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SEPTA to get at least $150 million under ad contract
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, April 24, 2014) PHILADELPHIA, Pa. -- SEPTA's board of directors Thursday approved an advertising contract that will pay the transit authority at least $150 million over nine years. SEPTA retained its current advertising company, Titan...
Inside the Hunter Harrison era at CP Railway
(Source: Globe and Mail, April 25, 2014) TORONTO -- Driving through the rusty underbelly of southeast Calgary, past the scrapyards, used car lots and grain mills, you come upon a windswept field of train tracks and semi-abandoned buildings—a century-old industrial...
Union Pacific ordered to reinstate injured employee, pay more than $85,000 in damages after OSHA found illegal retaliation
(Source: U.S. Department of Labor press release, April 23, 2014) KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Union Pacific Railroad has been ordered to reinstate an injured employee and pay the worker more than $85,000 in damages following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's...
Mile-long oil train moves on Oregon side of gorge
(Source: Associated Press, April 24, 2014) PORTLAND, Ore. -- Representatives of Friends of the Columbia Gorge said they met with Union Pacific officials earlier this month and were assured the company was moving only a few cars of oil on the Oregon side of the gorge,...
In Casselton, DOT Secretary Foxx discusses tank car safety efforts
(Source: Associated Press, April 24, 2014) CASSELTON, N.D. -- The head of the U.S. Department of Transportation said Thursday during his visit to the site of a fiery oil train derailment in North Dakota that his office plans next week to outline options for enhancing...
Oil industry scrambles to retrofit rail cars
(Source: Globe and Mail, April 24, 2014) OTTAWA and TORONTO -- Oil producers in Canada and the United States could see their plans for aggressive expansion of crude-by-rail short-circuited if American regulators follow Ottawa’s lead and force the industry to retire or...
Trailing Canada, U.S. starts a push for saver oil shipping
(Source: New York Times, April 24, 2014) NEW YORK -- A day after Canada issued stringent new rules for the transportation of oil by rail, federal regulators in the United States said on Thursday that they would push forward their own tank standards next week,...
Rail transloading facility proposed for Richardton, N.D.
(Source: The Forum, April 23, 2014) RICHARDTON, N.D. -- A $50 million rail terminal has been proposed for about a half-mile east of Richardton in southeast North Dakota. Grand Forks-based SBG Energy Services applied for the rezoning. The application emphasizes the...
MTA, LIRR unions extend push for contract deal in second PEB
(Source: Newsday, April 23, 2014) NEW YORK -- A Presidential Emergency Board session between MTA managers and LIRR unions extends into a fourth day Thursday, with negotiators on both sides trying to broker a deal to avert shutting down the nation's largest commuter...
Hoffa: Remembering our Brothers and Sisters on Workers’ Memorial Day 2014
(Source: Statement by Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa, April 23, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- “Each year we mark Workers’ Memorial Day as a time to remember and honor our fallen brothers and sisters in the labor movement. In the United States, Canada and many...
