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Bush vows to safeguard U.S. transit against attack
(Reuters circulated the following article on July 20.) BALTIMORE -- President Bush pledged on Wednesday to boost protection of U.S. transit systems against an attack in the aftermath of the London bombings and urged Congress to renew provisions of a post-Sept. 11...
Statement by Amtrak President and CEO David L. Gunn on the Senate Appropriations markup
(Amtrak issued the following statement on July 19.) WASHINGTON -- We applaud the action by the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee this afternoon. If enacted, today's $1.4 billion mark for Amtrak in FY '06 will permit continuing capital investment in our nation's...
Cities look for ways to secure rails
(The following article by Mimi Hall was posted on the USA Today website on July 20.) WASHINGTON -- Subway riders may face random police checks of their bags under a security measure being considered in the nation's capital, the latest city to look for ways to deter...
Change To Win Coalition may boycott AFL-CIO convention
(The following article by Steven Greenhouse was posted on the New York Times website on July 20.) WASHINGTON -- Leaders of several dissident unions warned yesterday that they might shun next week's A.F.L.-C.I.O. convention in Chicago unless the labor federation's...
AFL-CIO to hold 50th Anniversary Convention in Chicago
(The AFL-CIO issued the following news release on July 19.) WASHINGTON -- America’s union members and leaders will come together at Chicago’s Navy Pier July 25-28 for the convention marking the 50th anniversary of the merger of the AFL and the CIO. Over 900 elected...
Teen rescued after three days in rail car
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on July 19.) DECATUR, Ala. -- A nude, dehydrated teenager was rescued after apparently spending nearly three days in a railroad tanker car that had been used to store fertilizer, but he refused to tell authorities...
KCS Executive Committee of the Board of Directors declares cash dividends
(Kansas City Southern issued the following news release on July 20.) KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas City Southern Executive Committee of the Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $5.3125 per share on its outstanding 4.25% Redeemable Cumulative Convertible...
Hi-Line reaps benefits from huge rail project
(The following article by Karen Ogden was posted on the Great Falls Tribune website on July 20.) MALTA, Mont. -- A multimillion dollar railroad upgrade is turning motorists' heads on the Hi-Line and putting cash in merchants' pockets from Havre to Glasgow. Some 250...
Cellphones chime again in tunnels under Hudson
(The following article by Patrick McGeehan was posted on the New York Times website on July 20.) NEW YORK -- After almost two weeks of enforced silence, commuters can chatter away on their cellphones again as they pass through tunnels under the Hudson River. The Port...
BNSF says two southwestern North Dakota derailments not related
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on July 19.) REEDER, N.D. -- Two weekend derailments on track that runs through Adams and Bowman counties are not related, a Burlington Northern Santa Fe spokesman says. Six cars carrying sorghum and corn derailed...
