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CP Rail, TCRC avoid strike — for now
(The following report appeared on the Today’s Trucking website on November 19.) CALGARY — After accepting a tentative deal from CP Rail, the union representing 4,500 locomotive engineers and conductors says the workers want to keep negotiating. The Teamsters Canada...
Wire problems snarl trains to N.Y.
(The Associated Press circulated the following on November 18.) TRENTON, N.J. — Train traffic on the Northeast rail corridor was disrupted for hours Sunday by an electrical breakdown in a Hudson River tunnel linking New York's Pennsylvania Station to New Jersey....
CSX and hedge fund square off
(The following article by Michael J. de la Merced appeared on the New York Times website on November 17.) NEW YORK — Directors at CSX, the railroad operator, publicly supported management Friday and rebutted criticisms by a hedge fund that the company had overspent...
Transportation bill faces Senate hurdle
(The following story by Kathryn A. Wolfe appeared on the Congressional Quarterly website on November 19.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House adopted a conference report on the $105.6 billion fiscal 2008 Transportation-HUD spending bill last week, but the Senate will wait...
CSX Santa Train a return to magic of childhood
(The following story by J.H. Osborne appeared on the Kingsport, Tenn., Times-News website on November 17. Brother Alf Peoples, a member of BLET Division 781 in Erwin, Tenn., was the locomotive engineer on the Santa Claus Special.) ABOARD THE SANTA CLAUS SPECIAL — More...
Deadline is December 10 for Teamsters Disaster Relief assistance in California
CLEVELAND, November 16 — 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...
Several moons spotted on Mount Washington
(The following report appeared on the Boston Globe website on November 14.) MOUNT WASHINGTON, N.H. — A century-and-a-half ago, so the story goes, New Hampshire native and meatpacking tycoon Sylvester Marsh went to the Legislature with a proposal to build a railway to...
Travel: Thanksgiving’s true tradition
(The following report by Mike Rice and Jason Noble appeared on the Kansas City Star website on November 16.) KANSAS CITY — Travel industry officials and the federal government are expecting a high volume of Thanksgiving travelers next week. And airlines are trying to...
German rail strike disrupts travel, freight
(The following story by Mark Landler appeared on the New York Times website on November 16.) FRANKFURT, Germany — A bitter strike by train drivers in Germany has tied up freight traffic, shut down an auto factory and stranded hundreds of thousands of passengers in...
UP elects two new officers
(The Union Pacific Corp. issued the following on November 15.) OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific today announced new appointments within its finance organization, effective January 1, 2008. Jeffrey P. Totusek, currently assistant vice president-financial analysis, has been...
