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State: No SEPTA ‘patch’ this year
(The following article by Paul Nussbaum was posted on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on March 7.) HARRISBURG, Pa. -- As SEPTA heads toward another financial crisis, the Rendell administration said yesterday that it would not provide the stopgap financial aid used...
South Carolina prepares for hazmat incidents
(The following article by Sammy Fretwell was posted on the State website on March 7.) COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Columbia and USC are working furiously to prepare for a train wreck and chemical leak that could prove disastrous in the state’s largest city. But if notable...
Utility to fix faulty wires after LIRR disruption
(Newsday circulated the following article by Jennifer Maloney on March 7.) NEW YORK -- The Long Island Power Authority is conducting aerial inspections along 130 miles of Long Island Rail Road tracks and plans to replace fraying wires and faulty equipment within two...
In court, landowners describe dealings with DM&E
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on March 6.) GILLETTE, Wyo. -- A landowner said in a District Court hearing that he and other landowners put off dealing with a railroad’s land acquisition efforts until the company could prove that a rail...
BNSF buying greener engines
(The following article by Katherine Yung was posted on the Dallas Morning News website on March 7.) DALLAS, Texas -- Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., the country’s second-largest freight railroad, announced new efforts Tuesday to reduce emissions from its diesel...
Opinion: Not all rail negotiations moving along
(The following column by Randolph Heaster was posted on the Kansas City Star website on March 7.) KANSAS CITY -- The drawn-out bargaining process in the railroad industry yielded a tentative agreement with several unions representing 66,000 U.S. rail workers last...
Lawmakers say TSA whistleblower rights provision goes too far
(The following article by Jonathan Marino was posted on GovExec.com on March 7.) WASHINGTON -- Republicans on the House Homeland Security Committee repeatedly expressed concern Tuesday that if Transportation Security Administration employees gain enhanced...
Teamsters Testify to Congress in support of Rail and Transit Security Act of 2007
(The International Brotherhood of Teamsters issued the following news release on March 7.) WASHINGTON -- A Teamsters Rail Conference official testified before the House Homeland Security Committee yesterday in support of the Rail and Transit Security Act of 2007, H.R....
Opinion: The right to organize
(The New York Times posted the following editorial on its website on March 6.) NEW YORK -- There are many reasons for the long decline in the membership rolls for private sector unions, including powerful changes in the economy and the unions’ past corruption...
Metra to add service for reverse-commuters, CTA riders
(The following article by Richard Wronski was posted on the Chicago Tribune website on March 5.) CHICAGO -- Like many people who live in Chicago and work in the suburbs, Eric Rinehart likes to take public transportation to his job in Waukegan but feels hamstrung by a...
