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Federal grant to help Twin Cities & Western RR install PTC
(Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune, August 12, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken and Reps. Betty McCollum and Keith Ellison announced the grant Friday. The money will put in place and test a positive train control system, a technology that...
Teamsters, United Airlines reach agreement in principle for 9,000 technicians
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, August 12, 2016) CHICAGO — The International Brotherhood of Teamsters and United Airlines announced jointly today that they have reached an agreement in principle for a joint contract covering the...
Judge upholds Oregon’s denial of coal export permit
(Source: Associated Press, August 14, 2016) PORTLAND, Ore. — An administrative law judge in Oregon on Friday found that state regulators acted within their authority when they rejected a proposed coal terminal on the Columbia River that would funnel millions of tons...
Texas high-speed rail protesters: ‘Remember Pearl Harbor’
(Source: Grist, August 12, 2016) SEATTLE, Wash. — A Texas company plans to build a high-speed rail between Dallas and Houston, turning a four-hour drive between two of the nation’s fastest growing cities into a 90-minute train ride. “Not so fast,” say the rural...
No movement yet on CP Rail coal train shift from Revelstoke, union says
(Source: Revelstoke Review, August 15, 2016) REVELSTOKE — There’s been little movement from CP Rail on plans to move coal train crews away from Revelstoke, says a union leader. Full story: Revelstoke Review
W.Va. workers strike back: Injunction suspends RTW
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, August 12, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two outs, bottom of the ninth, in a game too many had already called for the opposing team. This was the sentiment in West Virginia prior to Wednesday. The unions were...
Genesee & Wyoming to acquire Providence & Worcester Railroad
(Source: Providence & Worcester press release, August 15, 2016) WORCESTER, Mass. — Providence and Worcester Railroad Company (the “Company”) announced today that on Friday, August 12, 2016, upon completion of a process to assess strategic alternatives, its Board of...
AAR joins legal fray over on-time performance
(Source: Politico, August 12, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads sued the Surface Transportation Board this week over its final on-time performance rule for passenger trains. The freight railroads’ main lobby argues that the rule, which...
BNSF’s busy grain business good news for South Dakota
(Source: Capital Journal, August 15, 2016) PIERRE, S.D. — In another measure of grain trains booming, the number of train carloads of grain shipped in the week ended Aug. 6 was pegged at 24,120, up 12.1 percent over the same period in 2015, according to the...
Teamsters National Black Caucus celebrate 8th annual Women’s Day
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, August 11, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Teamster brothers and sisters gathered in red attire to celebrate the 8th annual women’s day at the 41st Conference of the Teamsters National Black Caucus (TNBC)....
