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Union Pacific to make Kansas infrastructure improvements
(Source: Union Pacific Railroad press release, October 4, 2012) OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific Railroad is enhancing Kansas' transportation infrastructure by investing more than $9 million in the rail line that runs between Menoken and Junction City. The project is in...
Amtrak teams up with feds to target human trafficking
(Source: USA Today, October 4, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak, in collaboration with federal agencies, plans to train 8,000 employees nationwide about the dangers of human trafficking and the signs that go along with the often hidden crime. Full story: USA Today
Blast shakes Union Pacific’s Bailey Yard
(Source: North Platte Telegraph, October 5, 2012) NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — A fire and explosion in a lube oil tank blew the top off a 6,000-gallon tank at Bailey Yard Thursday. Full story: North Platte Telegraph
DOT, local officials celebrate completion of Vermonter rail project
(Source: U.S. Department of Transportation press release, October 5, 2012) BRATTLEBORO, Vt. — U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood today announced the on-time and on-budget completion of a two-year project making upgrades and repairs along 190 miles of track...
Mass. finalizes $100 million deal to buy tracks from CSX
Source: MetroWest Daily News, October 5, 2012) FRAMINGHAM, Mass. — The state announced Thursday that it has completed its $100 million purchase of the Framingham/Worcester line and other area tracks, an “historic” deal legislators say will lead to more trains, better...
AAR: Rail traffic mixed in September
(Source: Association of American Railroad press release, October 4, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail carloads originated in September 2012 totaled 1,152,174 carloads, down 3.7 percent (43,746 carloads)...
Teamsters establish new pension fund for pipeline workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, October 5, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The trustees that comprise the board of the newly-established National Teamsters Pipeline Pension Fund met on September 28, 2012, at the IBT headquarters to discuss...
Teamster UPS driver dies in tragic workplace shooting; Union establishes memorial fund for family
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, October 2, 2012) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — On Thursday, September 27, 2012, UPS Driver Keith Basinski was tragically killed while making a pickup in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was one of the victims of a...
A gorgeous photographic elegy to the last great steam railroad
(Source: The Atlantic, October 4, 2012) Steam engines are mythic beasts -- massive, belching beasts that, in the 1950s, were on their way to becoming extinct. In 1946, steam locomotives moved 78 percent of American rail-freight traffic. By 1951, that number fell to...
Country music duo Thompson Square again riding CSX Santa Train in 2012
(Source: Associated Press, October 4, 2012) KINGSPORT, Tenn. — Country music duo Thompson Square will lend a hand again as the Santa Train delivers tons of gifts to thousands of children in Appalachia for the 70th year. Full story: Sacramento Bee
