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Metrolink ‘shield’ denied
(The following article by Lisa Mascaro was posted on the Los Angeles Daily News website on September 8.) PASADENA, Calif. -- Metrolink lost its bid Wednesday to shield itself from liability for running its trains in the controversial push-mode in a 2003 crash in...
Senator Burns askes railroad to suspend fuel surcharges
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on September 8.) WASHINGTON -- BNSF Railway has turned down a request by Sen. Conrad Burns for the company to suspend fuel surcharges for agricultural shippers. In a Sept. 2 letter to BNSF President and CEO...
Rail officials agree to talk about Cincinnati leak
(The following article by Malia Rulon was posted on the Cincinnati Enquirer website on September 8.) WASHINGTON -- Rail America and the Federal Railroad Administration have agreed to answer questions about how a tanker car that started spewing toxic fumes last week...
Ad-libbing many routes, ships return to Mississippi
(The following article by Jeff Bailey, Alexei Barrionuevo and Charles V. Bagli was posted on the New York Times website on September 7.) NEW ORLEANS -- It may be in fits and starts, but shipping in the gulf region is coming back to life. In the last few days, ships...
Norfolk Southern Supports community and employee hurricane recovery efforts
(Norfolk Southern issued the following news release on September 7.) NORFOLK, Va. -- Norfolk Southern Corporation is providing $1 million for community recovery efforts, while enhancing its other relief-related programs in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. In communities...
CSX has resumed ‘limited service’
(The following article was posted on the Richmond Times-Dispatch website on September 7.) RICHMOND, Va. -- CSX Corp., the third-biggest U.S. railroad, has resumed "limited service" on about one-third of a 148-mile line east of New Orleans that was damaged by Hurricane...
Amtrak chief urges rail use
(The following article by Chip Jones was posted on the Richmond Times-Dispatch website on September 8.) RICHMOND, Va. -- Rising fuel costs and other economic aftershocks from Hurricane Katrina could jump-start efforts to be less dependent on cars, the nation's top...
Striking Northwest employees picket at Toledo rail yard
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on September 7. Brother Bloedow is the Local Chairman of BLET Division 937 in Toledo.) TOLEDO, Ohio -- Striking Northwest Airlines Corp. employees set up a picket line at a rail yard to bring attention to their...
Airline pickets set up at area railroad sites
(The following article by David Patch was posted on the Toledo Blade website on September 8. Jim Ong is the Chairman of the BLET Ohio State Legislative Board.) TOLEDO, Ohio -- The union representing striking mechanics at Northwest Airlines set up intermittent picket...
Oklahoma City and Union Pacific Railroad in dispute over downtown bridge
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on September 6.) OKLAHOMA CITY -- A dispute between Oklahoma City and Union Pacific Railroad could delay completion of a bridge near Bricktown. A major entry to the revitalized downtown area, the Walnut Avenue...
