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CSX plan a boon, bother
(The following story by Tom Palmer appeared on The Lakeland Ledger website on July 13.) BARTOW, Fla. — A consultant study has confirmed what supporters and critics of the proposed CSX freight terminal in Winter Haven have been saying for months. The proposed project...
Opinion: Passenger rail returning to importance
(The following column by Lyle V. Harris appeared on the Atlanta Journal-Constitution website on July 16.) ATLANTA — Across the country, the overall use of public transportation has shown considerable gains. According to the American Public Transportation Association,...
Rail stocks fall
(The Associated Press circulated the following on July 13.) NEW YORK — Shares of railroad operators traded mostly lower Friday, after a Bear Stearns analyst said volumes continue to fall across most segments. Analyst Edward Wolfe said total volumes were down in six of...
Pueblo test track to play role in homeland security
(The following appeared on the KOAA website on July 16.) PUEBLO, Colo. — Southern Colorado is poised to play a larger role in Homeland Defense as Washington looks to make the Transportation Technology Center northeast of Pueblo a site for developing and testing...
BNSF bunkhouse is unusually equipped
(The following story by Peter Gartrell appeared on the News-Record website on July 15.) GILLETTE, Wyo. — The expanding building on the corner of Wyoming Avenue and E-Z Street may look like a hotel at first glance, and, in a way, it is. But this structure and its 90...
CN, CP earnings preview
(The following report by Scott Deveau appeared on the National Post website on July 16.) OTTAWA — National Bank Financial analyst David Newman upped his target prices for Canada’s largest railways Thursday ahead of their second quarter results later this month....
Alameda Corridor speeds delivery
(The following story by Kristopher Hanson appeared on the Long Beach Press Telegram website on July 16.) COMPTON, Calif. — Stretching for more than a mile, a multi-hued Union Pacific freight train snakes through the industrial heart of Los Angeles County on a recent...
Amtrak budget debated; Bush threatens veto
(The following story by Marilyn Geewax of Cox News Service appeared on the Boston Globe website on July 15.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — With gasoline prices high and airports congested this summer, record numbers of Americans are traveling on Amtrak passenger trains. Still,...
TCU, TWU reach tentative agreement with NJ Transit
(The National Mediation Board issued the following on July 13.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Mediation Board (NMB) is pleased to announce that a tentative collective bargaining agreement was reached on June 19, 2007, between the New Jersey Transit and two unions...
Teamsters Disaster Relief assistance available for Missouri; Deadline is today
CLEVELAND, July 13 — The Teamsters Disaster Relief Fund is accepting applications for assistance from members in the state of Missouri regarding severe storms and flooding that caused major damage in the following counties on May 5-18, 2007: Andrew, Atchison,...
