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Talgo will return to Milwaukee to refurbish trains for Los Angeles
(Source: Milwaukee Business Journal, September 26, 2016) MILWAUKEE, Wisc. — Train manufacturer Talgo Inc. will return to a facility in Milwaukee to refurbish trains under a $73 million contract with the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority. Full story: Milwaukee...
Waste workers from Teamsters Local 137 ratify first contract
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, September 26, 2016) REDDING, Calif. — Drivers at Waste Management, Inc. in Redding, California voted unanimously to ratify their first contract. The Teamster members, who are represented by Local 137,...
LIRR stations in Jamaica, Hicksville to get $186 million upgrades
(Source: New York Daily News, September 26, 2016) NEW YORK — Work to overhaul two stations on the Long Island Rail Road is moving forward. Gov. Cuomo says a $65 million project to construct a new platform and tracks at the Jamaica station in Queens has been awarded....
Rep. Herrera Beutler presses feds to study oil train explosions
(Source: The Daily News, September 27, 2016) LONGVIEW, Wash. — In the wake of the oil train derailment in the Columbia River Gorge, Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler is pressing the U.S. Department of Transportation study ways to reduce fire and explosion risks during oil...
Teamster women in the spotlight at annual conference
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, September 25, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The 2016 Teamsters Women’s Conference wrapped up its final day in Hollywood, Calif., on Saturday with an address from Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. Garcetti...
U.S.-NAFTA freight by rail movement rose in July
(Source: Progressive Railroading, September 26, 2016) All transportation modes except rail carried less cross-border freight by value in July compared with the same period last year, which resulted in a 10 percent decrease to $83.7 billion in the total current dollar...
Hailed a hero, homeless man who found bombs by New Jersey train station gets apartment, job prospects
(Source: Washington Post, September 24, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Lee Parker needed a backpack for a job interview the next day. He had been homeless for several years and carried his few possessions in a plastic bag. So when he and a friend came across a new backpack...
UP to defer breach of Great Salt Lake causeway
(Source: Associated Press, September 25, 2016) SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — Union Pacific Railroad is postponing a planned break up of its 21-mile causeway on the Great Salt Lake. Full story: Washington Times
Teamsters take action at annual Women’s Conference
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, September 23, 2016) LOS ANGELES — The Teamsters Women’s Conference continued on its second day Friday with an address from Teamsters General-Secretary Treasurer Ken Hall, as more than 1,300 Teamster women...
Amtrak’s slow ride from Philly to Pittsburgh
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, September 23, 2016) PHILADELPHIA — Late afternoon and the great haunches of the Allegheny Mountains loomed beside the train's westward winding path. Full story: Philadelphia Inquirer
