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BLET National Division observes Christmas holiday
CLEVELAND, December 21 — The BLET National Division headquarters will be closed on December 24 and 25 in observance of the Christmas holiday. Regular business hours will resume on Wednesday, December 26 at 8:30 a.m. BLET National President Don M. Hahs expressed best...
Teamsters offer disaster relieve assistance in Oregon, Washington
CLEVELAND, December 21 — The Teamsters Disaster Relief Fund is accepting applications for assistance from members in the states of Oregon and Washington regarding severe storms, flooding, landslides and mudslides that damaged property on December 1, 2007. Oregon...
Morning treats are UP’s way of saying thanks after derailment
(The following story by Berny Morson appeared on the Rocky Mountain News website on December 21.) DENVER — Union Pacific railroad gave out coffee and scones Thursday morning at two Regional Transportation District light-rail stations that lost service last week when a...
Calgary wants to ride the fast train
(The following story by Rick Bell appeared on the Calgary Sun website on December 21.) CALGARY — All aboard. Airdrie, Cochrane, High River, Okotoks. All right, it's too soon to book your seats, but in the new year, Calgary and surrounding communities will begin...
BNSF diesel shop expansion delayed
(The following story by John R. Pulliam appeared on The Register-Mail website on December 20.) GALESBURG, Ill. — What a BNSF Railway official is calling “a short-term postponement” has caused most work to stop on the $37 million expansion of the diesel repair facility...
Traffic at Santa Teresa port increased
(The following story by Louie Gilot appeared on the El Paso Times website on December 21.) EL PASO, Texas — On the wrong side of the Juárez mountain, seldom visited except by a few cattle exporters, the Santa Teresa port of entry used to be a nonentity. New Mexicans...
NS freight train derails in Indiana
(The following story by Joyce Russell appeared on the Munster Times website on December 21.) PORTAGE, Ind. — A freight train derailed Friday morning forcing officials to close westbound U.S. 12 for about two hours and causing some minor delays along for South Shore...
BNSF: Warren Buffett’s favorite failroad
(The following story by Zack O'Malley Greenburg appeared at Forbes.com on December 21.) NEW YORK — Every six seconds, a truck trailer-sized container is loaded onto a Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight car. The $15.4 billion (sales) railroad company ships enough...
AAR: Rail freight traffic off during most recent week
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following on December 20.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Freight traffic on U.S. railroads was off during the week ended December 15 in comparison with the corresponding week last year, the Association of American Railroads (AAR)...
Outlook ’08: Off the rails
(The following report by Lee Brodie appeared at CNBC.com on December 20.) NEW YORK — Does the rollover in rail stocks signal a recession is looming? Find out from CSX Chief Michael Ward. What are you seeing as a trend? “We’re seeing in Q4 that revenues are up but...
