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MTA to vote on new Positive Train Control contract for LIRR, Metro-North
(Source: New Haven Register, April 28, 2014) NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- The Metropolitan Transportation Authority plans to spend $11.3 million more than originally budgeted to put Positive Train Control on Metro-North and Long Island Rail Road lines by 2017, according to a...
Hoffa: Cerberus loots bankrupt airline’s health care account
(Source: Huffington Post opinion column by Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa, April 28, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Private equity firm Cerberus Business Finance, LLC, is looting a bankrupt airline that for 66 years ferried troops and equipment to war zones in...
Recordings detail fire in locomotive ahead of Lac-Megantic tragedy
(Source: Montreal Gazette, April 28, 2014) MONTREAL -- Recordings of radio communication between firefighters in Nantes and a 911 dispatcher in St-Georges-de-Beauce offer a glimpse into the fire that caused a freight train to barrel into Lac-Mégantic and kill 47...
Meet the real Amazon drones
(Source: Huffington Post, April 24, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Delivery drivers are the real Amazon drones -- workers who hustle to feed our growing demand for next-day or same-day delivery from online retailers. And as the e-commerce industry continues to grow, the...
Metro-North gets schedule approval
(Source: Stamford Advocate, April 27, 2014) STAMFORD, Conn. -- After a year of delays on the New Haven Line, Metro-North Railroad has gotten the go-ahead from Connecticut to adopt a new schedule that promises to make arrival times at Grand Central Terminal the same as...
In New York City, $185 million rail tunnel leads to nowhere, for now
(Source: Associated Press, April 28, 2014) NEW YORK -- Taking shape on Manhattan's West Side is a $185 million, federally funded tunnel that leads to nowhere, for now. The 800-foot-long, 35-foot-deep concrete trench could someday lead to two new commuter rail tunnels...
UP to begin upgrading Altoona yard in Wisconsin
(Source: Associated Press, April 26, 2014) ALTOONA, Pa. -- Union Pacific Railroad will soon begin $30 million in improvements at the Altoona rail yard. Full story: Journal Times
Murder suspect pleads not guilty to killing fellow BNSF employee
(Source: Herald and News, April 26, 2014) KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. -- The Klamath Falls man accused of shooting and killing a fellow BNSF employee last week has pleaded not guilty to murder. Full story: Herald and News
CSX train congestion spurs headaches, safety concerns near N. Baltimore
(Source: Toledo Blade, April 27, 2014) NORTH BALTIMORE, Ohio -- For most of the time since its opening three years ago, CSX’s North Baltimore Intermodal Terminal has been a source of pride for the company — one Vice President Joe Biden touted last fall as a shining...
LIRR unions, MTA negotiators end talks without a deal
(Source: New York Daily News, April 24, 2014) NEW YORK -- Efforts to resolve the labor dispute between the MTA and Long Island Rail Road workers — who have vowed to strike this summer unless they have a contract — came up short again on Thursday. Metropolitan...
