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Kalikow riding his dream to the end
(Newsday posted the following article by Jennifer Sinco Kelleher on its website on December 19.) NEW YORK -- There will be a renewed push for MTA chairman Peter Kalikow's long-sought-after dream of merging the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North when the proposal is...
Railroads ride pricing power into 2007
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on December 20.) NEW YORK -- The nation's six largest railroads enjoyed arguably the greatest pricing power in their history this year and analysts expect it will continue in 2007, despite forecasts for a further...
Railroads ride pricing power into 2007
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on December 20.) NEW YORK -- The nation's six largest railroads enjoyed arguably the greatest pricing power in their history this year and analysts expect it will continue in 2007, despite forecasts for a further...
Norfolk Southern chief predicts good times for industry
(The following article by Gregory Richards was posted on the Virginian-Pilot website on December 20.) VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- The good times for railroads have finally arrived, Norfolk Southern Corp. Chief Executive Wick Moorman said Tuesday. Declaring that the...
Norfolk Southern chief predicts good times for industry
(The following article by Gregory Richards was posted on the Virginian-Pilot website on December 20.) VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- The good times for railroads have finally arrived, Norfolk Southern Corp. Chief Executive Wick Moorman said Tuesday. Declaring that the...
U.S. lays out tougher rules for rail transport of toxic chemicals
(The following article by Robert Schroeder was posted on the MarketWatch website on December 19.) WASHINGTON -- In an effort to safeguard big cities from terrorist attacks, the government proposed tougher rules Friday for freight rail carriers that move certain types...
U.S. lays out tougher rules for rail transport of toxic chemicals
(The following article by Robert Schroeder was posted on the MarketWatch website on December 19.) WASHINGTON -- In an effort to safeguard big cities from terrorist attacks, the government proposed tougher rules Friday for freight rail carriers that move certain types...
Anti-terror rules for trains in works
(The following article by Alex Breitler was posted on the Stockton Record website on December 20. Tim Smith is the BLET’s California State Legislative Board Chairman.) STOCKTON, Calif. -- That tank car sitting on the tracks for days could be loaded with harmless corn...
Anti-terror rules for trains in works
(The following article by Alex Breitler was posted on the Stockton Record website on December 20. Tim Smith is the BLET’s California State Legislative Board Chairman.) STOCKTON, Calif. -- That tank car sitting on the tracks for days could be loaded with harmless corn...
Pug engineers a miracle: Little ‘Max’ survives close call with train
(The following article by Anita Davis was posted on the Boston Herald website on December 19. Kym Berry is a member of BLET Division 57 in Boston.) BOSTON -- A meandering pup who survived being run over by a commuter train was reunited last night with the railway...
