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Proposed CSX cargo facility in Baltimore causing tension between city, state
(Source: Baltimore Sun, March 20, 2014) BALTIMORE, Md. -- City and state officials are re-evaluating their approach to a proposed railroad cargo facility in Southwest Baltimore, acknowledging that their initial response to community concerns fell flat. Full story:...
Truck driver strike at Vancouver port prompts back-to-work legislation
(Source: CBC, March 19, 2014) VANCOUVER, B.C. -- The B.C. government is preparing back-to-work legislation to bring an end to the two-week-old strike by unionized container truck drivers at Port Metro Vancouver. The legislation will include a 90-day cooling off period...
BC port strike could hit Canada’s biggest railways
(Source: Business News Network, March 20, 2014) VANCOUVER, B.C. -- The work stoppage that has choked the flow of goods and commodities at the Vancouver port could reduce intermodal traffic for Canada’s two major railways and erode revenue in their key forestry...
Members of Teamsters Canada Rail Conference reject second tentative deal with CN
(Source: Reuters, March 21, 2014) TORONTO -- Railway staff of Canadian National Railway Co have narrowly voted against a strike-busting labour agreement tentatively agreed upon by the company and workers' union. Canada's biggest railroad and the Teamsters Canada Rail...
AAR: Intermodal volume up 11.9 percent over 2013 for week ending March 15
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, March 20, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported increased U.S. rail traffic for the week ending March 15, 2014 with 289,375 total U.S. carloads, up 3.1 percent...
National Train Day 2014: Join Amtrak in celebration of why trains matter
(Source: Amtrak press release (PDF), March 20, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Amtrak invites America to celebrate the many benefits trains bring to the nation at the seventh annual National Train Day on May 10, 2014. Trains are an integral part of daily American life and...
Looming possibility of full-on SEPTA strike later this year
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, March 21, 2014) PHILADELPHIA, Pa. -- For Philadelphia-area commuters, the possibility of a first-ever transit strike by all SEPTA union workers could loom large when a federally mandated mediation process for Regional Rail engineers...
Norfolk Southern publishes 2013 annual report
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, March 19, 2014) NORFOLK, Va. -- It was a “big year,” CEO Wick Moorman tells stockholders in the 2013 Annual Report, posted online today, and, “I am confident in the future of Norfolk Southern and the rail industry and in our...
CSX to announce 1Q 2014 results on April 19
(Source: CSX press release, March 19, 2014) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- CSX Corporation will release first-quarter financial and operating results on Tuesday, April 15, 2014, after the market close. The company will host an earnings conference call at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time...
Union Pacific to announce 1Q 2014 results on April 17
(Source: Union Pacific press release, March 20, 2014) OMAHA, Neb. -- You are invited to listen to Union Pacific Corporation's first quarter 2014 earnings release presentation that will be broadcast live over the Internet and via teleconference on Thursday, April 17,...
