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Wheeling-Pittsburgh is America's seventh largest steelmaker (1984 sales: $1 billion) and also one of its most modern. In the early 1980s, the company went heavily into debt to install a new rail mill and two continuous casters. The effort, coming in the midst of the steel industry's problems, was too little and too late. Losses mounted, reaching about $166 million during the past three years. Last week the company filed for protection from creditors under Chapter 11 of the U.S. bankruptcy law, the largest bust in the industry's history...
...western Sudan yearned for rain. But when wet weather finally arrived this month, it proved to be yet another kind of curse. A heavy deluge produced flash floods that raced through long-dry riverbeds and rushed over brick-hard earth, turning airstrips into quagmires and rendering roads and rail lines impassable. The torrent washed out a vital railroad bridge that linked the region to Port Sudan, cutting off hundreds of thousands of famine victims from emergency food supplies...
...Brussels to his parents' home in Leuze-en-Hainaut, near the French border. The 23-year-old theology student, who has cerebral palsy, telephones the station a day ahead and arrives early to ensure staff set up a ramp so he can board the train in his wheelchair. But rail employees aren't there to work the ramp after 9 p.m. or at weekends. "If I travel, I can't return in the evening," Pion says. Less than half of Belgium's 245 rail stations are fully accessible to disabled passengers. According to Jochem Goovaerts, a spokesman for the Belgian...
ATLANTA To entice more riders onto its three-line rail system, MARTA is installing five flat-screen TVs in every train car to help commuters pass the time. Advertisers pay, so the fare stays...
...Boston Redevelopment Authority released a preliminary plan detailing the community’s priorities for the future development of Allston. That plan, developed by a task force of University officials, Allston residents, and city leaders, calls for the construction of housing units, commercial districts, parks, and a commuter rail...