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Canadian railways boosted by crude-by-rail evolution
(Source: Financial Post, March 25, 2013) OTTAWA — Moving crude by rail has grown dramatically in recent years and will likely continue to even if more pipeline capacity is brought on, according a new report issued Monday by Steve Hansen, Raymond James analyst. Full...
Hunter Harrison gets $49 million in first 6 months as CEO of CP Rail
(Source: CBC, March 22, 2013) OTTAWA — The new head of Canadian Pacific railway received a compensation package totaling more than $49 million during his first six months on the job, most of it to make up for pension and other payments that his previous employer...
Some of MBTA’s long-awaited commuter rail cars expected in April
(Source: Boston Globe, March 25, 2013) BOSTON — A South Korea-based company under fire for failing to deliver any of its 75 double-decker coaches to the commuter rail on time is making progress on its $190 million contract with the state, and three of the cars will be...
Hoffa denounces TPP on The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters website, March 26, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Teamsters General President discusses how the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement is a dangerous threat to our economy that will lead to the outsourcing of American jobs and...
Opinion: Why don’t politicians care about the working class?
(Source: Opinion column by Mark Thoma, The Fiscal Times, March 26, 2013) If we want to ensure that our children and grandchildren have the brightest possible future, the national debt is not the most important problem to address. Reversing the polarization of the...
Massachusetts plan starts small for big upgrade to rail system
(Source: New York Times, March 25, 2013) BOSTON — Later this spring, Bostonians eager to flee to Cape Cod for the weekend will have an option other than sitting in bumper-to-bumper traffic for 70 miles and fuming along with everyone else. Starting May 24, they can hop...
Hoffa: Right-to-work is part of vast right-wing conspiracy
(Source: Column by Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa, published in the Detroit News, February 13, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Michigan’s lame-duck legislative session was just a warm up for radical billionaires. They are now spreading their gospel of greed and...
Two U.S. Senators introduce railroad antitrust bill
(Source: Reuters, March 21, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two leading U.S. senators on Thursday introduced legislation to strip railroads of their exemption from antitrust laws, arguing that the policy has led to higher costs for agricultural producers and other...
Great Railroad Strike of 1877 remembered with new plaque at Baltimore’s Camden Yards
(Source: Baltimore Brew, March 24, 2013) BALTIMORE, Md. — Most of the historical plaques at Camden Yards are about particular players’ home-runs or Babe Ruth’s father’s tavern, but a new marker outside the ballpark pays tribute not to ballplayers but to railroad...
CN to announce 1Q 2013 financial results on April 23
(Source: CN press release, March 22, 2013) MONTREAL — CN said today it will hold its 2013 annual meeting of shareholders in Edmonton, Alta., on April 23, 2013. The meeting will be held in the Empire Ballroom of the Fairmont Hotel Macdonald, 10065 100th Street,...
