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Appalachian and Ohio Rail workers approve first contract as BMWED Teamsters
(The BMWED issued the following news release on August 7.) WASHINGTON -- Track maintenance employees of the Appalachian and Ohio Railroad have unanimously approved their first contract as members of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division (BMWED) of...
Appalachian and Ohio Rail workers approve first contract as BMWED Teamsters
(The BMWED issued the following news release on August 7.) WASHINGTON -- Track maintenance employees of the Appalachian and Ohio Railroad have unanimously approved their first contract as members of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division (BMWED) of...
Union official: Derailed train was speeding before Pa. spill
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on August 8. Cole Davis is the BLET’s General Chairman for the Norfolk Southern Northern Lines.) NORFOLK, Va. -- A Norfolk Southern train carrying sodium hydroxide was traveling more than four times the speed...
Union official: Derailed train was speeding before Pa. spill
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on August 8. Cole Davis is the BLET’s General Chairman for the Norfolk Southern Northern Lines.) NORFOLK, Va. -- A Norfolk Southern train carrying sodium hydroxide was traveling more than four times the speed...
Opinion: Booming railroads don’t need handouts
(The Virginian-Pilot posted the following editorial on its website on August 5.) NORFOLK, Va. -- Oh, pity America's poor railroads. According to their national trade association, the $40 billion industry is poised to suffer a 67 percent increase in demand for their...
Opinion: Booming railroads don’t need handouts
(The Virginian-Pilot posted the following editorial on its website on August 5.) NORFOLK, Va. -- Oh, pity America's poor railroads. According to their national trade association, the $40 billion industry is poised to suffer a 67 percent increase in demand for their...
STB attempts to control fuel surcharges on the rails
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on August 5.) WASHINGTON -- The Surface Transportation Board issued a proposed rule this week that would seek to curb excessive fuel surcharges charged by railroads. The new rules, which are up for public comment...
STB attempts to control fuel surcharges on the rails
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on August 5.) WASHINGTON -- The Surface Transportation Board issued a proposed rule this week that would seek to curb excessive fuel surcharges charged by railroads. The new rules, which are up for public comment...
Taking another look at trains as transportation option
(The Cleveland Plain Dealer posted the following article on its website on August 7.) CLEVELAND -- Here's a case to be made that the railroads built this nation, and the nation is now in a position to rebuild the railroads. Transportation in the 19th century was a lot...
Taking another look at trains as transportation option
(The Cleveland Plain Dealer posted the following article on its website on August 7.) CLEVELAND -- Here's a case to be made that the railroads built this nation, and the nation is now in a position to rebuild the railroads. Transportation in the 19th century was a lot...
