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NJ Transit irons out a kink in its salary structure
(The following article by Joe Malinconico was posted on the Newark Star-Ledger website on August 19. William Keppen is a former BLE Vice-President and Robert Vallochi is the BLET’s General Chairman for New Jersey Transit.) NEWARK, N.J. -- It was the promotion nobody...
Man removed from Amtrak train has multiple IDs
(The following article by Mark Puente was posted on the Cleveland Plain Dealer website on August 19.) ELYRIA, Ohio -- A man removed Wednesday from an Amtrak train for unruly behavior turned out to be carrying gold, thousands of dollars in cash and identification cards...
Rail-thin security
(The following article by Grant Gross was posted on CSO Magazine’s website on August 18.) WASHINGTON -- Congress has declared that it's time to focus on securing the nation's railroads. Exactly how to do that is still up for debate. A group of U.S. lawmakers are...
Trains headed to Montana collide
(The Billings Gazette posted the following article on its website on August 19.) GILLETTE, Wyo. -- Federal accident investigators are trying to determine what caused two Burlington Northern Santa Fe trains headed to Montana to collide west of Gillette. Steve Kulm, a...
Labor group to organize Wal-Mart workers
(Reuters circulated the following article on August 18.) NEW YORK -- Labor leaders from around the world will meet in Chicago next week to draft a plan to organize Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT.N) workers in certain countries, including Brazil, Argentina, Germany and the...
Ohio Gov. charged over unreported gifts, some from CSX
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Andrew Welsh-Huggins on August 17.) COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Gov. Bob Taft was charged with four ethics violations Wednesday for failing to report dozens of gifts that included dinners, golf games and professional...
Advice for the LIRR
(The following article by Joie Tyrrell was posted on the Newsday website on August 18.) NEW YORK -- Sharon Feig, of Plainview, sat frustrated for hours inside a stalled Long Island Rail Road train not knowing when she would get home. "They gave us wrong information....
Rail wrecks put coal-burning utilities in a bind
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by David Twiddy on August 17.) KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- As utility companies across the Midwest have updated investors about their operations over the past month, there's been one constant -- an eye toward slower...
Amtrak passenger’s cause of death still unclear
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on August 17.) SAN MARCOS, Texas -- A California woman who died on an Amtrak train this week was taking a number of prescription drugs, but investigators said her cause of death remains unclear. Rhonda Burnett,...
Federal judge approves train wreck settlement despite concerns
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on August 17.) AIKEN, S.C. -- A federal judge has approved a class-action settlement for Graniteville residents who were evacuated during one of the nation's deadliest chemical spills in the last three decades...
