COURT GIVES AMTRAK 2 LOCOMOTIVES BACK

                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: SATURDAY, January 16, 1993                   TAG: 9301160171
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-12   EDITION: METRO  
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: NEW HAVEN, CONN.                                LENGTH: Short
COURT GIVES AMTRAK 2 LOCOMOTIVES BACK
Two locomotives seized after Amtrak failed to pay a court award to a former employee were put back on the tracks Friday by a federal appeals court.
The 2nd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in New York ruled that since Amtrak had posted a $2 million bond, the locomotives couldn't be used to satisfy the costs of the court judgment.
The two locomotives were seized earlier this week on behalf of Dolores Schneider of Agawam, Mass., a former ticket agent who won a $1.75 million court award against Amtrak last January.
Schneider was beaten and robbed in the employees' parking lot in 1986 after she worked her night shift at Union Station in Hartford. In her lawsuit, Schneider claimed Amtrak didn't provide proper security for its employees.

by Bhavesh Jinadra by CNB