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Amtrak ridership increases in Michigan BATTLE CREEK, Mich. - Michigan ridership has increased for the second consecutive year, officials with Amtrak told the Battle Creek Inquirer. They attribute a 16.6 percent ridership increase in fiscal year 2004 to high gas prices and improved marketing. "We set...

Amtrak numbers up By the Williston Herald The number of passengers riding Amtrak to or from North Dakota jumped 7.7 percent in the last year In Williston, ridership increased 2.9 percent, from 16,196 to 16,659 passengers. In 2004, which ended Sept. 30, Amtrak ridership in North Dakota jumped to 89,3...

Amtrak blames tardiness on freight, rail work ALBANY, N.Y. -- Forget about high-speed rail. How about on-time rail? For passengers waiting to catch the regularly hours-late Lake Shore Limited out of the Rensselaer Rail Station, that would truly be an innovation worth cheering for, according to this ...

Two Remote-Controlled U.P. Trains Derailed In Bailey Yard North Platte Bulletin October 23, 2004 NORTH PLATTE – Two remote-controlled locomotives derailed Friday near the east end of the world’s largest train yard. No one was injured. Some 100 gallons of fuel was spilled, apparently because a fuel t...

Bakersfield looks to get crossings on track BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Once built, four new railroad crossings planned in southwest Bakersfield will ease traffic congestion and make streets safer in the burgeoning area, city officials told the Bakersfield Californian. Construction can't start, however, w...

The most serious derailment came June 28 when a Burlington Northern Santa Fe train collided with a Union Pacific train, puncturing four railcars carrying chlorine gas and ammonium nitrate. Leaking fumes killed three people and sent about 50 others to area hospitals. (This item appeared Oct. 21 in t...

UP train's spill shuts down San Antonio street SAN ANTONIO - A white powder spilling from a Union Pacific train near Palo Alto College temporarily shut down part of a street Wednesday morning but caused few problems, according to the Express News. A passer-by noticed the crystalline white powder fal...

Residents still in shock from train derailment NORTH WHITTIER, Calif. - Inalviz Gonzalez can't sleep, according to the Pasadena Star News. For Gonzalez and 22 families who returned to their homes this week after being evacuated Saturday when a freight train derailed near their homes, it will be a wh...

Mayor says Houston needs to focus on transit costs HOUSTON - Metro should consider abandoning light rail for another transit mode if it could provide better service or cost less, Houston's mayor said Thursday at the second day of a forum examining 11 alternative systems, according to the Houston Chr...

UP train jumps tracks in Kansas City, Kan. KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Railroad officials said seven cars of a Union Pacific (UP) train jumped the tracks Thursday (Oct. 21) in the southern part of the city, according to this Associated Press report. The 84-car train, which was carrying vehicles, had just f...

Rail congestion gives Houston headaches HOUSTON - U.S. railroads carried more freight last week than ever before, but in Houston most of it was moving at a crawl, according to the Houston Chronicle. Big shippers in Houston continue to be frustrated by congestion on the Union Pacific Railroad, which ...