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AAR: Gains in carload and intermodal traffic
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following on March 10, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported rail traffic gains for the week ending March 5, 2011, with U.S. railroads originating 300,953 carloads, up 5.5...
Former Amtrak chief David Gunn returns to Toronto
(The following appeared on the Globe and Mail website on March 10, 2011.) TORONTO — David Gunn kept the trains running on time – and on the cheap – in New York, Washington and across the United States as president of Amtrak. Now the conservative transit guru is poised...
BNSF rail spill in Montana includes tons of turkeys
(The following appeared on the Daily Inter Lake website on March 11, 2011.) KALISPELL, Mont. — Cleanup of a train derailment in the Middle Fork Flathead River corridor progressed Thursday, with BNSF Railway projecting the line would be reopened by this morning. By...
Sens. Franken, Vitter protest unfair rail costs for businesses
(The office of Senator Al Franken issued the following press release on March 10, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Minnesota and Louisiana industries that rely on the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Railway to get their products to market may have to pay an unfairly...
Metrolink train crash victims to present claim to LA judge
(The Associated Press circulated the following on March 11, 2011.) LOS ANGELES — More than 100 survivors and families of those killed in one of the nation's deadliest passenger train crashes will get to tell a judge about the disaster's impact on their lives as they...
LaHood: ‘Line outside my door’ for Florida high-speed rail money
(The following appeared on The Hill's website on March 11, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. ‚ Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said he plans to reallocate the $2.4 billion in high-speed rail money that was rejected by Florida's governor. Just this week, Sen. Bill Nelson...
Hoffa: ‘Our fight has just begun’
(The International Brotherhood of Teamsters issued the following statement from General President James P. Hoffa on March 9, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — “March 9, 2011 will go down in history as a tragic day for democracyand for the American Worker. "Last night’s...
U.S. rails plan $12 billion in 2011 capital spending
(The following appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on March 9, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The largest U.S. railroads will spend an estimated $12 billion on capital improvements this year, easily outpacing the record capital expenditures of $10.7 billion they...
FRA to scale back Positive Train Control regulation
(The following appeared on the Journal of Commerce website on March 7, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Railroad Administration, in a legal settlement with the Association of American Railroads, agreed to issue new regulations that could scale back the amount of...
Opinion: Michigan Senate attempting ‘backdoor approach’ to what’s going on in Wisconsin
(The following column by Jonathan Oosting appeared at www.MLive.com on March 10.) ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The Michigan Senate on Wednesday approved controversial legislation giving broad powers to emergency financial managers, individuals appointed by the state to oversee...
