WASHINGTON — Metro and railcar manufacturer Alstom have jointly agreed to temporarily stop the delivery of rehabilitated railcars to the transit authority until a safety reinspection is completed
Alstom has rehabilitated 194 of 364 2000-3000 series Breda made railcars for the transit authority.
Today’s decision comes after Metro mechanics discovered a safety problem during a routine maintenance [...]

ATLANTA — The city’s mass transit system has posted its first operating profit in nine years, it announced today.
For fiscal year 2005-06, MARTA finished in the black by $19 million, The Associated Press reported. Officials has expected an $18 million loss.
"It’s a very positive picture going into the future," AP quoted Richard McCrillis, MARTA’s interim [...]

WASHINGTON — A U.S. Senate bill is aimed at addressing "the crisis in freight transportation by providing incentives for railroads and shippers to expand their freight capacity," according to U.S. Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss.
The measure was introduced July 26.
"With highways and airways becoming increasingly congested, pressure is on the railroads to accommodate the rising tide [...]

WASHINGTON — Some time this fall, the Surface Transportation Board is planning to hold a public hearing to address "certain issues related to the rail transportation of grain," the agency announced in a news release.
The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) on June 21 released preliminary observations on rates, competition and capacity issues within the [...]

NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corp. named two people to key positions in its operations division, effective Aug. 1, 2006.
Gerhard A. Thelen has been named vice president operations planning and support, headquartered in Norfolk. He will be responsible for the corporation’s operations planning, policies, budgets, research and tests and quality management functions. He has a [...]

DETROIT — Starting Aug. 5, Tigers fans will have the opportunity to turn back the clock and travel to the game the nostalgic way.
Olympia Development, the Detroit Tigers, Amtrak and the Detroit Department of Transportation (DDOT) are teaming up to bring fans to Detroit aboard an existing metropolitan railway beginning in August. The Foxtown Tigers [...]

WASHINGTON — Amtrak Keystone Corridor trains, which operate between Harrisburg, Pa.; Philadelphia; and New York, continue to attract more riders, thanks to recent significant capital investments along the corridor underwritten in part by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Amtrak said.
During the month of June, the Keystone service carried 72,091 passengers — a 20 percent increase over [...]

LONDON – Six hundred Tube passengers were evacuated today in west London tonight after a landslide close to a station on the London Underground.
Commuters on board an eastbound Piccadilly Line train at Boston Manor Station were evacuated after around four tons of debris landed on the tracks. The train collided with the rubble, but London [...]

OMAHA, Neb. — Former White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card was today elected to Union Pacific’s board of directors.
This will expand the size of the Union Pacific board of directors to 10 members.
Card served as Chief of Staff to President George W. Bush from November 2000, to April 2006. Prior to joining the White [...]

Due to Union Pacific freight derailment at Glamis, Ariz., Amtrak Sunset Limited trains 2(26) and 1(27) are cancelled along the entire route with no alternate transportation. Texas Eagle train 21/421(27) is cancelled west of San Antonio, Texas, with no alternate transportation.
Passengers traveling to Phoenix, Tucson, El Paso and St. Louis will be re-accommodated on the [...]