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Port’s plan for expanded rail traffic irks area residents
(The following story by Ryan Huff appeared at InsideBayArea.com on December 6.) OAKLAND, Calif. — Eighty trains move through West Contra Costa County on a typical day, halting car traffic and spewing diesel emissions. And under a plan by the Port of Oakland, a dozen...
Railroad crossing in Mich. to test new technology
(The following story by Matt Helms appeared on the Detroit Free Press website on December 6.) DETROIT — A railroad crossing in Wayne County is the test site for new technology to deter people from the dangerous practice of driving around lowered crossing gates. It’s a...
New federal regulations may be coming for railroad bridges
(The following story by Gregory Richards appeared on The Virginian-Pilot website on December 2.) NORFOLK, Va. — Rumbling across a wooden trestle bridge in Myrtlewood, Ala., the freight train carried eight segments of the space shuttle's solid rocket boosters en route...
Possible signal confusion probed in Amtrak crash
(The following story by Jon Hilkevitch appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on December 4.) CHICAGO — The Amtrak engineer whose speeding train slammed into a stopped freight train Friday in Chicago may have been confused about how fast to proceed after passing a...
CP Rail in tentative contract with TCRC
(Reuters circulated the following report by Ilaina Jonas and Bill Berkrot on December 5.) NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, which represents 4,500 locomotive engineers and conductors, and Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. reached a revised...
TCRC reaches revised contract settlement with CP Rail
(Teamsters Canada Rail Conference issued the following on December 5.) CALGARY — The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), representing 4,500 locomotive engineers and conductors, and Canadian Pacific today reached a revised tentative five-year contract settlement....
Deadline is December 10 for Teamster Disaster Relief assistance in Calif.
CLEVELAND, December 5 — The Teamsters Disaster Relief Fund is accepting applications for assistance from members in the state of California regarding wildfires that caused major damage in the following counties on October 21, 2007: Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San...
Annual BNSF Christmas train a holiday highlight for kids
(The following story by Jason Smith appeared on the Desert Dispatch website on December 5.) BARSTOW, Calif. — BNSF trains passing through Barstow normally haul freight across the country, but once a year they have a special cargo: children, toys and Santa. The BNSF...
For safety’s sake, officials look to reroute the railroad
(The following story by Erin Golden appeared on The Bulletin website on December 4.) BEND, Ore. — Increased traffic on Central Oregon’s roads and railways is forcing local transportation experts to rethink the role of railroads and consider moving existing tracks...
CN train derails near Edmonton
(CBC News circulated the following on December 4.) EDMONTON, Alberta — Crews are working to restore a rail line east of Edmonton after 30 CN Rail cars went off the tracks in Strathcona County at about 3:30 a.m. Tuesday. The derailment happened at Highway 630 and Range...
