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Voter suppression: The Confederacy rises again
(Source: The Nation, September 6, 2012) CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Eight of eleven states in the former Confederacy have passed restrictive voting laws since the 2010 election, as part of a broader war on voting undertaken by the GOP. Some of these changes have been mitigated...
Secret account in mission-critical router opens power plants, railroads to tampering
(Source: Ars Tecnica, September 4, 2012) The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has warned power utilities, railroad operators, and other large industrial players of a weakness in a widely used router that leaves them open to tampering. Full story: Ars Technica
Railroads are on a fast track, thanks to Bakken shale, crude oil
(Source: CNBC, September 5, 2012) NEW YORK — Railroads are exploiting the lack of pipeline capacity needed to ship rapidly growing production of crude to refineries thousands of miles away, and that demand is serving to more than offset expected weakness from their...
Ahead of Democratic convention, a frustration with ‘us versus them’ politics
(Source: Canada.com, September 3, 2012. Editor's Note: Ben Lee is Local Chairman of BLET Division 166 in Charlotte, N.C.) CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The peppy little actor who played Officer Bagatelle on Laverne & Shirley — not to mention roles on Adam-12, ALF, Simon & Simon,...
Great Dome car to be used on Amtrak’s Adirondack train runs
(Source: Albany Times Union, September 4, 2012) RENSSELAER — Amtrak will use its Great Dome car, a full-length glassed-in upper level car, on its Adirondack train for a five-week run from Sept. 13 to Oct. 21. The car provides an all-around view of the scenery during...
CN acquiring more than 2,200 new freight cars and 1,300 containers in 2012
(Source: CN press release, September 4, 2012) MONTREAL — CN announced today that it is acquiring more than 2,200 new freight cars in 2012, as well as 1,300 new containers, to support traffic growth and improve customer service. Jean-Jacques Ruest, executive...
Railroad stocks mixed at close of September 4 trading
(Source: Associated Press, September 4, 2012) NEW YORK — Some shares of top railroad companies were mixed at the close of trading on September 4, including CN, which fell 0.5 percent, and Union Pacific, which rose 0.7 percent. Full story: CBS News
Wisconsin to seek ADA waiver for Amtrak train redesign
(Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, September 4, 2012) MILWAUKEE, Wisc. — Facing the prospect of a multimillion-dollar redesign, state transportation officials plan to seek a formal waiver of federal disability access standards for renovating downtown Milwaukee's...
SEPTA tries regenerative braking for passenger trains
(Source: Wired.com, September 5, 2012) PHILADELPHIA — A massive battery parked at a substation on SEPTA’s Market-Frankford line is now storing energy captured from braking trains, saving the transit agency in energy costs and turning it into an electricity provider....
U.S. Congresswoman calls for high-speed rail linking Manhattan to Canadian cities
(Source: Globe and Mail, September 4, 2012) TORONTO — New York Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney is calling on U.S. and Canadian governments to get moving on building a high-speed rail line that would link Manhattan, where her district lies, to cities north of the border....
