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CSX to release 1Q 2013 financial results on April 16
(Source: CSX press release, March 21, 2013) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Corporation will release first-quarter financial and operating results on Tuesday, April 16, 2013, after the market close. The company will host an earnings conference call at 8:30 am Eastern Time on...
Union Pacific to make infrastructure improvements in Missouri
(Source: Union Pacific Railroad press release, March 21, 2013) OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific Railroad will strengthen Missouri's transportation infrastructure by investing $21 million to construct a more-than-nine-mile second main line track in the Bell City area, in...
Teamsters to Republic Services: ‘Your abuse of communities and workers stinks’
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, March 21, 2013) CHICAGO — At the national Residential Recycling Conference yesterday, the Teamsters Union protested against Republic Services Inc., bringing attention to the company’s appalling treatment...
Big corporations trying to weaken ‘Made in America’ requirements
(Source: Teamster Nation, March 22, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Big corporations are lobbying to make it easier to stamp "Made in America" on products that aren't. Owen Herrnstadt at the Economic Policy Institute warns that businesses are urging the Export-Import Bank to...
LIRR repairs to damaged track an ‘enormous effort’
(Source: CBS News, March 22, 2013) LONG ISLAND, N.Y. — It could be Monday before the Long Island Rail Road finishes repairs to a track that was damaged when a freight train derailed earlier this week. The LIRR said crews have already replaced 1,600 concrete ties that...
AAR: Railroads report total traffic up 0.6 percent over 2012 for week ending March 16
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, March 21, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — AAR reported an increase in traffic for the week ending March 16, 2013, with total U.S. weekly carloads of 280,624 carloads, up 0.5 percent compared with the same week last...
Deal struck to maintain Amtrak’s Harrisburg to Pittsburgh daily train service
(Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, March 21, 2013) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — A subsidy deal the state announced Thursday ensures passenger trains will continue to roll between Pittsburgh and Harrisburg. Full story: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Opinion: Rejecting high-speed rail remains a huge fiasco for Florida
(Source: Sun Sentinel opinion column by Anthony Orlando, March 22, 2013) FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — In June 2009, ten Florida Congressmen sent a letter to the Department of Transportation, requesting over $2 billion from the federal government. They wanted to build a...
Illinois to take the lead in buying high-speed locomotives
(Source: Chicago Tribune, March 21, 2013) CHICAGO — Locomotives capable of exceeding the 110-mph speed limit on the passenger rail corridor between Chicago and St. Louis will be bought for Illinois and four other states under a process the Illinois Department of...
Union Pacific doubling tracks out of Kirby
(Source: San Antonio Express News, March 19, 2013) SAN ANTONIO, Texas — A railroad spokesman said Kirby is a very active main track and installation of the second line increase efficiency. Full story: San Antonio Express-News
