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Nude revelers greet Durango & Silverton tourist train
(Source: Associated Press, June 6, 2013) DURANGO, Colo. — Passengers on a recent run of a popular historic railroad in southwest Colorado got a bit more scenery than they paid for: More than a dozen revelers partying on a nearby beach doffed their clothes to greet the...
45 years after death, recalling Robert F. Kennedy’s funeral train
(Source: Washington Post, June 7, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Penn Central train carrying Kennedy’s body would cut a swath through a small-town and largely rural America populated by people he had spoken passionately to, and about, during his 82-day campaign. Up to...
Vintage train car rolls into St. Louis Union Station
(Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, June 7, 2013) ST. LOUIS, Mo. — A 1920s sleeper car pushed Thursday into Union Station is intended as a harbinger of excursion train activity that will help revive the historic landmark. The car from the old Louisville & Nashville...
CSX wants to lease state land under I-95 for truck and train depot
(Source: Baltimore Sun, June 6, 2013) BALTIMORE, Md. — The Maryland Transportation Authority is reviewing a request from CSX Transportation Corp. to lease about five acres under Interstate 95 to be used for construction of the train and truck depot that will serve the...
AAR: Railroads report increased traffic for May and week ending June 1, 2013
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, June 6, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported that total U.S. rail traffic increased for the month of May 2013 as well as for the week ending June 1, 2013. May 2013...
Trans-Pacific Partnership raises worries about race to the bottom for workers
(Source: Teamster Nation, June 6, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — There are lots of reasons for Americans to be wary of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Negotiations are being conducted in secret. The deal could also let big business make an end run around U.S. worker...
Walmart’s war against unions and the U.S. laws that make it possible
(Source: Huffington Post, June 5, 2013) Walmart's success in keeping its American workforce entirely nonunion is, of course, well documented -- so much so that observers of the company's chronic labor strife almost take it for granted. But even in the context of a...
Costco resisted Wall Street press to cut wages and benefits
(Source: Huffington Post, June 5, 2013) Costco is one of the few bargain retailers to see success in recent months, and according to one executive, it could be even more profitable. If only the company weren't so committed to paying workers a decent wage. “Could...
Connecticut will invest more than $8 million to modernize freight rail
(Source: The Day, May 31, 2013) NEW LONDON — The state will invest more than $8 million to improve and modernize its freight rail system through grants to four rail companies. The commercial rail lines that will receive the funding are New England Central Railroad,...
Nicaragua gives Chinese firm contract to build alternative to Panama Canal
(Source: The Guardian, June 6, 2013) LONDON — Nicaragua has awarded a Chinese company a 100-year concession to build an alternative to the Panama Canal, in a step that looks set to have profound geopolitical ramifications. The president of the country's national...
