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NJ Transit passengers complain train car smells of manure
(Source: www.nj.com, January 29, 2016) NEWARK, N.J. — Complaints about an odor that smells like manure surfaced on Monday and commuters complained on social media that the stench was back on Thursday and Friday morning. Similar complaints surfaced in 2015, and at the...
W.Va. House takes steps to hurt workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, January 28, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The West Virginia House of Delegates passed legislation yesterday afternoon to repeal the state’s 81-year-old Prevailing Wage Act, which protects the jobs and wages of...
IBT’s Hall disputes right-to-work rhetoric at W.Va. hearing
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, January 28, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — “It is time to get down to talk about what the truth is,” Ken Hall testified on Thursday morning, during a hearing chaired by Sen. John H. Shott (R), who heads the...
CP’s Creel says railroad is ‘taking a pause’ from takeover efforts
(Source: Politico, January 28, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Canadian Pacific’s CEO wants everyone to take a big ol’ chill pill. Angst surrounding the company’s proposed merger with Norfolk Southern has begun to hit a fever pitch — an avalanche of worried letters to the...
Statement on missing Teamster member Sierra Shields
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, January 27, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sierra Shields, a flight attendant with Shuttle America for Delta and United Airlines flights, and a member of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, has been...
How China-Europe ‘Silk Road’ trains are sparking a renaissance for trans-continental rail transport
(Source: Forbes, January 28, 2016) NEW YORK — “This was all started one hundred years ago by the Russians,” DHL’s Konrad Godlewski stated as he pointed to a long line that extended across a giant map of Eurasia which was prominently displayed at the front of an office...
California county planners oppose Phillips 66 oil train project
(Source: Reuters, January 26, 2016) HOUSTON — County planners want to squash Phillips 66's proposal to transport heavy crude by rail to one of its California refineries, saying it is too risky to public health and the environment. Full story: Reuters
Judge upholds $4.5 million ruling against trucking firm in 2011 Amtrak fatality in Nevada
(Source: Associated Press, January 27, 2016) RENO, Nevada — A federal judge has refused to grant a new trial for a Nevada trucking firm ordered to pay more than $4.5 million in damages to Amtrak after a truck slammed into a train at a rural crossing in 2011, killing...
Private company gets permits to study Minnesota high-speed rail route
(Source: Post Bulletin, January 27, 2016) ROCHESTER, Minn. — A private company's efforts to build a high-speed rail line linking Rochester to the Twin Cities are steaming ahead as state and Olmsted County officials are expected to suspend work on Zip Rail next week....
Hazmat officials concerned over last week’s tanker derailment in Martinez
(Source: Television station KTVU, January 27, 2016) MARTINEZ, Calif. — Contra Costa County hazardous materials officials said today there are troubling aspects to a company's initial account of the derailment of sulfuric acid-filled train cars last week in Martinez....
