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Wisconsin kills maintenance contract with Talgo; lawsuit threatened
(Source: Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, April 15, 2012) MILWAUKEE, Wisc. — State officials have canceled a $116 million maintenance contract with a Spanish-owned train manufacturer, escalating a political and legal dispute over two brand-new trains that already have cost...
Amtrak says Kansas rail service could move by 2016
(Source: Associated Press, April 13, 2012) HUTCHINSON, Kan — If money to upgrade and maintain Amtrak's Southwest Chief route through Kansas isn't promised by 2014, the passenger rail service will start the process of moving the route out of the state by 2016, Amtrak...
Opinion: An economic recovery that leaves workers further behind
(Source: Washington Post, April 10, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Why is this recovery different from all other recoveries? What really sets the current recovery apart from all its predecessors is this: Almost three years after economic growth resumed, the real value of...
Amtrak on pace to set new ridership record
(Source: Amtrak press release (PDF), April 11, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak is on pace to set another new annual ridership record as passenger counts across its national network for the first six months of fiscal year 2012 (October 2011 – March 2012) are up 3.7...
CP Rail upgraded to buy as annual meeting looms
(Source: Financial Post, April 12, 2012) OTTAWA — With just over a month to go until its annual meeting, Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. was upgraded to buy from neutral by an analyst at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Full story: Financial Post
Union Pacific to announce first quarter 2012 results on April 19
(Source: Union Pacific press release, April 12, 2012) OMAHA, Neb. — You are invited to listen to Union Pacific Corporation's first quarter 2012 earnings release presentation that will be broadcast live over the Internet or via teleconference on Thursday, April 19,...
First quarter 2012 earnings preview: CSX
(Source: Forbes, April 12, 2012) NEW YORK — Analysts have become increasingly bearish on CSX in the month leading up to the company’s first quarter earnings announcement schedule for Tuesday, April 17, 2012. The consensus analyst estimate has moved from 40 cents a...
Amtrak ridership rises 15.8% in Tampa
(Source: Tampa Tribune, April 13, 2012) TAMPA, Fla. — Amtrak is chugging toward an annual ridership record, and Tampa is moving at four times the national rate. Ridership from October through March grew 3.7 percent nationwide compared with the same period last year....
AAR: Railroads intermodal volume up 1.1 percent for week ending April 7, 2012
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, April 12, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported mixed weekly rail traffic for the week ending April 7, 2012, with U.S. railroads originating 270,974 carloads, down...
Southern California toll group drivers join Teamsters in historic organizing win
(Source: Journal of Commerce, April 12, 2012) LOS ANGELES — The Journal of Commerce reported that employee drivers who work for the Toll Group logistics company in Southern California won an historic election Wednesday to become one of the few harbor trucking fleets...
