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NJ Transit to add more cars as drivers leave road, take train
(The following story by Rudy Larini appeared on the Star-Ledger website on August 14.) NEWARK, N.J. — Rail ridership is growing at a record clip as high gasoline prices convince more and more motorists to turn off their car engines and hop on a train. Yesterday, NJ...
NJ Transit adds 50 double-decker cars
(The following story by Judy Rife appeared on the Times Herald-Record website on August 14.) NEWARK, N.J. — Relentlessly growing ridership is prompting NJ Transit to buy more of its popular double-decker cars to boost capacity on trains that travel to Pennsylvania...
Labor groups file complaint against Wal-Mart
(The following story by Steven Greenhouse appeared on the New York Times website on August 14.) NEW YORK — The A.F.L.-C.I.O and three other pro-labor groups will urge the Federal Election Commission on Thursday to rule that Wal-Mart acted illegally by warning many...
Freight, commuter railroads add video cameras to locomotives
(The following story by Laurie Lucas appeared on The Press-Enterprise website on August 14.) RIVERSIDE, Calif. — More and more digital eyes peering from trains are helping railroads, police and coroners find out why and how people die on the tracks. Railroads and...
RRB: Medicare for railroad families
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on August 12.) CHICAGO — The Federal Medicare program provides hospital and medical insurance protection for railroad retirement annuitants and their families, just as it does for social security beneficiaries....
Deadline is August 18 for Teamster Disaster Relief assistance in Missouri
CLEVELAND, August 13 — The Teamsters Disaster Relief Fund is accepting applications for assistance from members in the state of Missouri after severe storms and flooding caused major damage in the following counties: Clark, Lewis, Lincoln, Marion, Pike, Ralls and St....
Dome car opens vistas for rail riders
(The following story by Calvin Hall appeared on The Gresham Outlook website on August 13.) GRESHAM, Ore. — For modern travelers and tourists who enjoy a scenic train ride now and then, few can pass up checking out the century-old Mount Hood Railroad. The railroad’s...
No injuries in Canadian rail yard derailment
(The following story appeared on The Hamilton Spectator website on August 13.) HAMILTON — Three rail cars loaded with steel and a shunting vehicle used to move them derailed yesterday in a rail yard in southwestern Hamilton. Six rail cars were being moved by Steelcare...
Town of Tracy endures rail freight fright
(The following story by Eric Firpo appeared on the Tracy Press website on August 13.) TRACY, Calif. — Tracy officials have time to figure out how to respond to a plan by the Union Pacific Railroad that might one day revive freight traffic through the heart of Tracy, a...
Three arrested after vending machine glitch gives free tickets
(The following story by Steve Ritea appeared on the Newsday website on August 13.) NEW YORK — The MTA said yesterday it has fixed a glitch on ticket vending machines at Penn Station and Grand Central Terminal that, for at least three years, allowed a Roosevelt couple...
