/2001 : Bad morning for BART, Muni Mishaps in Oakland, Richmond District
08/11/2001 : N. Koreas Kim Traverses Russia
08/11/2001 : Amtrak ponders Caprock Chief
08/11/2001 : CSXT Announces Revolutionary New Locomotive Operating System
08/11/2001 : Wisconsin Central Named Top Rail by Logistics Magazine
08/11/2001 : BART strike put on hold for 2 weeks
08/11/2001 : Chemical spill closes Dan Ryan, Red Line
08/11/2001 : Hotel planned in Penn Station
08/11/2001 : Kim Meets Putin, Heads Home
08/11/2001 : Courts Decision Against Union Pacific Railroad Company
08/11/2001 : Global Railway is Awarded $1 Million Contract from the GO Transit
08/10/2001 : Caltrain ridership increases.
08/09/2001 : In Switch, Transit Ridership Outpaces Cars, Study Finds
08/09/2001 : Light rail proposal failing in early returns
08/07/2001 : Anger Unleashed Over Britains Railway Crisis.
08/07/2001 : The Coming Rail Boom.
08/07/2001 : RailAmerica Reports July 2001 Carloads.
08/07/2001 : Doubts cast on CTAs approach to service
08/07/2001 : Caltrain garage to cost $29 million more than planned
08/07/2001 : Train Cars Hauling Chemicals Derail
08/06/2001 : Russias Putin Urges NKorea Railway
08/06/2001 : CTA crash 2nd in 2 months
08/06/2001 : Amtrak plots route to a rebound
08/06/2001 : GOP gubernatorial candidate offers transportation plan
08/06/2001 : Amtrak speeding to end of line
08/06/2001 : Looking for a turnaround, travel industry sees a glimmer
08/06/2001 : 141 injured as `L rams a 2nd train
08/06/2001 : Amtrak Service Returning to Louisville
08/06/2001 : Transportation bill has $6M for commuter rail
08/06/2001 : Traffic jams, airline woes could help boost train prospects
08/06/2001 : Olympic big wheels take bus, but hear of high-speed rail
08/05/2001 : Take the A-train and save gas
08/05/2001 : Chicago Train Accident Investigated
08/05/2001 : Chicago Train Accident Injures 140
08/05/2001 : Chicago Train Rear-Ends Another
08/05/2001 : Passenger train returns to city
08/05/2001 : Engine No. 35 on Track for Museum
08/05/2001 : N. Korea Denies Bullets Hit Moscow-Bound Kim Train
08/05/2001 : Legislation aims to free rail funding
08/05/2001 : Russians Search Kim Train Station
08/04/2001 : �Champion of the Rails� honored
08/04/2001 : Amtrak expected to pull into Louisville starting this fall
08/03/2001 : Davis intervenes in possible BART strike.
08/02/2001 : San Jose Poised to Become Hub for California High Speed Rail
08/02/2001 : Planes, TRAINS and automobiles
08/02/2001 : GOP railroads budget-busting measure
08/01/2001 : Rail bridge safety concerns remain
08/01/2001 : BART asks Davis help in dispute
08/01/2001 : BART union threatens strike if talks bog down
08/01/2001 : Caltrain reinstates fee for not using vendors
08/01/2001 : Plenty of Questions but Few Answers About Travel Industrys Slump
08/01/2001 : Amtrak worker in surgery to reattach arm after being hit by train.
08/07/2001 : Caltrain garage to cost $29 million more than planned
08/07/2001 : Train Cars Hauling Chemicals Derail
08/06/2001 : Russias Putin Urges NKorea Railway
08/06/2001 : CTA crash 2nd in 2 months
08/06/2001 : Amtrak plots route to a rebound
08/06/2001 : GOP gubernatorial candidate offers transportation plan
08/06/2001 : Amtrak speeding to end of line
08/06/2001 : Looking for a turnaround, travel industry sees a glimmer
08/06/2001 : 141 injured as `L rams a 2nd train
08/06/2001 : Amtrak Service Returning to Louisville
08/06/2001 : Transportation bill has $6M for commuter rail
08/06/2001 : Traffic jams, airline woes could help boost train prospects
08/06/2001 : Olympic big wheels take bus, but hear of high-speed rail
08/05/2001 : Take the A-train and save gas
08/05/2001 : Chicago Train Accident Investigated
08/05/2001 : Chicago Train Accident Injures 140
08/05/2001 : Chicago Train Rear-Ends Another
08/05/2001 : Passenger train returns to city
08/05/2001 : Engine No. 35 on Track for Museum
08/05/2001 : N. Korea Denies Bullets Hit Moscow-Bound Kim Train
08/05/2001 : Legislation aims to free rail funding
08/05/2001 : Russians Search Kim Train Station
08/04/2001 : �Champion of the Rails� honored
08/04/2001 : Amtrak expected to pull into Louisville starting this fall
08/03/2001 : Davis intervenes in possible BART strike.
08/02/2001 : San Jose Poised to Become Hub for California High Speed Rail
08/02/2001 : Planes, TRAINS and automobiles
08/02/2001 : GOP railroads budget-busting measure
08/01/2001 : Rail bridge safety concerns remain
08/01/2001 : BART asks Davis help in dispute
08/01/2001 : BART union threatens strike if talks bog down
08/01/2001 : Caltrain reinstates fee for not using vendors
08/01/2001 : Plenty of Questions but Few Answers About Travel Industrys Slump
08/01/2001 : Amtrak worker in surgery to reattach arm after being hit by train.

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