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Union Station Celebrates 100 Years - Msnbc
washington - less than 30 years ago, union station, the grand gateway to the nation's capital, seemed to be going the way of the steam engine. like passenger rail itself, the beaux arts building was in decline, with chunks of the ceiling falling off ...
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Improvements On Track For Busy amtrak Routes
federal grants help speed ride to st. louis about 30 minutes will be shaved off the 5 1/2 -hour amtrak trip between chicago and st. louis when train speeds increase to 110 m.p.h. within about a year on parts of the route, state officials said tuesday.
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Feds To Pay Into amtrak Upgrades
the two amtrak routes in vermont will receive $1 million for track improvements, which is expected to cut the travel time for both trains. the u.s. department of transportation on tuesday awarded vermont $581,775 in matching funds to improve a 2-mile stretch of track on the ethan allen route near rutland. the dot also awarded $450,000 to upgrade a 1-mile section of track on the vermonter route ...
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Cn Urges Stb Approval Of Ej&e Acquisition, Cites Overall Benefit To ... - Msn Moneycentral
washington , oct. 1 /prnewswire-firstcall/ - cn (tsx: cnr) cni today urged the surface transportation board (stb) to promptly approve its proposed acquisition of the principal lines of the elgin , joliet & eastern railway company (ej&e), pointing to ...
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$3.3 Million Grant Will Help Missouri amtrak - Kansas City Star
it was a year worth forgetting for amtrak in missouri. ridership in 2007-2008 was the lowest since 2002, and about three in 10 trains ran late. but help is on the way for the beleaguered service between kansas city and st. louis. u.s. transportation ...
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Feds To Pay Into amtrak Upgrades
the two amtrak routes in vermont will receive $1 million for track improvements, which is expected to cut the travel time for both trains. ... - by bruce edwards herald staff
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$3.3 Million Grant Will Help Missouri amtrak
it was a year worth forgetting for amtrak in missouri. ridership in 2007-2008 was the lowest since 2002, and about three in 10 trains ran late.
www.kansascity.com

Air Silver - New York Post
nobody wastes money like albany pols, but here's a new wrinkle: new york taxpayers may have just bought shelly silver a free hawaiian vacation. that's the upshot of a newspaper examination of the jet-setting assembly speaker's travel habits, which ...
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U.s. Money Helps Speed Rail Service In Region: Federal Funds Will ... - Tradingmarkets.com
gov. tim kaine and u.s. transportation secretary mary peters yesterday announced federal funding will help pay for an already-started project to help ease a choke point along the rail line in spotsylvania county. the project will construct a three ...
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U.s. Gives $6 Million To Speed Portland-seattle amtrak Service
the oregonianan amtrak train engine at union station in portland. a project intended to speed amtrak service between portland and seattle landed the biggest grant among a $30 million pool of rail grants awarded today by the u.s. department of...
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Double Points On amtrak Rewards If You Book And Go By Dec. 12
washington (ap) — for the third year in a row, amtrak is offering double points for amtrak guest rewards on qualifying train travel booked and completed by dec. 12.
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Vermont Gets Federal Rail Help - Burlington Free Press
montpelier — the vermont transportation agency is going to be getting about $1 million in federal help to pay for two projects to improve the amtrak passenger rail system in the state. the vermont money is part of a $30 million package nationwide ...
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Passenger-rail Projects, Including In Washington, Get Financial Boost - Seattle Times
richmond, va. — the federal government is chipping in nearly $30 million for 15 passenger rail projects across the country as americans continue to drive less and take the train more, u.s. transportation secretary mary peters said tuesday. the ...
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Rail Safety, amtrak Legislation Moves Forward In Senate
washington - a sweeping rail safety reform bill that also includes billions for amtrak has cleared a key vote in the senate.
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amtrak Funding Bill Clears Hurdle In Us Senate
washington -(dow jones)- legislation boosting funding for amtrak and requiring collision-avoidance technology for trains cleared a key hurdle in the u.s. senate on monday.
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Duluth-twin Cities Rail Line On Federal Money List - Kaal-tv
richmond, va. (ap) - the federal government is chipping in nearly $30 million for 15 passenger rail projects, including one in minnesota, as americans continue to drive less and take the train more, u.s. transportation secretary mary peters said ...
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Road Not Taken Takes On New Meaning As Motorists Drive Less - Cnn
(cnn) -- americans drove 3.6 percent less in july 2008 than they did during july 2007, transportation secretary mary e. peters said tuesday. since november, americans have driven 62.6 billion fewer miles than over the same nine months in 2007. that ...
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Federal Grant Will Help Shorten amtrak Delays In Missouri
the u.s. department of transportation today announced a $3.3 million grant that will go toward improving passenger rail service between kansas city and st. louis.
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Vermont Gets Federal Rail Help
the vermont transportation agency is going to be getting about $1 million in federal help to pay for two projects to improve the amtrak passenger rail system in the state.
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Man Hit By amtrak Train, Killed - Chicago Tribune
police stand by at a train accident where one person was killed. the incident took place before 8 a.m. at metra's edgebrook station, at devon and lehigh avenues, when an amtrak train that left milwaukee at 6:15 a.m. struck the person on the tracks ...
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