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E-mails show plotting by lawmakers, GOP on Florida redistricting
(Source: Tampa Bay Times, February 5, 2013) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida legislative leaders appear to have authorized staff members to use private email accounts and had "brainstorming meetings" with Republican Party consultants to attempt to draw favorable political...
Virginia GOP no longer even trying to hide true purpose of voter ID laws
(Source: Salon, February 5, 2013) The Virginia Legislature has just passed new voter ID laws severely restricting the number of documents voters can use to prove their identity. Because “voter fraud” is not actually a real problem, Virginia’s Republican legislative...
Norfolk Southern: 21st Century Steam excursion trips planned for 2013
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, February 4, 2013) NORFOLK, Va. — The Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum (TVRM) and the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society (FWRHS), in partnership with Norfolk Southern Corporation, will host 21st Century Steam excursion trips...
RRB appoints Daniel J. Fadden as Director of Field Service
(Source: U.S. Railroad Retirement Board press release, February 4, 2013) CHICAGO — The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) has named Daniel J. Fadden as its Director of Field Service. In that position, Mr. Fadden will oversee the RRB’s nationwide network of 53 field...
Rivals CP Rail and CN forge executive poaching accord
(Source: Financial Post, February 4, 2013) OTTAWA — Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.’s decision to hire away a top Canadian National Railway Co. executive came with the hefty price in the form of an agreement not to hire roughly 60 of its rivals’ top marketing and...
Amtrak’s Hiawatha Service sets ridership record
(Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 4, 2013) MILWAUKEE, Wisc. — For the ninth time in the last decade, Amtrak's Hiawatha Service between Milwaukee and Chicago set a calendar year ridership record. Last year's ridership of the passenger rail line totaled...
Editorial: Pennsylvania Amtrak service must be maintained
(Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette editorial, February 5, 2013) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Of all the places where the train doesn't stop much anymore, Western Pennsylvania has to be the most historically jarring. It's home to the famous Horseshoe Curve and the Railroaders...
Altoona could lose Amtrak service
(Source: Altoona Mirror, February 5, 2013) ALTOONA, Pa. — Altoona's last passenger train could leave the city this year, never to return, if an approaching federal funding issue goes unresolved. The future of the stop, along with others in western Pennsylvania -...
Anti-union groups unhappy with California high-speed rail bid process
(Source: Bakersfield Californian, February 3, 2013) BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — In a bitter dispute that threatens to divide support for California high-speed rail, union and non-union contractors are fighting over a draft plan for setting aside some of the project's jobs...
N.C. republican files bill in state senate to tap N.C. Railroad for millions
(Source: News & Observer, February 3, 2013) RALEIGH, N.C. — The state-owned N.C. Railroad would be required to sell off some real estate, pay millions of dollars in dividends to the state, and submit to more thorough state oversight under legislation filed last week...
