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New Tri-Rail bridge to open in Fort Lauderdale
(The following story by Larry Lebowitz appeared on the Miami Herald website on April 12.) MIAMI — Tri-Rail trains will cross Fort Lauderdale's New River via a new $78 million bridge starting Friday morning. With the opening of the bridge, three trains that had been...
AAR: Freight traffic down during holiday week
(The Association of American Railroads posted the following release on its website on April 12.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Freight traffic on U.S. railroads was down from last year during the week ended April 7, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported today....
Opinion: Ariz. wants a role in ruling the rails
(The following story appeared on the Arizona Republic website on April 13.) PHOENIX, Ariz. — Two Union Pacific projects are chugging into Arizona and a third is in the station, building steam. The railroad giant is double-tracking its east-west route across the state,...
CN offices raided for clues to deadly rail spill
(The Canadian Press circulated the following story by Dirk Meissner on April 13.) VICTORIA — Search warrants were executed yesterday at CN Rail offices in British Columbia and Alberta related to the 2005 train derailment and the spill of caustic soda into the...
BNSF employee hurt in Montana yard accident
(The following report appeared on The Billings Gazette website on April 13.) BILLINGS, Mont. — A BNSF Railway employee was being treated at St. Vincent Healthcare this week after a train ran over his foot at a rail yard in Forsyth. Tim Fulton was injured Monday...
Rail suicides anything but painless for train crews
(Reuters circulated the following story by Nick Carey on April 12. Pat Smith is a member of BLET Division 3 in Cleveland, Ohio.) EAST CHICAGO, Indiana — For rail engineers like Pat Smith, death is an inevitable part of the job. 'It's not a matter of if you are going...
CN union planning to file discrimination complaint
(The following story by Brent Jang appeared on the Globe and Mail website on April 13.) TORONTO — The United Transportation Union plans to file a discrimination complaint against Canadian National Railway Co. after chief executive officer Hunter Harrison's comments...
No talks yet in CN Rail strike as union squabbles
(Reuters circulated the following story by Allan Dowd on April 13.) VANCOUVER, B.C. — Pickets were up at a handful of Canadian National Railway freight yards on Thursday, but no negotiations were scheduled between Canada's largest railway and the bitterly divided...
Opinion: CN strikers point finger at CEO
(The following column by Neil Waugh appeared on the Edmonton Sun website on April 13.) EDMONTON — Short hours after the latest contract ratification vote by Canadian National Railways conductors, CEO E. Hunter Harrison took pen to paper and explained to all his...
Twin Cities & Western RR promotes Wegner to president
GLENCOE, Minn. — The Twin Cities & Western Railroad Company has promoted Mark J. Wegner to president, effective May 1. Based at the Glencoe, Minn. headquarters of the 229-mile regional railroad, he succeeds William F. Drusch, who has served as president since 2001 and...
