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Paul Ryan’s brazen lies: His Republican National Convention speech was stunning for its dishonesty
(Source: Salon.com, August 20, 2012) Paul Ryan gave a feisty anti-Obama speech that will have fact-checkers working for days. His most brazen lie accused President Obama of “raiding” Medicare by taking the exact same $716 billion that Ryan and the House GOP...
KCS announces 12th annual Holiday Express schedule
(Source: Kansas City Southern press release, August 28, 2012) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Southern (KCS) announced today its schedule for the 12th Annual Holiday Express. At each scheduled stop, visitors can board the train, visit with Santa and his elves and tour...
Railroad stocks mixed at close of August 28 trading
(Source: Associated Press, August 28, 2012) NEW YORK — Shares of some top railroad companies were mixed at the close of August 28 trading, including Canadian Pacific, which fell 0.2 percent, and Norfolk Southern, which rose 0.4 percent. Full story: CBS News
New $66 million PATH control center expected to improve train service
(Source: The Star-Ledger, August 28, 2012) NEWARK, N.J. — Half a century after the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey took over the old Hudson and Manhattan Railroad and renamed it the PATH, the bi-state agency unveiled a new $66 million control center intended...
Runaway rail car rolls undetected across bridge from N.Y. to Niagara Falls, Ont.
(Source: Toronto Star, August 28, 2012) TORONTO — No one noticed the rogue rail car cross the border from Niagara Falls, N.Y. to Niagara Falls, Ont., in the wee hours of Aug. 12. Somehow, the rail car left the CSX rail yard on American soil and rolled across the...
Revolt of the rich: Financial elites are the new secessionists
(Source: The American Conservative, August 27, 2012) The rich disconnect themselves from the civic life of the nation and from any concern about its well being except as a place to extract loot. Our plutocracy now lives like the British in colonial India: in the place...
OSHA again fines Norfolk Southern for whistleblower violations, illegally terminating injured workers
(Source: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) press release, August 28, 2012) CHICAGO — The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found that Norfolk Southern Railway Co. violated the whistleblower protection...
Union Pacific unveils experimental locomotive to test emissions-reduction technology
(Source: Union Pacific press release, August 22, 2012) ROSEVILLE, Calif. — Union Pacific Railroad today unveiled an advanced experimental locomotive at its J.R. Davis Yard in Roseville that will test three emissions-reducing technologies including exhaust gas...
Railroad stocks down at close of August 27 trading
(Source: Associated Press, August 27, 2012) NEW YORK — Shares of some top railroad companies were down at the close of trading on August 27, including CSX, which fell 0.9 percent, and Kansas City Southern, which fell 0.7 percent. Full story: CBS News
DOT announces creation of Freight Policy Council
(Source: U.S. Department of Transportation press release, August 23, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced the launch of the Freight Policy Council which will focus on improving the condition and performance of the national...
