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Canadian Pacific sees crude shipment gains regardless of Keystone’s fate
(Source: Globe and Mail, March 6, 2013) TORONTO — Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. anticipates that its business in shipping crude oil by rail could grow two to three times by 2016, regardless of whether the Keystone XL pipeline is approved. Full story: Globe and Mail
DOT allocates $390 million to reimburse transit agencies in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania recovering from Hurricane Sandy
(Source: U.S. Department of Transportation press release, March 5, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced the allocation of nearly $390 million in FY 2013 Disaster Relief Appropriations Act funds to reimburse the New York...
Amtrak covers 88 percent of operating costs, Boardman says
(Source: The Hill, March 5, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal subsidies are covering less of Amtrak's operation costs, the company's CEO Joseph Boardman told lawmakers on Tuesday. Republicans have railed against federal funding for Amtrak in recent years, but Boardman...
Opinion: It’s no futuristic fantasy, high-speed trains from Indy to Chicago
(Source: Indianapolis Star opinion column by Richard Harnish, executive director of the Midwest High-Speed Rail Association, March 6, 2013) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — For thousands of residents of Indiana and Illinois, few chores are more tedious than making the long and...
Opinion: The war on entitlements
(Source: New York Times opinion column by Tom Edsall, March 6, 2013) NEW YORK — The debate over reform of Social Security and Medicare is taking place in a vacuum, without adequate consideration of fundamental facts. In this kind of conflict over limited goods, one of...
Action alert: Missouri anti-union bill up for debate today
(Source: Teamster Nation, March 6, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, lawmakers in the Missouri House of Representatives are scheduled to debate a bill that would make it illegal for employers to honor an employee's request to deduct union dues from their paychecks. This...
Three men crushed to death in Alabama rail car accident
(Source: Reuters, March 5, 2013) MOBILE, Ala. — Three men were crushed to death and another was injured when a pile of steel beams fell on them in the railway car where they were sleeping, Alabama authorities said on Tuesday. Police said the men were believed to be...
Feds OK Amtrak rerouting in Washington state; Courts may be next
(Source: The Olympian, March 5, 2013) OLYMPIA, Wash. — An $89 million project to reroute Amtrak trains through DuPont, Lakewood and South Tacoma has won key federal approval but could face a local court challenge. State transportation officials announced Monday that...
Wall Street Journal: BNSF Railway mulling switch to natural gas
(Source: Wall Street Journal, March 5, 2013) NEW YORK — BNSF Railway Co., one of the biggest U.S. consumers of diesel fuel, plans this year to test using natural gas to power its locomotives instead. If successful, the experiment could weaken oil's dominance as a...
Opinion: Right-to-work and other betrayals are killing Gov. Snyder, Republican brand in Michigan
(Source: Huffington Post opinion column by Mike Jackson, February 26, 2013) Gov. Snyder and the modern Republican Party in Michigan have betrayed the principles many of our union members who support true common-sense conservative ideals embrace. Snyder's lies and...
