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California high-speed rail construction to start this summer
(Source: Huffington Post, February 26, 2013) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The state's High-Speed Rail Authority has nearly doubled the size of its staff in the past six months and expects the first phase of construction to be "under contract and under way this summer," the...
California lawmakers scrutinize high-speed rail plan
(Source: Associated Press, January 26, 2013) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California officials are using a standard bidding process for their plan to speed construction of the state's $68 billion high-speed rail line, but there are still outstanding questions about the...
NTSB: Train missed signals before Oklahoma crash
(Associated Press, February 26, 2013 TULSA, Okla. — One of two freight trains that collided in the Oklahoma Panhandle last summer, killing three workers and causing an inferno that nearly welded the locomotives together, sped past three signals warning it to slow down...
Teamster Nation: Stop ‘no rights at work’ in Missouri!
(Source: Teamster Nation, February 19, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Extreme anti-worker lawmakers in Missouri say they're set to strike to pass No Rights At Work and paycheck deception bills. Secret recordings reveal how these so-called representatives of the people are...
Amtrak launches new ad campaign for Acela business travel
(Source: Boston Globe, February 25, 2013) BOSTON — Amtrak said Monday that it is launching a new advertising campaign called “Take Off” to promote its premium business class that is available for travel between Boston, New York and Washington, D.C. Full story: Boston...
New Etowah industrial park first in Tennessee to receive CSX Select Site designation
(Source: CSX press release, February 25, 2013) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX will announce that the North Etowah Industrial Park in McMinn County, Tenn., is the first recipient in the state to receive CSX Select Site designation at a special event in Etowah, Tenn., on...
CSX promises relief from late-night train noise in Worcester, Mass.
(Source: Worcester Telegram & Gazette, February 25, 2013) WORCESTER, Mass. — CSX has promised to further “tweak” its operations so Lake Avenue area residents can get some relief from overnight train-related noise at a nearby warehouse. Full story: Worcester Telegram &...
Santa Rosa County Durham School bus workers choose Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, February 25, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — School bus drivers and monitors with Durham School Services in Jay, Pace, Navarre and Milton, Fla., have voted overwhelmingly to join Teamsters Local 991 in Mobile,...
KCS to establish training center for operating employees in Shreveport, La.
(Source: Kansas City Southern press release, February 22, 2013) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The KCS operating team is establishing a new Transportation Engineering and Mechanical (TEaM) Training Center in Shreveport, La. to enhance training programs for operating employees....
Washington state fines BNSF over crossings
(Source: Associated Press, February 25, 2013) BELLINGHAM, Wash. — Washington state says it's fining BNSF Railway Co. $105,000 for not repairing seven railroad crossing defects in Whatcom and Skagit counties. A railway spokesman says BNSF has already submitted a plan...
