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Teamsters Disaster Relief available for members in New Mexico
CLEVELAND, April 10 — The Teamsters Disaster Relief Fund is accepting applications for assistance from members in the state of New Mexico regarding severe storms and tornadoes that caused major damage on March 23-24, 2007. BLET members in the following New Mexico...
Opinion: Remembering The Great Locomotive Chase
(The following column by Calvin E. Johnson, Jr. appeared on the Chattanoogan website on April 9.) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Do young people know what happened on April 12, 1862, in our nation's history? Please share this story with your family. This year, 2007, is the 51st...
Motorcyclist killed by UP train was stunt-riding
(The following story by Tom Lochner appeared on the Contra Costa Times website on April 9.) WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — The motorcyclist who was struck and killed by an Amtrak train in Richmond on Sunday apparently was doing stunts with another motorcyclist, said a...
Man survives being hit by NJ Transit train
(The following story by Kara L. Richardson appeared on the Courier News website on April 10.) LONG HILL, N.J. — A Bernards man who was running on the tracks in front of a moving NJ Transit train Monday got caught, dragged beneath it and suffered serious injuries,...
Maglev train sparks Atlanta, Cobb Co. curiosity
(The following story by Tucker McQueen appeared on the Atlanta Journal-Constitution website on April 4.) ATLANTA — People noticed something out of place last fall after leaves fell from trees along U.S. 278 in Cobb County. Motorists glanced through bare branches in...
UP train leaks 1,000 gallons of fuel in Calif.
(The following story by David Raclin appeared on the Press Enterprise website on April 10.) RIVERSIDE, Calif. — A malfunctioning Union Pacific train dumped an estimated 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel Monday night over about 11 miles of track between Banning and Palm...
CN prepares for business that’s off track
(The Canadian Press circulated the following story on April 9.) MONTREAL — Canadian National Railway Co. has set in motion plans to expand its non-rail business activities to such areas as warehousing and distribution, customs services and logistics. A key focus in...
BNSF, UP a part of ‘inland port’ opening in Dallas on April 13
(The following report appeared on The Trucker website on April 10.) DALLAS — A facility being billed as North America’s newest “inland port” — designed to become a key element for moving NAFTA trade goods — is slated to post its “open for business” sign this week....
UP’s plan raises big questions about Ariz. overpasses
(The following article appeared on The Arizona Republic website on April 10.) TUCSON, Ariz. — As Union Pacific rapidly lays its second, parallel track across the southwest Phoenix area and southern Arizona, state officials are raising concern that more than 50 planned...
BNSF to charge more to shippers who use older tank cars
(Burlington Northern Santa Fe issued the following press release on April 9.) FORT WORTH, Texas — BNSF Railway Company today announced an effort to improve the transportation safety of toxic inhalation and poison inhalation hazardous materials (TIH/PIH). BNSF will...
