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10,000 fill labor ranks in Toledo parade
(The following article by Julie M. McKinnon was posted on the Toledo Blade website on September 6.) TOLEDO, Ohio -- Even as 10,000 union members descend on downtown Toledo today for the annual Labor Day parade, many realize their ranks are shrinking. The Toledo area...
Labor Day parade entertains, relaxes
(The following article by Mike Donila was posted on the Charlotte Observer website on September 6. Brother J.B. Lee is the Local Chairman and Legislative Representative of BLET Division 166 in Charlotte.) For Kelli Williams, the series of marching bands, patriotic...
CSX provides financial assistance, temporary work assignments to Gulf Coast employees
(CSX issued the following news release on September 2.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- CSX today outlined its current employee and community assistance efforts in the Gulf Coast region. They include: -- Pay and benefits through September for the approximately 300 employees...
AAR: Intermodal traffic highest this year
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following news release on September 1.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Intermodal traffic on U.S. railroads reached its highest weekly total so far this year during the week ended August 27, the Association of American Railroads...
CPR asks judge to dismiss claims from Minot derailment
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Blake Nicholson on September 1.) BISMARCK, N.D. -- The Canadian Pacific Railway is asking a judge to dismiss all claims from a January 2002 derailment that spilled more than 220,000 gallons of anhydrous ammonia...
CN defends safety record after another derailment
(The Canadian Press circulated the following story on September 2.) VANCOUVER -- A spokesman for Canadian National Railway defended the company yesterday after the seventh derailment in one month, saying the company has the best accident record, compared with other...
Railroad employee was victim in crossing accident
(The following story by Diane Graff appeared on the Watertown Daily Times website on September 2.) CLYMAN, Wisc. -- An employee of Union Pacific Railroad was the victim in Tuesday morning's rail crossing accident in the town of Clyman in Dodge County. John A. Schaer,...
I&O trying to settle claims
(The following report by Tony Cook appeared on the Cincinnati Post website on September 2.) CINCINNATI, Ohio -- A Hamilton County judge denied a temporary restraining order Thursday that would have prevented Indiana & Ohio Railroad from settling claims with residents...
CSX outlines impact to railroad in Gulf Coast region
(CSX issued the following news release on September 1.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- CSX Corporation said that it is continuing freight transportation service to customers outside of the immediate Gulf Coast storm area by rerouting rail traffic through its well-established...
Norfolk Southern service alert
(NS issued the following news release on September 1.) NORFOLK, Va. -- Norfolk Southern has restored service between Birmingham and Mobile, AL. and between Birmingham and Meridian, MS to include Meridian. Traffic normally moving though New Orleans for interchange is...
