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Second Amtrak train from St. Paul to Chicago would be popular, new study says
(Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune, July 3, 2015) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Ridership on a second Amtrak train from St. Paul to Chicago could exceed 150,000 passengers a year, but Minnesota and Wisconsin would have to pay for operating shortfalls, a new rail study...
Amtrak resumes Texas runs after track repairs
(Source: Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette, July 6, 2015) FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Amtrak trains are running again between Arkadelphia and Texarkana, Texas now that tracks damaged by weekend flooding have been repaired, an Amtrak spokesman said. A section of track owned...
AAR: Total carloads for first six months of 2015 down 3.8 percent from same period of 2014
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, July 1, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported weekly U.S. rail traffic, as well as volumes for June 2015 and the first six months of 2015. Carload traffic in June totaled...
Tennessee officials lift evacuation order after CSX car fire
(Source: Associated Press, July 3, 2015) MARYVILLE, Tenn. — Preparations began Friday to allow thousands of eastern Tennessee residents to return to their homes after a CSX train car carrying hazardous material derailed and caught fire. About 5,000 people within a...
Two KCS railroad workers injured in rear end collision
(Source: KTAL News, July 3, 2015) VIVIAN, La. — A train collision in Vivian this morning sent two railroad workers with non life-threatening injuries to the hospital, according to Caddo Parish Sheriff's deputies. Full story: www.arklatexhomepage.com
Former chairman of BLET’s Washington State Legislative Board awarded $1.25 million in whistle-blower case
(Source: Seattle Times, July 1, 2015) SEATTLE, Wash. — A railroad whistle-blower has been awarded $1.25 million by a federal jury in Tacoma after a six-day trial in which the former union and safety official proved he was targeted and terminated on a pretext in 2011...
Deutsch Bahn, engineers’ union agree on wage deal to end strike
(Source: Reuters, July 1, 2015) NEW YORK — German rail operator Deutsche Bahn has reached a wage agreement with the GDL train drivers' union, ending a nearly year-long dispute which caused a series of strikes hitting millions of people, both sides said on Wednesday....
Editorial: Rail yard pollution in Kansas City, Kan., requires closer look by EPA, BNSF
(Source: Kansas City Star editorial, June 30, 2015) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Many neighbors of the BNSF rail yard in Kansas City, Kan., have worked diligently to evaluate the air diesel exhaust pollution that wafts their way day after day, week after week. Full story:...
Teamsters: Unions do worker training better
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, June 30, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — We've written extensively about the importance of unions in American life -- how unions provide a pathway to the middle class by paying $200 a week more than non-union...
FRA’s ‘safety train’ rolls through Fresno
(Source: Fresno Bee, June 30, 2015) FRESNO, Calif. — The Federal Railroad Administration’s “safety train” rolled through Fresno on Tuesday. The self-propelled, 106-ton vehicle is one of five traveling on railroad main lines across the U.S. for the FRA’s Automated...
