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Genesee & Wyoming reports traffic for September 2012, third quarter 2012
(Source: Genesee & Wyoming press release, October 11, 2012) GREENWICH, Conn. — Genesee & Wyoming Inc. today reported traffic volumes for September 2012 and the third quarter of 2012. GWI’s traffic in September 2012 was 79,239 carloads, a decrease of 4,369 carloads, or...
CN Rail calls on customers to help prevent new regulations
(Source: Financial Post, October 11, 2012) MONTREAL — Claude Mongeau, Canadian National Railway Co. chief executive, reached out to his largest customers this week in a letter attempting to enlist their help in the railroad’s ongoing fight to prevent new regulations...
Fourth CP Rail executive leaves in wake of proxy battle
(Source: Reuters, October 11, 2012) NEW YORK — Canadian Pacific Railway said on Thursday that its chief financial officer, Kathryn McQuade, will retire on Nov. 1, the fourth senior executive to leave Canada's second-largest railroad after a bruising proxy battle...
AAR: Intermodal volume up 3.8 percent over 2011 for week ending October 6
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, October 11, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported mixed weekly rail traffic for the week ending October 6, 2012, with U.S. railroads originating 283,440 carloads,...
Amtrak sets new ridership record at 31.2 million in 2012
(Source: Albany Times-Union, October 11, 2012) RENSSELAER, N.Y. — Amtrak said Wednesday it carried more than 31.2 million passengers in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, up 3.5 percent from a year earlier and the highest in its four-decade history. Full story: Albany...
First high-speed rail trip in Illinois to happen later this month
(Source: Bloomington Pantagraph, October 10, 2012) NORMAL, Ill. — State officials are gearing up for an inaugural run this month on the new high-speed rail tracks from Joliet to Normal. Gov. Pat Quinn said during a Tuesday media briefing that U.S. Transportation...
Are those Made-in-Nebraska rail cars as Made-in-the-USA as advertised?
(Source: American Manufacturing, October 11, 2012) Earlier this week, the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) shared a video showing the new rail cars that will be used in Washington, DC’s Metro system. We expressed enthusiasm that the cars are being built in...
Teamsters rockin’ the vote all over the USA
(Source: Teamster Nation, October 11, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa is barnstorming through Ohio to urge Teamsters to vote for President Obama and Sen. Sherrod Brown, one of our staunchest allies on trade. Hoffa is also making the case...
Teamsters, AFSCME leaders also tout Issue 2 in Toledo visit featuring James Hoffa
(Source: Toledo Blade, October 12, 2012) TOLEDO, Ohio — Two of the nation’s most powerful union leaders joined local labor officials Thursday at a rally urging their members to approve Issue 2 and keep President Obama in the White House. James Hoffa, president of the...
The Romney-Ryan plan to obliterate Medicaid
(Source: Mother Jones, October 12, 2012) Romney doesn't want to spend as much on Medicaid as Obama does. In fact, he wants to take a chainsaw to it. Aaron Carroll and Austin Frakt took a look at the Romney and Obama plans in the Journal of the American Medical...
