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Atlantic City casinos show off New York City train
(The following story by Thomas Barlas appeared on the Press of Atlantic City website on January 31, 2009.) ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Kristen Hock held onto the railing as she walked up the steps to the second-level of the first-class passenger compartment. The Brigantine...
Teamsters announce 6th annual Organizers Conference
Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill Washington, DC March 25-29, 2009 Join us in our nation’s capitol! This year’s Conference will be held in Washington, D.C. at the Hyatt Capitol Hill—right across the street from IBT Headquarters. Teamster Organizers and Officers...
4 NY teens admit damaging CSX train with boulder
(The Associated Press circulated the following on January 30, 2009.) CHILI, N.Y. — Four teenage boys who damaged a CSX freight train by putting a boulder on the tracks last year have pleaded guilty to felony criminal mischief. Authorities say a CSX train hit the...
UP improving Kansas City-Jefferson City line
(The Associated Press circulated the following on February 1, 2009.) OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific says it is making more than $6 million in improvements to its rail line between Kansas City and Jefferson City in Missouri that should improve efficiency and reduce delays...
Thomas C. Carper named Amtrak chairman
(The Associated Press circulated the following on January 31, 2009.) MACOMB, Ill. — A former west-central Illinois mayor has been named the chairman of Amtrak's board. Thomas C. Carper has been a director on the national passenger railroad's board since March last...
Statewide rail crossing inspections find nearly 1,500 safety problems in La.
(The following story by Alison Bath appeared on the Shreveport Times website on February 2, 2009.) SHREVEPORT, La. — On a hot August afternoon in 2001, Marian Kemp loaded her four young daughters into the family car for the trip home after a visit to the Bienville...
Railroads still generating heat at the border
(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on the Traffic World website on February 2, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — While the once-hot North American freight economy settles into a deep freeze with its sharpest declines in decades, industry planners still find some...
Chicago freight train traffic to shift in March in wake of CN-EJ&E merger
(The following story by Richard Wronski appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on February 2, 2009.) CHICAGO — More freight trains will be rolling through suburbs lining the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway starting March 4 now that the line has been acquired by the...
EJ&E sale to Canadian National official
(The following appeared on the Post-Tribune website on February 2, 2009.) GARY, Ind. — Canadian National now officially owns the former EJ&E Railway lines that have stirred up controversy over increased train traffic in Northwest Indiana. The sale of the line became...
Rail lines, bus systems show security shortfalls
(The following story by Thomas Frank appeared on the USA Today website on January 28, 2009.) WASHINGTON — The first federal evaluation of mass-transit security shows that more than 75% of the nation's major rail and bus systems aren't meeting Homeland Security...
