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Weather may have caused train derailment near Chaffee
(Source: Southeast Missourian, January 31, 2013) ROCKVIEW, Mo. — Dozens of rail cars have derailed in Rockview, located between Chaffee and Scott City. A spokesman for Union Pacific said it is believed that last night's winds knocked the train off of its tracks at...
Deep under Grand Central, new LIRR station taking shape
(Source: The Journal News, January 31, 2013) NEW YORK — Grand Central Terminal’s thousands of visitors each day can’t see it or hear it, but deep beneath the bustling main concourse, a train center for the next century is slowly emerging from rock. A tour of the...
CSX railroad execs to outline land needs to public housing officials, residents
(Source: Birmingham News, January 29, 2013) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Officials with CSX railroad in coming weeks will present details of a land assessment and make a formal request to the Birmingham Housing Authority and residents regarding an expanded rail line in...
Bill Gates: nice charity work, shame about the business practices
(Source: The Guardian, January 29, 2013) LONDON — Gates' halo slips when one looks at the treatment of workers at a waste management company in which he invests. Full story: The Guardian
Hunter Harrison seeks deputy to serve as CP Rail’s No. 2 executive
(Source: Bloomberg, January 30, 2013) MONTREAL — Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. (CP) Chief Executive Officer Hunter Harrison, who was lured from retirement as the head of Canadian National Railway Co. (CNR), is poised to a hire a deputy to implement his turnaround...
NJ Transit seeks to hire deputy executive director
(Source: Star-Ledger, January 29, 2013) NEWARK, N.J. — State Transportation Commissioner Jim Simpson says NJ Transit is probably the most complex transportation company in the country. That’s why Simpson said he is conducting a nationwide search for a deputy executive...
Opinion: Makers, takers and fakers
(Source: New York Times, January 27, 2013) NEW YORK — Prominent Republicans have begun acknowledging that their party needs to improve its image. But here’s the thing: Their proposals for a makeover all involve changing the sales pitch rather than the product. When it...
Opinion: The decline of unions is your problem, too
(Source: Time, January 29, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — We remain in the wake of the Great Recession. Inequality and wealth concentration are at levels not seen since just before the Great Depression. This would seem as ripe a time in modern memory for a revival of...
Virginia Senate committee overwhelmingly kills electoral vote rigging scheme
(Source: Think Progress, January 29, 2013) ProgressVirginia reported Tuesday afternoon that the Virginia Senate’s Privileges and Elections Committee killed Sen. Charles “Bill” Carrico Sr.’s electoral college-rigging bill, despite an offer by Carrico to amend the bill...
Michigan govern to ask state Supreme Court if “right to work” is constitutional
(Source: Teamster Nation, January 29, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — File this under: Shouldn't you have thought of that sooner? Gov. Rick Snyder is now asking the state Supreme Court if the No Rights At Work law can apply to government workers under the Michigan...
