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Michigan right to work law was the brainchild of ALEC, the most dangerous group in politics
(Source: Policy Mic, December 27, 2012) No sooner had the GOP secured total control of Michigan in 2010, holding majorities in both houses and winning the governorship, than the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a right-wing ultra-conservative "bill mill"...
Agency gives free PATH rides to residents of Hoboken, N.J.
(Source: Associated Press, December 26, 2012) NEWARK, N.J. — The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is handing out free rides on PATH trains. The agency is giving 30 days of free PATH rides to Hoboken residents. The Hoboken station was closed for seven weeks...
Rail ridership helps lift MBTA numbers
(Source: Gloucester Times, December 27, 2012) BOSTON — The number of people riding the rails with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority continued to climb in November, up 1.3 percent over the figures for November 2011 and with a 2.4 percent jump in commuter...
Urban legend could be true: Study finds proof of locomotive under Atlantic Ave. in New York
(Source: New York Daily News, December 26, 2012) NEW YORK — An urban legend about a long-lost 19th century locomotive rumored to have been buried under Brooklyn’s busy Atlantic Avenue may turn out to be true after all. Engineers have identified a large 20 ft. long...
PATH trains to run round the clock for New Year’s Eve
(Source: CBS New York, December 24, 2012) NEW YORK — PATH trains will be back to 24-hour service in time for New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced. Full story: CBS New York
Kansas City Southern aims to carry 2012 successes into 2013, CEO Starling says
(Source: Progressive Railroading, December 26, 2012) Kansas City Southern's focus for 2013? Essentially a continuation of the progress the railroad has made in 2012. That's the message KCS President and Chief Executive Officer David Starling delivers in the Class I's...
Norfolk Southern to launch more intermodal services along Crescent Corridor
(Source: Progressive Railroading, December 26, 2012) On Jan. 20, Norfolk Southern Railway plans to inaugurate domestic intermodal service at the Birmingham Regional Intermodal Facility near Birmingham, Ala., and open the Franklin County Regional Intermodal Facility in...
Berkshire sells second short line to meet STB divestiture obligation
(Source: Progressive Railroading, December 27, 2012) In a letter sent to the Surface Transportation Board (STB) on Dec. 18, BNSF Railway Co. Executive Vice President of Law and Secretary Roger Nober informed the board that Berkshire Hathaway Inc. subsidiary Marmon...
Some responders say Gloucester County was unprepared for Paulsboro chemical emergency
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, December 25, 2012) PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — The dozens of firefighters who arrived at a train derailment in Paulsboro on Nov. 30 knew the toxic chemical vinyl chloride had been released into the atmosphere. But some of the responders say...
World’s longest high-speed rail line opens in China
(Source: Associated Press, December 25, 2012) BEIJING — China on Wednesday opened the world’s longest high-speed rail line that more than halves the time required to travel from the country’s capital in the north to Guangzhou, an economic hub in southern China. Full...
