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PUT COMMUTER RAIL ON THE RIGHT TRACK
February 22, 2009 | St. Pete Times
The cities in America most competitive in today's global economy all have one thing in common: commuter rail. That's why the proposal for a 61-mile rail line through greater Orlando, the world's theme park capital, is so promising. This is the most ambitious effort outside South Florida to begin fashioning a rail line to serve major cities. The goal, the route and the timing are right, and success in Orlando could boost the emerging plans for rail throughout Tampa Bay. But the deal with rail carrier CSX has major financial and legal flaws, and the Florida Legislature needs to fix them. more...Central Florida commuter rail: Who pays if somebody gets hurt?
02/24/2009 | Orlando Sentinel
A 112-ton freight car owned by CSX Corp. rolled unattended down a siding for three miles, finally crashing into a stopped commuter train just outside Boston. Nearly 150 people suffered mostly minor in more...Jerry Hill Won't Run For Congress
02/24/2009 | Lakeland Ledger
BARTOW | State Attorney Jerry Hill announced Monday afternoon that he will not run for the 12th Congressional seat in 2010. .art_main_pic { width:250px; float:left; clear:left; } Cli more...Jerry Hill Won't Run for Putnam's House Seat
02/24/2009 | Lakeland Ledger
BARTOW -- State Attorney Jerry Hill announced Monday afternoon that he will not run for the 12th Congressional seat in 2010. State Attorney Jerry Hill talks to the media, Monday, September 2, 2002 more...We think: Lawmakers need to approve SunRail, now more than ever
02/24/2009 | Orlando Sentinel
Florida's on the cusp of getting its second commuter-rail system. The agreements needed to run trains servicing 17 stations from DeLand to Poinciana are in place -- save one. And the barrier that more...120-Ton Freight Train Taken On Joyride
02/24/2009 | Orlando-WKMG
MIAMI -- Authorities are investigating who took a 120-ton freight train for a weekend joy ride. The CSX diesel locomotive, which had been parked in storage while awaiting assignment, disappeared from the Kendall area late Sunday night. Following the track southward, railroad personnel and Mia more...120-Ton Freight Train Taken On Joyride
02/24/2009 | Pensacola-WEAR (ABC)
MIAMI (AP) -- Authorities are investigating who took a 120-ton freight train for a weekend joy ride. The CSX diesel locomotive disappeared from the Kendall area late Sunday night. The locomotive was parked in storage while awaiting assignment. Following the track southward, railroad personnel and Miami- more...120-Ton Freight Train Taken On Joyride
02/24/2009 | WFLX FOX Palm Beach County
Associated Press - February 24, 2009 7:24 AM ET MIAMI (AP) - Authorities are investigating who took a 120-ton freight train for a weekend joy ride. The CSX diesel locomotive disappeared from the Kendall area late Sunday night. The locomotive was parked in storage while awaiting assignment. Following the track southward, railroad personnel and Miami- more...120-Ton Freight Train Taken On Joyride
02/24/2009 | WTXL ABC Channel 27 Tallahassee
MIAMI (AP) - Authorities are investigating who took a 120-ton freight train for a weekend joy ride. The CSX diesel locomotive disappeared from the Kendall area late Sunday night. The locomotive was parked in storage while awaiting assignment. Following the track southward, railroad personnel and Miami- more...120-Ton Freight Train Taken On Joyride
02/24/2009 | WWSB ABC Sarasota County
MIAMI (AP) - Authorities are investigating who took a 120-ton freight train for a weekend joy ride. The CSX diesel locomotive disappeared from the Kendall area late Sunday night. The locomotive was parked in storage while awaiting assignment. Following the track southward, railroad personnel and Miami- more...Central Florida commuter rail: Who pays if somebody gets hurt?
02/24/2009 | Orlando Sentinel
A 112-ton freight car owned by CSX Corp. rolled unattended down a siding for three miles, finally crashing into a stopped commuter train just outside Boston. Nearly 150 people suffered mostly minor injuries. Multiple lawsuits more...The Wild West in South Florida: Freight train stolen
02/24/2009 | Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
Miami-Dade County Authorities in Miami-Dade don't yet know who took a 120-ton freight train for a weekend joy ride, CBS 4 is reporting. The CSX diesel locomotive disappeared from the Kendall area late Sunday night, where it was parked in storage while awaiting assignment, the station reported. Following the track southward, railroad more...Thief takes freight train on joy ride
02/24/2009 | WFTS ABC Channel 28 Tampa
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FL - Authorities in Miami-Dade don't yet know who took a 120-ton freight train for a weekend joy ride, a Miami TV station is reporting. The CSX diesel locomotive disappeared from the Kendall area late Sunday night, where it was parked in storage while awaiting assignment, the station reported. Following the track southward, railroad pers more...We think: Lawmakers need to approve SunRail, now more than ever
02/24/2009 | Orlando Sentinel
g it is Sen. Al Lawson, representing counties in the Panhandle. Sen. Dockery earlier claimed SunRail would run far more slowly than, in fact, it would. She claimed much of the money being paid to CSX Corp., which would sell 61 miles of track to the state, could instead go to fund community programs, when it can't. Now she's claiming the system's $1.2 billion cost basically amounts to a lie. Th more...Wild West in South Florida: Freight train stolen
02/24/2009 | Stuart News
MIAMI — Authorities in Miami-Dade County don't yet know who took a 120-ton freight train for a weekend joy ride. The CSX diesel locomotive disappeared from the Kendall area late Sunday night, where it was parked in storage while awaiting assignment, the station reported. Following the track southward, railroad pers more...Editorial: Dockery, Goudreau Carry CSX Fight
02/22/2009 | Lakeland Ledger
Shortly after 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Sen. Paula Dockery sent out a press release based on figures from the Florida Department of Transportation saying that the real cost for proposed commuter-rail syste more...Editorial: Pairing up to fight the light rail plan
02/22/2009 | Sarasota Herald-Tribune
TALLAHASSEE - Sen. Paula Dockery sent out a press release on Wednesday based on figures from the Florida Department of Transportation. The release said that the real cost for proposed commuter rail sy more...Railing about commuter rail -- why not waste for war?
02/22/2009 | Daytona Beach News-Journal
What's $1 billion of your tax dollars worth? It depends where it's spent. In a place like Iraq, $1 billion is three days' petty cash. In Central Florida, $1 billion can be the difference between civil more...SunRail: It may be now or never . . .
02/22/2009 | Orlando Sentinel
When Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer led a delegation of commuter-rail supporters to Tallahassee recently, they exuded confidence, almost an air of inevitability. Joined by senators on key legislative c more...SunRail: It may be now or never for Orlando's grand plan to get commuters off I-4, onto daily train
02/22/2009 | Orlando Sentinel
When Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer led a delegation of commuter-rail supporters to Tallahassee recently, they exuded confidence, almost an air of inevitability. Joined by senators on key legislative co more...Human error cause for January train derailment
02/21/2009 | Santa Rosa Press Gazette
Human error caused a train to derail near Milton on Jan. 3, according to a CSX spokesman. The engineer did not comply with a signal to reduce speed to 30 miles per hour prior to a track switch. The train derailed at the switch that was not positioned for the train to proce more...Meet your neighbor, James Dunbar
02/21/2009 | Suwannee Democrat
s grandparents' farm. The Williams family grew watermelons, corn and peanuts and raised hogs. Dunbar enjoyed a 38-year career with the railroad. He got a job with the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, now CSX Transportation, at age 25. His first job was to unload the mail from incoming trains into the depot in Live Oak. Back in those days, the railroad transported the mail and the post office picked it more...Power players push rail project
02/22/2009 | Daytona Beach News-Journal
ndications are that a promise to address concerns about increased freight traffic through Lakeland because of the deal could dilute opposition from there, as well. The rail corridor's current owner, CSX Transportation, plans to sell the corridor to the state and then lease it for freight traffic. Proposed legislation requires SunRail to maintain $200 million in insurance and shield CSX from most more...PUT COMMUTER RAIL ON THE RIGHT TRACK
02/22/2009 | St. Petersburg Times
ng a rail line to serve major cities. The goal, the route and the timing are right, and success in Orlando could boost the emerging plans for rail throughout Tampa Bay. But the deal with rail carrier CSX has major financial and legal flaws, and the Florida Legislature needs to fix them. Under the plan, the state would convert an existing freight line into a commuter rail system from DeLand s more...Railing about commuter rail -- why not waste for war?
02/22/2009 | Daytona Beach News-Journal
orsed a plan for a commuter rail link connecting DeLand to Orlando and beyond. A dozen years later, the SunRail system had evolved into a projected 61-mile, 17-station commuter rail line on existing CSX Transportation freight tracks. Earlier last week, the project cleared its first Florida House committee. But its future is in doubt. The state Department of Transportation's cost projections fluc more...SunRail: It may be now or never . . .
02/22/2009 | Orlando Sentinel
multibillion-dollar budget deficit. And more than half the state's share — $490million — will go to subsidize improvements to freight lines and operations elsewhere in the state owned by CSX Corp. "Why are we helping a private, for-profit company with precious tax dollars?" asked state Sen. Paula Dockery, R-Lakeland, who led the charge that scuttled SunRail in 2008. These ar more...SunRail: It may be now or never for Orlando's grand plan to get commuters off I-4, onto daily train
02/22/2009 | Orlando Sentinel
king at a multibillion-dollar budget deficit. And more than half the state's share -- $490 million -- will go to subsidize improvements to freight lines and operations elsewhere in the state owned by CSX Corp. "Why are we helping a private, for-profit company with precious tax dollars?" asked state Sen. Paula Dockery, R-Lakeland, who led the charge that scuttled SunRail in 2008. These argu more...Support Sought for Commuter Rail Line
02/22/2009 | Lakeland Ledger
ng the state's portion of this project, which is partially financed by federal highway money, out of concerns about the state assuming legal liability for the rail lines from the owner of the tracks, CSX. With the support of Gov. Charlie Crist, Lockett said Metroplan is hopeful that this project will win approval from the Legislature this spring. The funding has to be approved by June, or th more...U.S. 41 Near Adamo To Be Closed For 3 Weeks
02/21/2009 | Tampa Bay Online
TAMPA - U.S. 41 just north of Adamo Drive will be closed for three weeks starting Friday to allow CSX Inc. to repair a railroad crossing. The time of the closing is set for 5:30 a.m. The road won't reopen for an estimated three weeks. Workers will remove and replace the tracks between Seventh more...U.S. 41 Near Adamo To Be Closed For 3 Weeks
02/21/2009 | Tampa Tribune
TAMPA - U.S. 41 just north of Adamo Drive will be closed for three weeks starting Friday to allow CSX Inc. to repair a railroad crossing. The time of the closing is set for 5:30 a.m. The road won't reopen for an estimated three weeks. Workers will remove and replace the tracks between Seventh more...
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