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Grand Trunk Western Railway, Union Pacific ordered to pay back wages to 5 suspended, injured employees after OSHA whistleblower investigation
(Source: U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) press release, March 7, 2014) CHICAGO -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found Grand Trunk Western Railway Co. and Union Pacific...
Tulsa mayor vetoes council resolution backing passenger rail
(Source: Tulsa World, March 4, 2014) TULSA, Okla. -- Tulsa's mayor on Monday vetoed a resolution passed by the City Council urging the state not to sell the state-owned rail line connecting the Tulsa area to Oklahoma City, favoring instead the private sector’s ability...
Planes, delivered by trains
(Source: The Atlantic Cities, March 4, 2014) RENTON, Wash. -- Residents of Renton have gotten used to an unusual sight -- a bunch of jets, plopped atop some trains, trekked through the center of town. The fuselages travel from Witchita, Kansas, into the town's Boeing...
NY DOT seeks bids for second track on Albany-Schenectady line
(Source: Daily Gazette, March 5, 2014) CAPITAL REGION, N.Y. -- Contracts will be put out to bid this spring for the first of several Schenectady-area projects aimed at drastically improving the speed of the state’s passenger rail service. Full story: Daily Gazette
New Union Pacific rail site in New Mexico needs better roads
(Source: Associated Press, March 4, 2014) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A new Union Pacific Corp. facility being built in southern New Mexico is expected to open this year, but border trade officials say it still needs expanded access roads. Full story: Times Union
Mandan diesel recovery wells could stop by 2016
(Source: Bismarck Tribune, March 4, 2014) MANDAN, N.D. -- After collecting nearly 2.7 million pounds of diesel products from below its streets, Mandan should permanently be able to stop its recovery wells by 2016, a consultant told the Mandan City Commission on...
Lancaster Amtrak station almost complete; awaiting ADA-compliant restrooms
(Source: Lancaster Online, March 4, 2014) LANCASTER, Pa. -- After 15 years, upgrades to Lancaster’s 85-year-old Amtrak station are ... almost finished. What still needs to be done? The restrooms are not compliant with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)....
A rough ride for Amtrak passengers through Chicago this winter
(Source: Chicago Tribune, March 5, 2014) CHICAGO -- Amtrak trains operating in Chicago and across the Midwest have slogged through numerous delays and cancellations this winter, a problem fueled not only by unusually heavy snow and frigid temperatures but also, oddly,...
MTA seeks second Presidential Emergency Board in LIRR contract impasse
(Source: Newsday, March 5, 2014) NEW YORK -- The MTA Wednesday asked President Barack Obama to appoint another Presidential Emergency Board, the second such intervention in the four-year contract impasse between the agency and labor unions representing 5,800 Long...
Former Pa. governor says maglev train should be more than a dream
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, March 5, 2014) PHILADELPHIA -- Former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell on Tuesday hosted a pitch for a super-high-speed, magnetically levitated train that could whisk riders from Philadelphia to New York City in 25 minutes and to Washington...
