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CP Rail’s efficiency strategy goes full steam ahead
(Source: Globe and Mail, November 8, 2011) TORONTO — Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. says its efficiency strategy is starting to pay off as heavier and longer trains powered by new locomotives help the company recover from a shaky first half. Full story: Globe and...
CP Rail’s efficiency strategy goes full steam ahead
(Source: Globe and Mail, November 8, 2011) TORONTO — Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. says its efficiency strategy is starting to pay off as heavier and longer trains powered by new locomotives help the company recover from a shaky first half. Full story: Globe and...
Editorial: Amtrak Cuts would hurt local, national interests
(Source: Bloomington Pantagraph, November 4, 2011) BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — Eliminating Amtrak and dumping passengers into cars or busses will do little to address traffic congestion and America's dependence on foreign oil. Full editorial: Bloomington Pantagraph
Editorial: Amtrak Cuts would hurt local, national interests
(Source: Bloomington Pantagraph, November 4, 2011) BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — Eliminating Amtrak and dumping passengers into cars or busses will do little to address traffic congestion and America's dependence on foreign oil. Full editorial: Bloomington Pantagraph
Rail unions: Health care, corporate profits the issues
(Source: Cumberland Times-News, October 25, 2011) CUMBERLAND, Md. — The Presidential Emergency Board appointed by President Barack Obama to review a national freight rail labor dispute began taking testimony from rail companies and the 11 labor unions fighting with...
Rail unions: Health care, corporate profits the issues
(Source: Cumberland Times-News, October 25, 2011) CUMBERLAND, Md. — The Presidential Emergency Board appointed by President Barack Obama to review a national freight rail labor dispute began taking testimony from rail companies and the 11 labor unions fighting with...
DOT awards $7.9 million for station upgrades in Washington state
(Source: U.S. Department of Transportation press release, November 3, 2011) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today awarded $7.9 million for the Washington Department of Transportation (WSDOT) to construct a new station in Tukwila, WA,...
DOT awards $7.9 million for station upgrades in Washington state
(Source: U.S. Department of Transportation press release, November 3, 2011) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today awarded $7.9 million for the Washington Department of Transportation (WSDOT) to construct a new station in Tukwila, WA,...
MARC to purchase new rail cars, allowing 3,000 more passengers per trip
(Source: Baltimore Sun, November 3, 2011) BALTIMORE, Md. — Maryland commuter train riders will have more seats when the state adds 16 rail cars to its busy MARC lines. But the cars won't arrive until 2013. The 54 new rail cars will cost $153 million from Bombardier...
MARC to purchase new rail cars, allowing 3,000 more passengers per trip
(Source: Baltimore Sun, November 3, 2011) BALTIMORE, Md. — Maryland commuter train riders will have more seats when the state adds 16 rail cars to its busy MARC lines. But the cars won't arrive until 2013. The 54 new rail cars will cost $153 million from Bombardier...
