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On the way to Biden ceremony, Amtrak CEO opts for car when train stalls
(UPI circulated the following on March 20, 2011.) WILMINGTON, Del. — The head of Amtrak said he had to automobiles to make the dedication of train station in Delaware re-named after Vice President Joe Biden. Amtrak President and CEO Joseph Boardman planned roll into...
Vice President Joe Biden lauded for service to passenger rail system
(The following appeared on the News Journal website on March 20, 2011.) WILMINGTON, Del. — Vice President Joe Biden's daily commute from the Wilmington Amtrak station to Washington for 36 years is something of the rail line's legend. Biden, a longtime proponent of the...
BLET pact with MBCR includes wage increases
(The following appeared on the Boston Globe website on March 19, 2011.) BOSTON — Unions representing Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad Co. conductors and locomotive engineers agreed to a new contract Thursday, ending more than two years of negotiations. Labor talks...
NTSB to revamp its Most Wanted List process
(The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following on March 18, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) voted unanimously this week to change its Most Wanted List Safety Recommendations Program Board Order. The Board Order...
Rail suicides leave lasting scars for train crews
(The following appeared on the San Francisco Examiner website on March 20, 2011. Tim Smith is Chairman of the California State Legislative Board.) SAN FRANCISCO — Deaths on the Caltrain tracks have gone down since 2009’s near-record high prompted increased safety and...
Teamsters praise Wisconsin judge for temporarily blocking collective bargaining bill
(The International Brotherhood of Teamsters issued the following on March 18, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Teamsters everywhere are hailing today’s decision by a Wisconsin judge who temporarily issued a restraining order that will keep Gov. Scott Walker’s bill severely...
Opinion: Deficit reduction requires shared sacrifice
(The following column by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) appeared on the Huffington Post website on March 13, 2011.) The rich are getting richer. What is the Republican solution to the deficit crisis? More tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires. Savage cuts in...
SEPTA’s costs rising, but no fare hikes planned
(The following appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on March 18, 2011.) PHILADELPHIA — Rising costs for employee benefits and diesel fuel helped push up SEPTA's planned spending about 3.9 percent for the fiscal year that will start July 1. But SEPTA plans no...
Greenbrier nabs orders for 4,200 railcars
(The following appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on March 17, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Greenbrier Companies took recent new orders to build 4,200 more railcars, most of them double-stack intermodal wells, valued at $325 million. The orders also include some...
Three senators unveil BUILD Act to create national infrastructure bank
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on March 17, 2011.) Yesterday, Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.), Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) and Mark Warner (D-Va.) introduced a bill that would establish an infrastructure bank to help repair, modernize and...
