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Senate to debate Homeland Security bills
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on February 27.) WASHINGTON -- A Senate drive to approve homeland security legislation could lead to a clash with the White House over airport screeners and standardized drivers' licenses. The Senate planned to...
NJ Transit sets hearings on fare-increase proposal
(The Philadelphia Inquirer posted the following article on its website on February 26.) PHILADELPHI -- NJ Transit will hold a public hearing Wednesday on its proposal to raise bus and rail fares by nearly 10 percent. The hearing will run from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the...
Amtrak ridership, revenue on rise
(The Chicago Tribune posted the following article on its website on February 26.) ILLINOIS -- Both Amtrak ridership and revenue are on the upswing in Illinois, according to data released Sunday by agency officials. Officials largely credited a new contract with the...
Proposed route to Mexico seaport called a threat
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on February 24.) PHOENIX -- A proposed new Mexican seaport could provide Union Pacific Railroad with a major business opportunity - trainloads of shipping containers of imported goods to haul to points across the...
CN Rail strike ends with fragile truce
(The following article by Brent Jang was posted on the Globe and Mail website on February 25.) TORONTO -- Striking CN Rail employees have started to return to their posts after their union reached a tentative one-year agreement with management on the weekend, but a...
CN Rail deal eases government intervention threat
(Reuters circulated the following article by Allan Dowd on February 25.) VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- The Canadian government put its plans to force an end to the strike at Canadian National Railway Co. on hold on Sunday, after the railroad and the union reached a...
Canadian rail workers end their strike
(Bloomberg News circulated the following article on February 26.) TORONTO -- The Canadian National Railway’s striking employees returned to work yesterday, a day after their union reached a tentative settlement for a new labor contract. The 2,800 conductors and yard...
Domino effect travels down railway
(The following article by Patrick May was posted on the San Jose Mercury News website on February 25.) SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Asia’s manufacturing boom is flooding the state’s shipping ports, and freight trains are being tapped more to help clean up the clutter. And...
Boxcars derail in N.Y.
(The following article by Patrick Flanigan was posted on the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle website on February 26.) ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Investigators with CSX Corp. are trying to determine why two boxcars on a 40-car train left the tracks in Riga on Sunday. It was the...
CSX hit with 3 accidents already this year
(The following article by Timothy J. Gibbons was posted on the Florida Times-Union website on February 24.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla -- Anna Garcia was drifting off to sleep when she heard the train. It began with the usual noises, noises she was used to: Living just a...
