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CSX train derails in Ohio, prompts evacuation
(Reuters circulated the following on March 28, 2011.) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — A freight train derailed near Youngstown, Ohio, on Monday and authorities, suspecting a possible ammonia gas leak, evacuated nearby residents, police said. Gary Sease, a spokesman for CSX...
Opinion: The mind-set that survived the Triangle Shirtwaist fire
(The following column by Harold Meyerson appeared on the Washington Post website on March 22, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. The battles that arose in the wake of Triangle over worker safety, worker rights and whether government should regulate business are with us still. A...
Fight over whether Wisconsin union law has taken effect heads to court
(The Associated Press circulated the following on March 29, 2011.) MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s administration insists a new law eliminating most collective bargaining rights for state employees has gone into effect. Other state and municipal leaders...
STB should re-examine rail acquisition-related accounting policies, senators say
(The following appeared on the Journal of Commerce website on March 28, 2011.) Last week, 10 U.S. senators sent a letter to Surface Transportation Board (STB) Chairman Daniel Elliott III expressing concerns about the STB’s treatment of acquisition premiums when...
Conservatives home in on Obama, high-speed rail
(The following appeared on The Hill website on March 26, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — “ObamaRail” is fast becoming the new “ObamaCare” for many Republicans. Conservative activists are deriding the high-speed rail proposals set out by President Obama in his State of the...
Supreme Court hears rail worker injury case
(Dow Jones Newswire circulated the following on March 28, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — CSX Corp. (CSX) pressed the U.S. Supreme Court to make it harder for railroad employees to win compensation in court for injuries that may be job related. Railroad worker injuries are...
O. Winston Link’s photos offer nostalgic ride on rail of memories
(The Associated Press circulated the following on March 27, 2011.) ABINGDON, Va. — Melissa Watson pointed to a 1956 photo of a bus seemingly racing a locomotive in Damascus, Va. “It’s like technology of 50 years ago or more,” said Watson, the office manager of the...
SEPTA budget is heavy on new vehicles and maintaining old ones
(The following appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on March 26, 2011.) PHILADELPHIA — Buying new vehicles, maintaining old ones, and paying for ones now being built will take up much of the $311.5 million that SEPTA plans to spend in the next fiscal year on...
Milwaukee airport director talks trains
(The following appeared on The Times website on March 25, 2011.) MUNCIE, Ind. — The director of General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee spoke about the rail station at his facility during Friday's lunch meeting for the Indiana High Speed Rail Association...
Ground-level tracks now considered for Calif. high-speed rail
(The following appeared on the Fresno Bee website on March 26, 2011.) FRESNO, Calif. — For the better part of a year, plans for a high-speed rail line through Fresno have included miles of elevated tracks soaring 60 feet above the central city streetscape. Now, in a...
