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Canadian Pacific and BNSF get poor marks for service
(Source: Minneapolis Star-Tribune, November 21, 2014) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Two railroads that serve grain farmers and shippers in Minnesota and the Dakotas have received the lowest rankings in a national report card of railroad performance. Full story: Minneapolis...
Canadian Pacific and BNSF get poor marks for service
(Source: Minneapolis Star-Tribune, November 21, 2014) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Two railroads that serve grain farmers and shippers in Minnesota and the Dakotas have received the lowest rankings in a national report card of railroad performance. Full story: Minneapolis...
Amtrak CEO tells ’60 Minutes’ that New Jersey rail bridge is unreliable
(Source: 2Paragraphs, November 23, 2014) NEW YORK — Amtrak’s CEO Joe Boardman tells Steve Kroft on 60 Minutes (Sunday, November 23 at 7:30pm on CBS), that the 104-year-old Portal Bridge over the Hackensack River in New Jersey is “not reliable” and “its systems are...
Amtrak CEO tells ’60 Minutes’ that New Jersey rail bridge is unreliable
(Source: 2Paragraphs, November 23, 2014) NEW YORK — Amtrak’s CEO Joe Boardman tells Steve Kroft on 60 Minutes (Sunday, November 23 at 7:30pm on CBS), that the 104-year-old Portal Bridge over the Hackensack River in New Jersey is “not reliable” and “its systems are...
TCRC, CN contract talks stall on worker fatigue dispute
(Source: Reuters, November 21, 2014) TORONTO — Contract talks between Canadian Pacific Railway and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) have stalled, the union representing about 3,800 locomotive engineers and conductors at the country's No. 2 railway said on...
TCRC, CN contract talks stall on worker fatigue dispute
(Source: Reuters, November 21, 2014) TORONTO — Contract talks between Canadian Pacific Railway and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) have stalled, the union representing about 3,800 locomotive engineers and conductors at the country's No. 2 railway said on...
Locomotive engineers want FRA to require SEPTA to follow fatigue safety rules
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, November 24, 2014) PHILADELPHIA — Regional Rail engineers have asked federal regulators to require SEPTA to follow a safety rule designed to limit fatigue. SEPTA wants the Federal Railroad Administration to renew a waiver that the...
Locomotive engineers want FRA to require SEPTA to follow fatigue safety rules
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, November 24, 2014) PHILADELPHIA — Regional Rail engineers have asked federal regulators to require SEPTA to follow a safety rule designed to limit fatigue. SEPTA wants the Federal Railroad Administration to renew a waiver that the...
District Attorney declines to charge wife in railroad worker’s murder
(Source: Bakersfield New, November 20, 2014) BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Prosecutors won't file charges against the wife of a murdered railway worker. Sabrina Limon, 35, was arrested this week, accused of conspiring with her lover in the murder of her husband, 38-year-old...
District Attorney declines to charge wife in railroad worker’s murder
(Source: Bakersfield New, November 20, 2014) BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Prosecutors won't file charges against the wife of a murdered railway worker. Sabrina Limon, 35, was arrested this week, accused of conspiring with her lover in the murder of her husband, 38-year-old...
