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KCS names Ottensmeyer as President and CEO
(Source: Kansas City Southern press release, May 10, 2016) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Southern (KCS) today announced that effective July 1, 2016, Patrick J. Ottensmeyer will succeed David L. Starling as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Ottensmeyer will...
Teamsters: Report is another reminder of need to invest in U.S.
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, May 10, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Underinvestment in infrastructure continues to be a significant problem in the U.S., a new report shows, and it will cost American households upwards of $10 a day through...
Senator Bob Casey to call for increase in Amtrak funding
(Source: Television station WFMZ, May 10, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week marks one year since the deadly Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia. On Wednesday, United States Senator Bob Casey will ask Congress to increase funding for Amtrak. During the conference call,...
OSHA faced with diminishing resources in efforts to keep working people alive
(Source: Column by Rebecca L. Reindel and M.K. Fletcher, AFL-CIO website, May 5, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In 2016, we are reflecting on where we have come and where we are going. It is the 45th anniversary of the opening of the Occupational Safety and Health...
Nazi gold train hunters defy skeptics and begin digging for treasures
(Source: The Telegraph, May 9, 2016) WARSAW, Poland — Two treasure hunters who claim to have found the last resting place of a German military train believed be to laden gold are set to begin digging on the site despite widespread skepticism over their claim. Full...
Green light for $2.3 billion MBTA extension plan
(Source: Boston Herald, May 10, 2016) BOSTON — State transportation officials and MBTA fiscal overseers voted unanimously yesterday to support a scaled-down Green Line extension — if they can get federal approval for the project and find a way to pay for it. Full...
UP plans $19 million investment in Pine Bluff lines
(Source: Pine Bluff Commercial, May 9, 2016) PINE BLUFF, Ark. — Union Pacific Corp. recently announced via a press release that it is investing $19 million to upgrade rail lines to and from Pine Bluff. The investments — $10 million on the rail line between Brinkley...
Only 225 of over 100,000 tank cars were retrofitted in first year
(Source: DeSmog Blog, May 9, 2016) NEW YORK — A year ago, when Federal regulators announced new rules for “high hazard” trains moving crude oil and ethanol, the oil industry protested that the rules were too strict. The main point of contention made by the American...
NY oil train inspections uncover three ‘critical’ defects
(Source: Albany Times Union, May 9, 2016) ALBANY, N.Y. — State and federal rail inspectors uncovered three dozen defects during the most recent round of inspections of tracks, switches and crude oil tank cars across upstate New York. Three of the defects were deemed...
Houston really wants proposed bullet train to make a stop downtown
(Source: Houston Chronicle, May 10, 2016) HOUSTON — A planned high-speed rail line remains a popular project with city officials, many of whom are holding onto hope for an eventual downtown terminal. Texas Central Partners, the private firm proposing the...
