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At second day of NTSB hearings, Metro-North official recalls his ‘worst day’
(Source: Connecticut Post, November 7, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Metro-North official Stephen Neville's voice wavered Thursday as he recounted the day nearly six months ago when tragedy struck the New Haven Line near Bridgeport, referring to it as the "worst day of my...
Talgo seeks $65.9 million from Wisconsin for abandoned high-speed rail line
(Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, November 7, 2013) MADISON, Wisc. — The U.S. arm of a Spanish train-maker filed a $65.9 million claim against the state Thursday, setting up a likely lawsuit and reviving debate over Gov. Scott Walker's rejection of $810 million in...
Right-to-work (for less) amendment fails in Senate
(Source: Teamster Nation, November 7, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two of Congress’s most reliably anti-worker senators have a simple message for American workers: Love whoever you want, just don’t love unions. Kentucky Sens. Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul proposed to make...
Five ways the super-rich are betraying America
(Source: AlterNet, November 3, 2013) NEW YORK — As they accumulate more and more wealth, the very rich have less need for society. At the same time, they've convinced themselves that they made it on their own, and that contributing to societal needs is unfair to them....
California Wal-Mart workers strike following stunning Florida victory
(Source: Salon, November 6, 2013) NEW YORK — Southern California Wal-Mart workers planned to begin walking off the job at 7:30 AM PST this morning, launching the first multi-store Walmart work stoppage since the retail giant fired twenty workers who’d joined a June...
D.C. taxi operators sue to stop fines, towings
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, November 6, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Teamster-affiliated Washington, D.C. Taxi Operators Association has filed a lawsuit on behalf of the city’s more than 6,000 cab drivers, demanding that the District...
Englewood to pressure CSX to clean up garbage along railroad tracks
(Source: NorthJersey.com, November 7, 2013) ENGLEWOOD, N.J. — City officials plan to urge the CSX Corporation to clean up trash, tree debris and fix water drainage issues that line railroad tracks, citing concerns about flooding and aesthetics. Full story:...
Oklahoma Public Service Company sues BNSF to force sale of land in Tulsa
(Source: Associated Press, November 6, 2013) TULSA, Okla. — Public Service Company of Oklahoma has filed an eminent domain lawsuit against Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad in an effort to force the railroad to sell property in Tulsa to the electric utility. Full...
Collapse ‘imminent’ for Great Salt Lake culvert on rail causeway
(Source: Salt Lake Tribune, November 7, 2013) SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — The one remaining culvert on the Union Pacific causeway across the Great Salt Lake is in "imminent" peril of collapse, putting vital freight traffic at risk of derailing unless the culvert is filled...
Virginia Tech students create multimodal train stations
(Source: WSLS.com, November 6, 2013) ROANOKE, Va. — With Amtrak expected to have service to the Star City within the next three years, students from Virginia Tech have been tasked with creating designs. But they're not just making plans for a train station — they're...
