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- Travel Roundup: Wynn, Las Vegas Sands Amend Debt, Asia Feels Biz Slowdown, Airlines Cut 27,500 Jobs and More
- Wynn and Las Vegas Sands amend debt agreements -- Casino operators Wynn Resorts Ltd. and Las Vegas Sands Corp. each said Tuesday that they amended their debt agreements to help repay their billions of debt. The nation's other two largest casino operators, MGM Mirage and Harrah's Entertainment Inc. have all tried to...
- Blog posts 2009-04-22
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- U.S. Federal Railroad Administration and Bombardier to Develop Prototype for High-Speed Non-Electric Passenger Locomotive
- NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--October 8, 1998--Bombardier Transportation and the U.S. Federal Railroad Administration FRA have finalized a cooperative agreement to initiate the development of a prototype, high-speed non-electric passenger locomotive. Bombardier and the FRA will share project costs, estimated to total approximately $25 million, on an equal basis.
- Research articles 1998-10-08
- NTSB urges Federal Railroad Administration to evaluate safety of lone-engineer operations.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-28 November 2001-NTSB: NTSB urges Federal Railroad Administration to evaluate safety of lone-engineer operations C1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:27112001 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The National Transportation Safety Board today urged the Federal Railroad Administration to evaluate safety requirements...
- Research articles 2001-11-28
- Maglev gets an enthusiastic "maybe" from FRA - magnetic levitation transportation, Federal Railroad Administration - column
- Maglev gets an enthusiastic "maybe" from FRA Is there a future for magnetic levitation transportation in the United States? The Federal Railroad Administration has now made its preliminary assessment. FRA doesn't say yes, and FRA doesn't say no. What FRA says - enthusiastically - is "maybe." In a...
- Research articles 1990-08-01
- U.S. Railroads Inspect, Maintain Bridges Mostly by Themselves, GAO Report Says
- Railroads account for more than 40% of the nation's freight tonnage moving between cities, but the Federal Railroad Administration does only limited monitoring of the condition of the more than 76,000 bridges that carry rail traffic, according to a governRailroads account for more than 40% of the nation's freight tonnage...
- Research articles 2007-09-17
- FRA teams with Air Force to maglev - latest developments in the Federal Railroad Admin and US Dept of Transportation's collaboration in building high speed rail passenger systems - Brief Article
- Even though there is little or no public or private money available to build high speed rail passenger systems, the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal Railroad Administration continue to plug away. The latest developments:
- Research articles 1995-12-01
- Fra Bill Addresses Fatigue - Federal Railroad Administration bill, being considered by Congress, is designed to improve safety - Brief Article
- The railroad safety bill that the U.S. Department of Transportation sent to Congress last month would require each Class I, Class II, commuter, and intercity passenger railroad to submit a fatigue management plan covering train, dispatching service, signal, and track maintenance employees.
- Research articles 1999-09-01
- U.S. to host Pan Am Railway Association next month
- The United States Federal Railroad Administration, with the Association of American Railroad and the American Short Line Railroad Association, is sponsoring the XVI Pan American Railway Congress Oct. 3-9, in Washington, D.C. he headquarters hotel for the Congress is the Hyatt Regency Crystal City in Arlington, Va. ...
- Research articles 1984-09-03
- U.S. NDGPS reprieved
- The Research Innovative Technology Administration RITA of the Department of Transportation DOT has bought NDGPS another year of operation. DOT transferred NDGPS responsibility from the Federal Railroad Administration to RITA last Fall along with just enough funding to maintain current service until October 2007 Without FY08 funding, NDGPS would have...
- Research articles 2007-04-01
- U.S. DOT: FRA orders new safety system for the northeast corridor
- M2 PRESSWIRE-22 July 1998-U.S. DOT: FRA orders new safety system for the northeast corridor C1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:210798 The Federal Railroad Administration FRA today ordered installation of a new train control system to ensure safety for faster trains on the northeast corridor between New...
- Research articles 1998-07-22
- -U.S. DOT: Transportation Secretary announces grant of $2.5m to New York for non-electric locomotives.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-28 October 1998-U.S. DOT: Transportation Secretary Slater announces grant award of $2.5 million to New York for high-speed non-electric locomotives C1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:261098 U.S. Secretary of Transportation Rodney E. Slater today announced a $2.5 million Federal Railroad Administration...
- Research articles 1998-10-28
- New U.S. Department of Transportation Rollover Rig research and rescue training simulator to enhance passenger rail safety.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-11 May 2006-US DOT: New U.S. Department of Transportation Rollover Rig research and rescue training simulator to enhance passenger rail safetyC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:10052006 A new rescue training simulator that can rotate a full-sized commuter rail car up to...
- Research articles 2006-05-11
- DOT seeks to dismantle RSPA.(Washington Report; Department of Transport)(Research & Special Programs Administration.)(Brief Article)
- The U.S. Department of Transportation has proposed dismantling the Research & Special Programs Administration and moving the Office of Pipeline Safety into the Federal Railroad Administration--an agency familiar with hazmat transportation--as a result of heightened security fears. The rest of RSPA would...
- Research articles 2004-03-01
- NTSB Safety Recommendation I-00-1 through -4.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-17 January 2000-NTSB: NTSB Safety Recommendation I-00-1 through -4 C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:15012000 The National Transportation Safety Board recommends that the U.S. Department of Transportation: Establish, in coordination with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration,...
- Research articles 2000-01-17
- Wheeling & Lake Erie gets $25 million loan
- The Wheeling & Lake Erie plans to rehabilitate 315 miles of track and replace 168,000 ties with proceeds from a $25 million federal loan. The U.S. Department of Transportation approved the loan under the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing Program RRIF administered by the Federal Railroad Administration. W&LE operates over...
- Research articles 2004-09-01
- Task force addresses diversity issues - Brief Article
- Burlington Northern and Santa Fe and Amtrak have joined the Federal Railroad Administration in creating a Joint Diversity Task Force to "develop strategies to ensure the full participation of minorities, women, persons with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups in all aspects of the railroad industry." "The Task Force will...
- Research articles 2000-11-01
- FRA wants safer vehicles
- For the Federal Railroad Administration, making the safest ground transport mode even safer has been an axiom, almost a mantra. And as transportation (and/or the transportation crisis) continues to grow within the U.S., FRA is anticipating the growth in the U.S. passenger rail fleet by moving to implement improved safety...
- Research articles 2007-09-01
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- U.S. EPA: 8-HOUR GROUND-LEVEL OZONE DESIGNATIONSOn April 15, 2004, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPA will make final designations for areas for the 8-hour ozone standard. In early December 2003, EPA issued letters responding to state/tribal recommendations for non-attainment boundaries. To read the EPA response and other information, go to...
- Research articles 2004-02-01
- South Norwalk residential project receives federal agency's approval. (United States Department of Housing and Urban Development to guarantee Starrett Corp.'s construction mortgage)
- A proposal to build a 225-unit housing complex adjacent to the South Norwalk railroad station passed a critical hurdle recently when the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development accepted the developer's application. The HUD will guarantee the Starrett Corp.'s estimated $20 million construction mortgage...
- Research articles 1992-02-17
- Pittsburgh: maglev capital of America? - Carnegie-Mellon University magnetic levitation transit plan
- Maglev fever is breaking out all over. In Washington, President Bush asked Congress for $9.7 million for magnetic levitation research, to be divided between the Federal Railroad Administration and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. In New York City on Feb. 23, the Port Authority of New York and New...
- Research articles 1990-03-01
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