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Norfolk Southern facilitates $9.5 billion in industrial investment in 2011
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, January 9, 2012) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corporation participated in the location of 73 new industries and the expansion of 27 existing industries along its rail lines in 2011. New plants and expansions announced in...
California bullet train planners consider new route option
(Source: Los Angeles Times, January 9, 2012) LOS ANGELES — Planners of California's high-speed rail project want to discard a more direct route from Los Angeles to Bakersfield over the Grapevine and continue development of a sweeping dog leg through Palmdale and...
Sulfuric acid spills into Kansas stream after UP derailment
(Source: Salina Journal News, January 10, 2012) HERINGTON, Kan. — Dead fish littered areas of Lime Creek on Monday, likely killed by thousands of gallons of sulfuric acid that spilled Sunday from a Union Pacific tanker car. Full story: Salina Journal News
Editorial: The continued assault on unions
(Source: New York Times, January 7, 2012) NEW YORK — Along with their shameful campaign to curb the collective bargaining rights of public sector workers in Wisconsin and Ohio last year, Republicans in statehouses around the country are taking aim at private sector...
Indiana House Dems end chamber boycott, GOP plans initial vote on divisive labor bill
(Source: Associated Press, January 9, 2012) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — A divisive labor bill is back in Republican hands after Indiana House Democrats on Monday ended a three-day boycott of the chamber to stall the measure. Full story: Washington Post
Hoffa: A shameful attack on working families in Indiana
(By Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa, January 6, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The central battleground in the war against workers today is the Indiana Statehouse. Anti-worker lawmakers are frantic to pass a bill that would weaken unions and shrink Indiana's...
BNSF employee killed in Amarillo rail yard accident
(Source: Amarillo Globe-News, January 9, 2012) AMARILLO, Texas — A Burlington Northern Santa Fe worker was killed Monday morning in Amarillo, Texas, after he was struck by a moving rail maintenance car. Employees were moving a rail grinder car from one track to...
Over-Sea railroad centennial: 100 years later, Flagler’s legacy remains
(Source: Bradenton Herald, January 9, 2012) MARATHON, Fla. — Henry Morrison Flagler neither created nor discovered the Florida Keys. Yet after Flagler gave his famous instructions to his railroad buiders -- “Go to Key West” -- the islands would be forever and...
NJ Transit lost $297 million after Gov. Christie canceled Hudson River rail tunnel
(Source: Associated Press, January 9, 2012) NEWARK, N.J. — An audit shows NJ Transit took a $297 million loss after Gov. Chris Christie scrapped the Hudson River rail tunnel project in 2010. The $297 million mostly represents engineering and design work, payments to...
Bomb threat at UP rail yard in Council Bluffs turns up empty
(Source: Associated Press, January 7, 2012) COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — A bomb threat at the Union Pacific rail yard in Council Bluffs has been cleared after no device was found. Full story: Chicago Tribune
