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Hoffa: NAFTA should deal with trucking, labor
(Source: Column by Teamsters President James P. Hoffa published in the Detroit News, October 4, 2017) DETROIT — As governments continue to grapple with much-needed changes to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), U.S. and Canadian Teamsters have joined...
NS to release 3Q 2017 earnings on October 25
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, October 3, 2017) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corporation will announce its third-quarter financial results during a conference call and live internet webcast at 8:45 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017. Quarterly earnings...
China’s high-speed train maker gets $30 billion for export push
(Source: The Economic Times, October 3, 2017) BEIJING — The China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC), which is making a strong bid to export its high-speed train technology, will get USD 30 billion in funding to sharpen its competitiveness in the overseas...
Opinion: How I learned to love California high-speed rail
(Source: Curbed San Francisco opinion column by Matt Tinoco, October 2, 2017) SAN FRANCISCO — Not long ago, I thought the California bullet train shouldn’t be built. Yet I changed my mind. Where I once viewed the bullet train as a boondoggle of epic proportions, I now...
Cutting Amtrak would negatively affect nearly half of all Americans
(Source: Transportation Today, October 3, 2017) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Cutting Amtrak would negatively affect 45 percent of Americans, a report by the National Association of Railroad Passengers (NARP) said. Full story: Transportation Today
Lawmakers, union leaders want MBTA privatization reigned in
(Source: Metro, October 3, 2017) BOSTON — The MBTA privatization debate may change course after lawmakers urged their colleagues Monday to start rolling back the privatization powers they granted the T after the disastrous 2015 winter. Full story: www.metro.us
Felon behind theft of 100 guns from NS train given 10 years in prison
(Source: Chicago Tribune, October 3, 2017) CHICAGO — Growing up on Chicago’s South Side, prolific train burglar Andrew Shelton understood firsthand the carnage caused by illegal guns. Full story: Chicago Tribune
Long, tense cross-examinations mark 2nd day of Lac-Megatic rail disaster trial
(Source: CBC News, October 3, 2017) MONTREAL — A special crimes unit investigator for the Quebec provincial police told a jury at the Sherbrooke courthouse Tuesday he was the first uniformed officer to arrive at the scene of the devastating train wreck in Lac-Mégantic...
Man clings to side of 99 mph German train for 15 miles after accidentally leaving luggage inside
(Source: Independent, October 1, 2017) LONDON — A man survived clinging onto the side of a German high speed train for 15 miles, officials have said. The Romanian man, realizing he had left his luggage on the train in Bielefeld, north Germany, jumped onto a ledge on...
CN rail police get new powers around Canadian rail property
(Source: CTV News, October 2, 2017) MONTREAL — Drivers speeding or using a cell phone near Canadian National property, take heed: CN Rail police have new powers. Full story: CTV News
