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BNSF foreman in good spirits despite traumatic accident
(The following appeared on the Fort Worth Star-Telegram website on May 27, 2011.) FORT WORTH, Texas — Once he regained consciousness, the first thing Paul Young asked for was hospital bed after losing his legs and left arm in a train accident. More recently, the...
AAR: Intermodal volume up 8.7% over 2010
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following on May 26, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported steady results in weekly rail traffic with U.S. railroads originating 295,148 carloads for the week ending May...
Analysis: Railroads look to the highways to boost shipments
(Reuters circulated the following on May 26, 2011.) NEW YORK — A recovering U.S. economy and rising fuel prices are giving the nation's railroads a chance to muscle in on what long has been trucker's turf -- the shipment of consumer products. Big companies including...
Rail orders at 13-year high, validating Buffett’s judgment
(Bloomberg News circulated the following on May 26, 2011.) NEW YORK — Rail-car orders have risen to the highest level in more than 13 years, showing a strengthening economic recovery and confirming the "all-in wager" by Warren Buffett in buying Burlington Northern...
AFL-CIO: Soviet comparison for Amtrak outdated
(The following appeared on The Hill website on May 26, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Republicans should stop comparing Amtrak to trains operated by the former Soviet Union because Russia is now building more railways than the United States, a labor union said Thursday....
House Republicans would privatize high-speed rail along Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor
(The following appeared on the Washington Post website on May 27, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Republicans want to dismantle Amtrak, giving private investors the task of building and operating high-speed rail service between Washington and Boston. They believe that...
Lautenberg (D-NJ): Highways get more federal funding in one year than Amtrak has received in 40 years
(The following appeared on The Hill website on May 26, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — At a hearing Thursday on bolstering Northeast corridor high-speed rail with private investment, Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) delivered a lengthy defense of the very public national rail...
Efforts to privatize Amtrak must be rejected
(The AFL-CIO's Transportation Trades Department issued the following on May 26, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Edward Wytkind, President of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), testified today before the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure...
Feds may slash 10,000 miles from PTC installation
(Bloomberg News circulated the following on May 26, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The White House announced today that 30 U.S. agencies are seeking to repeal or modify regulations in an effort to reduce reporting requirements and save businesses and individuals billions...
Hoffa commends Wisconsin Judge for striking down anti-worker law
(The International Brotherhood of Teamsters issued the following on May 26, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa today applauded Dane County Judge Maryann Sumi for striking down Wisconsin’s anti-worker law. Judge Sumi ruled that Republican...
