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Commuter trains rolling again after sides reach tentative agreement in San Francisco transit strike
(Source: Reuters, October 22, 2013) SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco's commuter trains lumbered back into operation for the first time in five days early on Tuesday after union workers reached a tentative labor deal with management, ending a strike that paralyzed the...
U.S. Senator plans field hearing on Metro-North outage
(Source: Stamford Advocate, October 21, 2013) STAMFORD, Conn. — U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal has announced he will chair a hearing next Monday on the failure of a 138,000-volt feeder line in Mount Vernon, N.Y., that crippled Metro-North's New Haven Line for two weeks...
A look at train accidents in Canada for the last five months
(Source: Canadian Press, October 20, 2013) OTTAWA — The latest train accident near Gainford, Alta is just one of many that have taken place in the last five months. Click below for a look at some of the accidents involving trains in Canada since May of 2013. Full...
Alberta train derailment renews fears over moving oil by rail
(Source: Globe and Mail, October 20, 2013) TORONTO — Nine blackened tankers are scattered around the site. Part of the rail is mangled, warped, and burned black. A train carrying propane and crude that crashed in the hamlet of Gainford, Alta., early Saturday morning...
Burning CN rail cars keep main line to Pacific blocked
(Source: Reuters, October 21, 2013) CALGARY, Alberta — Burning rail cars from a derailed Canadian train are taking longer to burn out than Canadian National Railway (CN) expected, closing the operator's main line to the Pacific coast and keeping 100 people from their...
CN says controlled burn of propane continues; Residents not allowed to return
(Source: Business News Network, October 21, 2013) OTTAWA — Canadian National Railway said on Monday that a "controlled burn" of propane in derailed tank cars at Gainford, Alberta, began last night and continues this morning. Thirteen cars on a 134-car mixed freight CN...
AFL-CIO to Democrats: We’ll work to end your career if you cut Social Security or Medicare
(Source: Huffington Post, October 21, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — With fresh Capitol Hill budget battles on the horizon, the head of the leading labor federation planned to issue a blistering warning to unions' Democratic allies on Monday, saying the AFL-CIO would "never...
The Turbo Train: A futile, Chicago-born attempt at high-speed rail
(Source: Chicago Magazine, October 18, 2013) CHICAGO — In 1972 — 40 years before Amtrak would celebrate the coming of 110-mile-an-hour, moderately high-speed rail from Chicago to St. Louis — the Chicago Tribune hailed a wonderful new technology scheduled to start...
Metro-North is suffering from safety ‘brain drain’
(Source: CBS New York, October 19, 2013) NEW YORK — A union official said Saturday that the Metro-North Rail Road is suffering as it loses many of its most experienced workers who could prevent accidents. Full story and audio: CBS New York
In Chicago, CTA will quietly nudge rail car bidders to hire Americans
(Source: Chicago Tribune, October 20, 2013) CHICAGO — The CTA is asking manufacturers bidding on a potential $2 billion rail car contract to disclose any plans about new jobs they might create in the U.S. The request for a disclosure on an American jobs plan is not a...
