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New union coalition will fight for workers
(The following editorial by Andrew L. Stern was posted on the Los Angeles Times website on August 1.) LOS ANGELES -- Our world is undergoing the most profound economic transformation in history. Corporations, technology and the political climate are changing, and as a...
Union Pacific sends kids to the circus
(Union Pacific issued the following news release on August 1.) OMAHA, Neb. -- As the "Greatest Show on Earth" rolls into cities across the country, it is tracks, not roads, that pave the way. For more than 100 years, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey® has traveled...
Locomotives to highlight UP’s history
(The Council Bluffs Daily Non Pareil posted the following article on its website on August 1.) COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa -- Union Pacific has unveiled its Heritage series of locomotives to honor the people and railroads that have made the company one of North America's...
KCS to report earnings Wednesday
(The Kansas City Star posted the following article on its website on August 2.) KANSAS CITY -- Kansas City Southern will release its second quarter earnings report Wednesday morning prior to the opening of the New York Stock Exchange. The company’s senior management...
Privately owned train stations lag
(The following article by Danielle De Pari was posted on the Orlando Sentinel website on August 1.) ORLANDO, Fla. -- Pieces of wood fall from the Kissimmee Amtrak station's overhang. Paint peels off Orlando's Spanish-mission-style passenger depot. Potholes welcome...
Sinkhole filled; Amtrak running again
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on August 2.) DeLAND, Fla. -- Amtrak service resumed Monday on a stretch of railroad track that was closed after a sinkhole opened under it, causing delays for five trains and hundreds of passengers. Crews filled...
UP will fight EPA fine
(TheOmahaChannel.com posted the following article on August 1.) OMAHA, Neb. -- The Environmental Protection Agency wants Union Pacific to pay tens of millions of dollars in a lead clean up project, but on Monday UP filed a strong objection. UP said it did lease the...
Amtrak proposed subsidies may be vetoed, Mineta says
(Bloomberg News circulated the following article on August 1.) WASHINGTON -- Amtrak subsidies of more than $1.1 billion proposed in Congress "may be subject to a veto" unless lawmakers include more reforms of the passenger railroad, U.S. Transportation Secretary...
Bill would help keep Amtrak up and running
(The following article by Mark Boxley was posted on the Portage Daily Register website on August 1.) PORTAGE, Wisc. -- As a whole, Amtrak's passenger train service is in a lot of trouble. The company, according to documents from the Senate Commerce Committee,...
17 Canadian Pacific freight cars derail in eastern Pennsylvania
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on August 2.) RIVERSIDE, Pa. -- Canadian Pacific Railway officials say it may take days to clean up more than a dozen mangled railroad cars that derailed outside a Merck plant in eastern Pennsylvania. At least 17...
