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Unions gaining power in Massachusetts
(Source: Boston Globe, July 24, 2014) BOSTON — If labor leaders were to march in front of the State House this year, their chant might go something like this: “Two! Four! Six! Eight! We’ve got a lot to celebrate!” Among the victories unions are savoring: the highest...
Citing potential cost, ethanol industry opposes inclusion in crude by rail rules
(Source: Bloomberg BNA, July 28, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ethanol producers are pushing back against their inclusion in a Transportation Department rule meant to address a fiery spate of crude-by-rail crashes, a decision the renewable fuel industry says could cost it...
Then and now: Spokane’s railroad history
(Source: Spokesman Review, July 28, 2014) SPOKANE, Wash. — Robert Strahorn was a businessman, writer and promoter who was 25 when he was hired by Jay Gould of the Union Pacific Railroad as a publicist. For several years, Strahorn, along with wife Dell, roamed the...
China exports high-speed rail technology to Turkey
(Source: New York Times, July 28, 2014) NEW YORK — After having built the world’s most extensive high-speed rail network, China is now beginning to export its rail technology, starting with last week’s inauguration of a high-speed railway in Turkey that links the...
Indianapolis pulls future support for Amtrak line to Chicago
(Source: Associated Press, July 25, 2014) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Indianapolis city officials have decided not to provide any additional money to subsidize an Amtrak passenger line between Indianapolis and Chicago, casting its future into question. Full story:...
U.S. sending more ‘dirty’ coal abroad
(Source: Associated Press, July 28, 2014) SPOKANE, Wash. — As the Obama administration weans the U.S. off dirty fuels blamed for global warming, energy companies have been sending more of America’s unwanted energy leftovers to other parts of the world where they could...
Berkshire Hathaway to report earnings on August 1
(Source: Associated Press, July 27, 2014) OMAHA, Neb. — Berkshire Hathaway Inc. will release its second-quarter earnings report Friday afternoon. Full story: San Francisco Chronicle
Canadian Pacific Railway under pressure for delays
(Source: In Forum, July 26, 2014) GRAND FORKS, N.D. — With pressure already on BNSF Railway to put a stop to delays of grain shipments in North Dakota, attention now shifts to Canadian Pacific Railway. U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., sent a letter last week to CP...
Volatile Bakken crude moving on trains through northern Ohio cities
(Source: Akron Beacon Journal, July 25, 2014) HUDSON, Ohio — Bill Rich is troubled by the increasing number of tank cars he sees on the Norfolk Southern Corp. rail line in northern Summit County — rail cars that could be carrying highly volatile Bakken crude oil....
Minnesota crossed by 50 oil trains a week
(Source: Star Tribune, July 27, 2014) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Fifty oil trains, each loaded with more than 1 million gallons of North Dakota crude oil, pass through Minnesota each week, and almost all of them go through the Twin Cities, according to the first detailed...
