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Bomb scare empties NYC’s Penn Station
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on July 24.) NEW YORK -- A bomb scare emptied the nation's busiest commuter rail station Sunday for about an hour, disrupting service on trains and subways. The midday threat at Pennsylvania Station arose after...
Teamsters, SEIU to boycott AFL-CIO convention
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on July 25.) CHICAGO -- Organized labor is at war with itself as the Teamsters and a major service employees' union decide to bolt from the AFL-CIO, paving the way for two other groups to sever ties in the labor...
Four major unions plan to boycott AFL-CIO convention
(The following article by Steven Greenhouse was posted on the New York Times website on July 24.) CHICAGO -- Leaders of four of the country's largest labor unions announced on Sunday that they would boycott this week's AFL-CIO convention, and officials from two of...
NTSB Acting Chairman testifies on rail grade crossing safety
(The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following news release on July 22.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- National Transportation Safety Board Acting Chairman Mark Rosenker testified yesterday before the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee...
LIRR set to replace faulty concrete ties
(The following story by Joie Tyrrell appeared on the Newsday website on July 22.) NEW YORK -- Thousands of newly installed concrete railroad ties expected to last more than 50 years must be replaced after some of them started to crack and fracture, Long Island Rail...
Pittsburgh-area rail line reopens
(The following story by Amanda Cochran appeared on the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review website on July 22.) PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- Eighty cars loaded with coal will move through Indiana County this weekend for the first time on a 16-mile stretch of refurbished track that opened...
Rail safety findings are disputed
(The following story by Dan Weikel appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on July 21.) LOS ANGELES -- A badly injured passenger and relatives of people killed in the Jan. 26 Metrolink crash near Glendale called Wednesday on state legislators to prohibit commuter...
Railroads, Calif. emissions deal in jeopardy
(The following story by Michael Gardner of Copley News Service appeared on the Daily Breeze website on July 22.) SACRAMENTO -- Stunned by a public backlash, California Air Resources Board directors Thursday promised to take a hard look at their staff's secret pact to...
N.J. mass transit riders battle fears
(The following story by Carly L. Baldwin appeared on the Jersey Journal website on July 22.) JERSEY CITY, N.J. -- Despite increased police vigilance in some transportation centers, mass transit riders seem resigned to the fact that it would be difficult to prevent a...
BNSF increases quarterly dividend by 18 percent
(The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation issued the following news release on July 21.) FORT WORTH, Texas -- Directors of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (NYSE: BNI - News) voted today, July 21, 2005, to increase BNSF's next quarterly dividend by 18...
