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BNSF profit ahead of estimates
(The following article by Dan Piller was posted on the Fort Worth Star-Telegram website on July 27.) FORT WORTH, Texas -- Boosted by 15 percent growth in freight revenue, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. on Tuesday reported second-quarter profit of $366 million, or...
UP, EPA wrap up toxic spill probe
(The following article by Lisa Rosetta was posted on the Salt Lake Tribune website on July 27.) SALT LAKE CITY -- Kennecott Utah Copper, Union Pacific and waste-disposal company Philip Services may face criminal charges and civil penalties for their role in a March...
Transit aides want direction on safety help
(The following article by Eric Lipton was posted on the New York Times website on July 26.) WASHINGTON -- The top transit security officials from New York, Los Angeles and Washington told a House panel on Tuesday that more federal money was not their only urgent need....
Transit officials urge vigilance
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on July 26.) WASHINGTON -- Subway and commuter train riders must take a greater role in their own security to help thwart a London-style transit attack in the United States, big-city officials said Tuesday....
Official says Amtrak could save by cutting sleeper, dining cars
(The following article by Robert Cohen was posted on the Newark Star-Ledger website on July 27.) WASHINGTON -- Amtrak could save millions of dollars a year by eliminating sleeper-car service and dining facilities on its money- losing long-distance trains, according to...
Amtrak could save $158 mln by cutting sleeper cars
(Reuters circulated the following article on July 26.) WASHINGTON -- Amtrak should explore eliminating its first-class sleeper and dining-car services on some or all of its long-distance trains to save money, a Transportation Department watchdog recommended on...
NTSB blames CN for Amtrak crash
(Reuters circulated the following article on July 26.) WASHINGTON -- U.S. crash investigators blamed a fatal Amtrak crash last year in Mississippi on the failure of freight railroad Canadian National Railway Co. (CNR.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) to properly maintain...
Track blamed in train accident
(The following article by Ana Radelat was posted on the Jackson Clarion-Ledger website on July 27.) WASHINGTON -- Poor track maintenance caused last year's fatal Amtrak derailment near Flora, Miss., a National Transportation Safety Board report released Tuesday...
UP train derails near downtown Abilene
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on July 26.) ABILENE, Texas -- A train derailed Tuesday in downtown Abilene, leaving two cars overturned and forcing the evacuation of some homes and businesses for several hours. Nobody was hurt. Abilene...
Work in Progress
(The AFL-CIO circulated the following on July 25.) IOWA CARE GIVERS VOTE AFSCME--More than 2,500 home care workers in Iowa voted to join AFSCME Council 61 earlier this month. Their yearlong fight for a voice received a boost July 4 when Gov. Thomas Vilsack (D) signed...
