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Editorial: Mica/Shuster Amtrak bill just a rehash of same old, tired rhetoric — and it won’t work
(The following is an excerpt from an editorial that appeared on the Railway Age website on June 16, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — On June 15, we were introduced to the latest “Let’s Pull Amtrak Apart, Pulverize All the Pieces In a Blender, Dump It Out, and Get People Who...
Small plan makes emergency landing on S.C. railroad tracks
(The following appeared on the Post and Courier website on June 20, 2011.) RIDGEVILLE, S.C. — An airplane made an emergency landing on the bumpy railroad tracks in the middle of town here Saturday night. The Piper Super Cub was sitting in a yard near Duke's BBQ Sunday...
Missouri town seeks injunction against BNSF over flooding
(The Associated Press circulated the following on June 17, 2011.) OREGON, Mo. — The northwest Missouri village of Big Lake is seeking an injunction against BNSF Railway and the Missouri Highways and Transportation commission, claiming the railroad's raising of its...
50 motorists cited for unsafe driving at rail crossings in L.A.
(The following appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on June 19, 2011.) LOS ANGELES — Fifty motorists were cited over a two-day period this week for flouting crossing gates at some of Glendale’s most dangerous railroad crossings. Metrolink, Union Pacific and...
Railroad trespassers spark huge wildfire in N.M.
(The following appeared on the Pueblo Chieftain website on June 19, 2011.) RATON, N.M. — New Mexico investigators said Saturday that engine exhaust particles coming from an all-terrain vehicle caused the massive Track Fire that so far has burned eight homes and...
CP Rail eyes slice of crude oil pie
(Reuters circulated the following on June 20, 2011.) CALGARY, B.C. — Canadian Pacific Railway chief executive Fred Green had a message for investors about the oil under southern Saskatchewan: This time it will be different and railways will get a piece of the pie....
U.S. Class I workforce slightly larger in May, STB data shows
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on June 17, 2011.) The U.S. Class I workforce continued to enlarge last month. As of mid-May, the large roads employed 157,522 people, up 0.5 percent from April’s level and 4.4 percent from May 2010’s...
Intermodal rail traffic hits 2011 high
(The following appeared on the Journal of Commerce website on June 17, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Major North American railroads, shaking off the doldrums that slowed freight traffic during the spring, had their largest intermodal volume this year during the week...
Teamsters open registration for 2011 Women’s Conference
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Join Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa and General Secretary-Treasurer Tom Keegel, along with your Teamster Sisters and Brothers at the 2011 Teamsters Women's Conference at the Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers in New York, N.Y., August 26-28,...
Union Pacific, baseball go way back
(From the Omaha World-Herald website on June 17, 2011.) OMAHA, Neb. — Railroads transported baseball teams for decades. By 1876, baseball game schedules were based on train schedules, Union Pacific officials say. As a tribute to its shared history with baseball, Union...
