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Locked out workers at Ontario locomotive plant warned of lengthy fight
(Source: Vancouver Sun, January 4, 2012) VANCOUVER, B.C. — As the labor dispute garnering national and international media attention entered its fourth day, both sides cranked up the rhetoric. The union has accused Caterpillar, which posted healthy third-quarter...
Canadian Pacific board rejects push to replace current CEO
(Source: Reuters, January 9, 2012) TORONTO — Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. is confident it can improve its performance early this year without replacing its chief executive, Fred Green, as advocated by activist shareholder William Ackman. Full story: Reuters
Editorial: Keep California’s bullet train on track
(Source: Los Angeles Times editorial, January 7, 2012) LOS ANGELES — You can take the long view or the short view toward the bullet train. The expert panels are taking a short view; we prefer the long. In the end, if Californians have the patience and the political...
Final report on three-train accident could take at least nine months
(Source: Munster Times, January 7, 2012) JACKSON TOWNSHIP, Ind. — Federal officials are investigating Friday's crew members injured, but a final report won't be released for at least nine months. Full story: Munster Times
Three freight trains collide in NW Indiana, 2 crew members hospitalized
(Source: Chicago Tribune, January 6, 2012) CHICAGO — Two crew members were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries after three freight trains collided northeast of Valparaiso, Ind., on January 6, according to sheriff’s authorities. A westbound train comprised...
Federal judge voids two new Idaho anti-union laws
(Source: The Spokesman-Review, January 3, 2012) BOISE, Idaho — A federal judge has invalidated both the new anti-union laws pushed through by Idaho GOP lawmakers last session, saying they violate federal law. The two measures, SB 1007 and 1006, were both Republican...
DM&IR name is history as CN merges 3 railroads into 1
(Source: Duluth News Tribune, January 2, 2012) DULUTH, Minn. — Canadian-based CN railway has announced the formal merger of its three Northland subsidiary rail companies into one. The Duluth Missabe and Iron Range Railway Co., the Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railway...
Rail freight surge before holiday shows U.S. skirting recession
(Source: Bloomberg News, December 29, 2011) WASHINGTON, D.C. — North American railroads’ freight volumes surged 17 percent last week, the most in a year, in an indication that the U.S. economy will avoid a second recession. Full story: Bloomberg News
Opinion: Why California needs high-speed rail
(Source: San Francisco Chronicle, January 5, 2012) SAN FRANCISCO — Today, our country desperately needs new infrastructure development that will create jobs and economic growth while updating the American Dream and ensuring its environmental future. The answer is...
A gathering storm over ‘right to work in Indiana
(Source: New York Times, January 2, 2012) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Nearly a year after legislatures in Wisconsin and several other Republican-dominated states curbed the power of public sector unions, lawmakers in Indiana are now turning their sights toward private sector...
