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AAR: Intermodal volume up 3.1 percent over 2011 in week ending September 8
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, September 13, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported mixed weekly rail traffic for the week ending September 8, 2012, with U.S. railroads originating 272,301 carloads,...
New Amtrak lease gives life to New York rail plans
(Source: Albany Times Union, September 15, 2012) ALBANY, N.Y. — The first Monday in November is the target for Amtrak to take control of 100 miles of track from Poughkeepsie to Schenectady under a 25-year lease from CSX. The agreement includes the option for a 23-year...
Survivors reflect on fourth anniversary of deadly Metrolink crash
(Source: Ventura County Star, September 11, 2012) LOS ANGELES — The Sept. 12, 2008, crash has left many survivors and families of the deceased inexorably scarred. In one of the worst railroad accidents in U.S. history, 21 people from Ventura County and four others...
Judge strikes down Wisconsin law limiting union rights
(Source: Associated Press, September 14, 2012) MADISON, Wisc. — A Wisconsin judge on Friday struck down the state law championed by Gov. Scott Walker that effectively ended collective bargaining rights for most public workers. It was not clear if the ruling means the...
Corrine Brown blasts John Mica’s insulting Amtrak “jihad” comments
(Source: Politico, September 11, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A senior House Democrat said Rep. John Mica’s earlier comments that he’s on a “holy jihad” to overhaul Amtrak are “insulting” and that having a hearing on the railroad’s expenses instead of transportation...
Amtrak funding in crosshairs in presidential race
(Source: Associated Press, September 11, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Warning to Amtrak from Mitt Romney and Republicans: You're on your own. The platform Republicans adopted at their convention included a call for full privatization and an end to subsidies for the...
Rep. Mica: Amtrak should exit commuter rail business
(Source: Bloomberg News, September 11, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak, the U.S. long-distance passenger railroad, shouldn’t be in the business of operating commuter railroads under contract because it’s a bad deal for taxpayers, the top House Republican overseeing...
President Hoffa says Romney wants to “annihilate organized labor”
(Source: Huffington Post, September 8, 2012) CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The way Teamsters President James P. Hoffa sees it, GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney would be happy if an already weakened American labor movement ceased to exist altogether. "He wants to annihilate...
Railroad stocks mixed at close of September 7 trading
(Source: Associated Press, September 7, 2012) NEW YORK — Shares of some top railroad stocks were mixed at the close of trading on September 7, including CN, which rose 0.6 percent, and Norfolk Southern, which fell 0.1 percent. Full story: CBS News
Grant will cover last phase of work on Niagara Falls Amtrak terminal
(Source: Buffalo News, September 9, 2012) NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. — Amtrak's passenger railroad terminal in the city is on track for a major new look when the city's Intermodal Transportation Center opens to the public - possibly in 2014. The Federal Railroad...
