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Former Florida GOP leaders say voter suppression was reason they pushed new election laws
(Source: Palm Beach Post, November 25, 2012) PALM BEACH, Fla. — A new Florida law that contributed to long voter lines and caused some to abandon voting altogether was intentionally designed by Florida GOP staff and consultants to inhibit Democratic voters, former GOP...
Railroad Retirement Board gives information on survivor benefits
(Source: U.S. Railroad Retirement Board press release, November 5, 2012) CHICAGO — Monthly benefits may be payable under the Railroad Retirement Act to the surviving widow(er), children, and certain other dependents of a railroad employee if the employee was "insured"...
Video: A message to railroaders regarding electronic device distraction
(Source: Federal Railroad Administration, November 16, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Railroad Administration has posted public service announcement on YouTube directed toward railroaders, encouraging them to conform with federal regulations and put away their...
Railroad stocks up at close of November 23 trading
(Source: Associated Press, November 23, 2012) NEW YORK — Shares of some top railroad companies were up at the close of trading on November 23, including CN, which rose 2.2 percent, and Union Pacific, which rose 1.6 percent. Full story: CBS News
KCS Holiday Express brings Santa, elves to Pittsburg
(Source: The Pittsburg Gazette, November 24, 2012) PITTSBURG, Kan. — Santa Claus has a day job, just like the rest of us. When the holiday season is over, it’s back to work like everybody else. He can’t just hang around the North Pole — how would he know anything...
Mudslides put BNSF service between Seattle and Everett in limbo
(Source: Associated Press, November 25, 2012) SEATTLE — Rain keeps falling and a Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway spokesman says another mudslide has halted commuter and passenger train service between Seattle and Everett, Wash. Full story: CBS Seattle
Support grows for controversial Pinal rail yard in Arizona
(Source: Arizona Republic News, November 23, 2012) TUCSON, Ariz. — A controversial rail-yard proposed near Picacho Peak is gaining support from a handful of local, state and federal politicians who are pressuring the state to sell the land quickly to Union Pacific...
Plans for Fullteron-Las Vegas ‘party train’ roll on
(Source: Associated Press, November 25, 2012) LAS VEGAS — As if a weekend in Las Vegas isn't wild enough for Southern Californians, a Nevada entrepreneur is about to add five more hours of party to either end. After striking an agreement with Union Pacific Railroad...
AAR: Railroads report intermodal up 2.4 percent for week ending November 17
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, November 21, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported mixed weekly rail traffic for the week ending November 17, 2012, with U.S. railroads originating 288,717...
Questions surround coal terminal’s impact on Spokane
SPOKANE, Wash. — Coal, like politics, makes strange bedfellows. But these days in Washington, coal is political. Full story: The Spokesman-Review
