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Canadian Auto Workers at bargaining table with VIA Rail
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on October 22, 2009.) On Tuesday, the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) announced the union has opened contract talks with VIA Rail Canada Inc. The CAW hopes to reach a new collective agreement for its three...
TWU to vote on SEPTA walkout Sunday
(The following story by Paul Nussbaum appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on October 23, 2009.) PHILADELPHIA — SEPTA's largest union, Transport Workers Union 234, could take a step closer to a strike on Sunday when the members vote on whether to authorize...
DOT says no to medical marijuana for transportation workers
(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on October 22, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — People who operate airplanes, locomotives, trucks and buses would still be in violation of Department of Transportation rules against drug use if...
Engineers file lawsuit to remove cameras from trains
(The following story by Joann Groff appeared on the Simi Valley Acorn website on October 23, 2009.) AGOURA HILLS, Calif. — The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen has filed state and federal lawsuits in an effort to remove recently installed video...
BNSF profit lower; freight volumes weigh
(Reuters circulated the following on October 22, 2009.) SEATTLE — The No. 2 U.S. railroad, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp (BNI.N), posted a 30 percent drop in net quarterly profit on Thursday, as freight volumes fell 27 percent, and its shares slid 4.3 percent in...
Burlington Northern Santa Fe reports third quarter 2009 results
(Burlington Northern Santa Fe issued the following on October 22, 2009.) FORT WORTH, Texas — Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (BNSF) (NYSE: BNI) today reported quarterly earnings of $1.42 per diluted share, which included a $0.06 per share impact related to a...
AAR: Weekly rail traffic down year over year
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following on October 22, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads today reported that rail traffic remains down year over year for the week ended Oct. 17, 2009. U.S railroads reported originating...
Falling rock crushes man in NS rail tunnel near Kermit, W.Va.
(The Associated Press circulated the following on October 23, 2009.) KERMIT, W.Va. -- A machine operator was crushed by falling rock and killed inside a Norfolk Southern railroad tunnel Thursday morning. The victim's name has not been released, but Sue Barazi with the...
2009 Railroad Retirement Board Informational Conferences
CHICAGO — The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board holds free information conferences for railroaders. Conference registration begins at 8 a.m., with the programs beginning promptly at 8:30 a.m. and ending at 12:30 p.m. The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board holds free...
Railroad Retirement and survivor benefits
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on October 7, 2009.) CHICAGO — Monthly benefits may be payable under the Railroad Retirement Act to the surviving widow(er), children, and certain other dependents of a railroad employee if the employee was...
