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Gov. Rendell calls for more Pennsylvania transportation funding
(The following story by Paul Nussbaum appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on August 4, 2010.) PHILADELPHIA — Beneath a 115-year-old SEPTA bridge, Gov. Rendell on Tuesday renewed his call for more money to fix roads and bridges, kicking off a four-day...
FREIGHT Act companion bill enters House
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on August 3, 2010.) The FREIGHT Act now is in the House, too. On July 30, Reps. Albio Sires (D-N.J.), Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.), Laura Richardson (D-Calif.) and Adam Smith (D-Wash.) introduced the Focusing...
Schieffer wants DM&E to pay his legal fees
(The Associated Press circulated the following on August 4, 2010.) SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad is fighting a request that it pay $23,000 in attorney fees and court costs for former company president Kevin Schieffer. The DM&E took...
Railroad shares mixed at the close of August 3 trading
(The Associated Press circulated the following on August 3, 2010.) NEW YORK — Shares of some top railroads companies were mixed at the close of trading: CSX fell $.16 or .3 percent, to $53.72. Canadian National rose $.79 or 1.2 percent, to $65.42. Canadian Pacific...
Retired BLET member remembers steam trains
(The following story by John R. Pulliam appeared on The (Galesburg) Register-Mail website on August 4, 2010. Glen Pepmeyer is a member of BLET Division 644 in Galesburg, Ill.) GALESBURG, Ill. — There are few people still around who made their living as an engineer...
Northern Maine fears loss of railroad lifeline
(The following story by Brian MacQuarrie appeared on the Boston Globe website on August 4, 2010.) PORTAGE LAKE, Maine — Rudy Boutot, a leathery veteran of the logging trade, is the only one of 11 siblings who chose to remain in jobs-challenged Aroostook County. But in...
Tenn. citizens question environmental impact of new NS terminal
(The following story by Eric Smith appeared on The Daily News website on August 3, 2010.) MEMPHIS, Tenn. — What began as a tame public hearing Monday night turned contentious as concerned citizens pounced on a chief environmental issue surrounding Norfolk Southern...
Joliet seeks to become the O’Hare of the train-truck world
(The following story by Mary Owen appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on August 4, 2010.) JOLIET, Ill. — Joliet's new CenterPoint Intermodal opened this week, a milestone for a project that will make Will County a major port for consumer goods coming in and out of...
1,500 gallons of diesel leak from derailed UP remote control locomotive in Salt Lake City
(The following story by Bob Mims and Samuel Weigley appeared on The Salt Lake Tribune website on August 4, 2010.) SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — About 1,500 gallons of diesel fuel spilled Tuesday from a punctured tanker car in Salt Lake City. Union Pacific Spokesman Aaron...
Railroad Retirement Board 2010 informational conferences
CLEVELAND, August 3 — The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board will hold free informational conferences throughout 2010 for elected officers of all railroad labor unions. The following is a list of informational conferences that have been scheduled thus far for 2010....
