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Amtrak rolling strong after more than 40 years
(Source: McClatchy Newspapers, October 25, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In 1958, an Interstate Commerce Commission report predicted that the passenger train would vanish by 1970, the victim of a traveling public whose affection had shifted to cars and airplanes. But the...
Missouri First Student school bus drivers choose Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, October 25, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — School bus drivers and monitors with First Student in Sedalia, Mo., have voted overwhelmingly to join Teamsters Local 833 in Jefferson City, Mo. The 45 school bus...
Amtrak’s Great Dome car will return to the rails between Chicago and Quincy
(Source: Railway Age, October 24, 2013) NEW YORK — Passengers riding Amtrak Illinois Zephyr trains between Chicago and Quincy will have a unique opportunity this fall to view the change of seasons when the historic “Great Dome” railcar is part of Trains 380 and 383...
Whistleblower lawsuit says CN is cooking its books
(Source: CBC, October 24, 2013) OTTAWA — A whistleblower lawsuit in the United States is accusing CN Rail of fudging its numbers to increase executive bonuses and to make it appear to be North America's most efficient railroad for investors. Full story: CBC
For historic Norfolk Southern locomotive, it’s a midnight departure by air and truck
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, October 24, 2013) ATLANTA, Ga. — What can shut down two lanes of Peachtree Street on a bustling Friday night in Midtown? It’s the Best Friend of Charleston, historic icon of Norfolk Southern Railway, hoisted high above the...
Washington D.C. taxi drivers form association with Teamsters union
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, October 24, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Cab drivers in the nation’s capital are joining together with the Teamsters Union to announce the formation of the new Washington, D.C. Taxi Operators Association. The...
Man assaults two women and Amtrak conductor near Oakland train station
(Source: San Jose Mercury News, October 24, 2013) OAKLAND, Calif. — A man who randomly walked up to two women and punched them in the face, punched a train conductor, then pulled a knife on a witness who tried to help, was arrested Thursday afternoon near the Amtrak...
UP derailment highlights rail safety in El Paso
(Source: Newspaper Tree, October 24, 2013) EL PASO, Texas — A Union Pacific train derailment on Friday, October 18 in central El Paso was the first derailment in El Paso County in at least a decade, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad...
As U.S. crude prices fall, rail shipments rise
(Source: Reuters, October 23, 2013) HOUSTON — The volumes of U.S. crude moving by train is on the rise again after a pullback earlier this year when higher oil prices eroded the savings of moving it to markets via rail, analysts and railroad executives say. Full...
Railroads and Indians are steamed at the FCC
(Source: Bloomberg Businessweek, October 24, 2013) NEW YORK — On Sept. 12, 2008, a Los Angeles commuter train collided with an oncoming freight train, killing 25 people and injuring more than 100. Federal investigators found the operator was texting while driving the...
