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ALEC continues push to crush democracy
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, July 7, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Elected officials from coast to coast, frustrated by Capitol Hill's lack of action to address the pitifully low U.S. minimum wage, have decided to take the issue on...
How Lincoln’s funeral train car perished in Minnesota
(Source: MPR News, July 6, 2015) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — This year marks 150 years since the end of the Civil War and, five days later, the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Full story and audio: www.mprnews.org
Locomotive from historic Civil War chase to stay in Atlanta
(Source: Associated Press, July 7, 2015) KENNESAW, Ga. — A Cobb County lawmaker says he won't fight a state agency's ruling that one of the trains involved in The Great Locomotive Chase is owned by the city of Atlanta. Full story: www.seattlepi.com
Amtrak train delayed near Rockford by wheel fire
(Source: Rockford Register-Star, July 7, 2015) HUDSON, Ill. — An Amtrak train arrived at the city’s train station Monday afternoon with its undercarriage on fire. The Hudson fire department said there were three fires on the undercarriage, which were caused by dead...
Protesters urge Gov. Cuomo to ban oil trains from New York
(Source: Albany Times Union, July 6, 2015) ALBANY, N.Y. — On Monday, between 80 and 100 people, many affiliated with People of Albany United for Safe Energy, rallied in front of the Executive Mansion on Eagle Street in Albany to call on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to ban...
Down 12% in 2015, Canadian Pacific looking for stock to rebound
(Source: Financial Post, July 1, 2015) OTTAWA — Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. has been in a bit of a slump, but the stock could be set to bounce back after falling 12 per cent so far this year. Full story: Financial Post
Tentative plan would keep Amtrak running in Kansas, Missouri
(Source: Associated Press, July 6, 2015) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Amtrak routes across Kansas and Missouri could keep running under a tentative agreement reached in a dispute over federally required safety systems, officials said Monday. Full story: Topeka...
Editorial: Kansas should fight to keep Amtrak route
(Source: Wichita Eagle editorial, July 6, 2015) WICHITA, Kan. — Though it passes through the state in the dark of night, Amtrak’s Southwest Chief is an obvious asset for Kansas communities. As a state without a lot of transportation options especially in many rural...
Work continues at Maryville CSX derailment site; EPA detects chemical in nearby creek
(Source: Television state WATE, July 6, 2015) MARYVILLE, Tenn. — Work continues at the train derailment site in Blount County as CSX says the majority of impacted soil has been removed and the EPA says dissolved acrylonitrile has been detected in surface water in a...
Shipping crude oil by rail: Are the gains worth the risks?
(Source: Fortune magazine, July 2, 2015) NEW YORK — Booms and busts—in every sense—frame the debate over how to move crude. The past five years have seen a dramatic rise in the shipping of crude oil by rail, triggered by rapidly expanding production in both the Bakken...
