As Tropical Storm Bonnie and Hurricane Charley moved towards Florida, railroads were altering their services to avoid the storm.
“If Bonnie remains on its current track, it is expected to move northeast through the Florida Panhandle toward Atlanta, Ga., and then proceed toward the Carolinas and the Atlantic Coast,” CSX said [...]

NEW YORK – 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. [...]

MONTREAL – 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.
The contract for the 5-year design-build portion of the concession contract is valued at approximately $600 million. Bombardier’s share of the design-build contract is approximately [...]

Class I Railroads have offered their 2004 “Fall Peak” service plans via a letter sent to Surface Transportation Board (STB) Chairman Roger Nober, the STB announced.
Nober on June 9 sent a letter to the presidents of each Class I railroad asking them to inform the Board of their plans to meet this fall’s expected increase [...]

AKRON, Ohio – The Wheeling & Lake Erie (W&LE) Railway will get a much needed face lift thanks to a new loan from the U.S. Department of Transportation meant to boost the competitiveness of the railroad that serves as a key economic link in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
U.S. Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy Emil [...]

Railroads, The New York Times reported July 11, have hampered federal investigations by failing to promptly report fatal crashes. The report immediately sparked criticism from Union Pacific and the Federal Railroad Administration.
“It’s a systemic failure,” James E. Hall, a former chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, told The New York Times. “It’s been [...]