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Teamsters at Sysco ratify new 3-year contract
(Source: Teamsters Local 117 press release, October 26, 2016) TUKWILA, Wash. — In the end, solidarity won the day. On Saturday, October 24, Teamster drivers and warehouse workers, employed at Sysco, voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new three-year contract. It was a...
California high-speed rail project moves forward, but critics want investigation into costs
(Source: Television station ABC 30, October 29, 2015) FRESNO, Calif. — The columns that will support high speed rail tracks 50 feet above the Fresno River are going up and Jeff Morales, the CEO of the California High Speed Rail Authority, says more signs of progress...
Audit finds Montana railroad safety lacking as oil traffic rises
(Source: Associated Press, October 29, 2015) HELENA — Montana’s oversight of railroad safety falls short at a time when volatile crude oil train traffic from the Bakken region, already high, is only expected to increase, a new audit found. Full story: Great Falls...
DOT Secretary Foxx announces $500 million in TIGER grants awarded to 39 projects
(Source: U.S. Department of Transportation press release, October 29, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced that the Department of Transportation will provide $500 million for 39 transportation projects in 34 states, some...
MBTA makes eerie discovery in Government Center station
(Source: CBS Boston, October 27, 2015) BOSTON — Deep inside the $82 million renovation of the Government Center MBTA stop, hidden inside a hollow concrete section, rolled in a ball, is a piece of Boston’s past. Two very creepy, very ragged, beat up costumes. They are...
President Obama signs bill extending Positive Train Control deadline
(Source: www.nj.com, October 29, 2015) NEWARK, N.J. — President Obama on Thursday signed legislation giving passenger and freight railroads up to three more years to install an automatic speed control system that safety investigators said could have prevented the...
Cuba’s old trains offer look at country off the beaten path
(Source: Associated Press, October 29, 2015) SANTIAGO, Cuba — From east to the west, trains offer a fine-grained, slow-moving view of Cuba that few foreigners ever see. Full story: US News & World Report
CN seeks monitor to ensure CP abides by court ruling
(Source: Globe and Mail, October 28, 2015) TORONTO — Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. cannot be trusted to stop using confidential information taken unlawfully from rival Canadian National Railway Co. by a former employee, and a judge should appoint a monitor to watch...
Norfolk Southern, New York State begin replacement of Portageville rail bridge
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, October 28, 2015) CASTILE, N.Y. — Supporting jobs and the economy of New York’s Southern Tier, Norfolk Southern, the New York State Department of Transportation, and the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic...
Repairs done, UP reopens Texas line after floods
(Source: Associated Press, October 28, 2015) CORSICANA, Texas — Repairs have been completed on some washed-out tracks in North Texas blamed for a weekend derailment that sent two locomotives into floodwaters. Full story: The Olympian
