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Report: Metrolink method safe
(The following article by Phil Pitchford was posted on the Press-Enterprise website on July 15. Timothy Smith is Chairman of the BLET Calif. State Legislative Board.) RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A controversial method of operating commuter trains that has been blamed for...
CPR, IBEW reach agreement on five-year contract with signal maintainers
(Canadian Pacific issued the following news release on July 14.) CALGARY -- Canadian Pacific Railway and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), representing about 450 employees who maintain railway signal systems, today announced they have reached...
Could Seattle monorail be facing dead end?
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on July 14.) SEATTLE -- When it first whooshed through the sky above crowds at the 1962 World's Fair, the gleaming metallic car of Seattle's monorail was lauded as the future of mass public transit. More than 40...
CSX Corporation declares dividend
(CSX issued the following news release on July 13.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The board of directors of CSX Corporation today approved regular quarterly dividends on the company's common stock. The 10 cents per share dividend is payable September 15, 2005, to shareholders...
BNSF says it plans millions in rail upgrades in North Dakota
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by James MacPherson on July 14.) BISMARCK, N.D. -- BNSF Railway Co. said it's adding about 170 employees across North Dakota this year and next, in part to help with millions of dollars in track upgrades in the...
Via Rail investigating security breach
(CBC News posted the following on its website on July 8.) TORONTO -- Via Rail said an investigation is underway after a CBC Radio reporter Friday managed to board a passenger train and enter its baggage area without once being checked for a ticket. This comes a day...
Police arrest N.J. man who allegedly threatened Amtrak station
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on July 13.) BRATTLEBORO, Vt. -- A New Jersey man was arrested Wednesday after his mother reported to his hometown police that he had made threats against an Amtrak station in Brattleboro. Vermont State Police and...
Commuters cautious after London terror bombings
(The following article by Amy Le and Matt Schmitz was distributed by the Pioneer Press Online on July 14.) PARK RIDGE, Ill. --After last week's deadly bomb attacks in London left at least 50 people dead and more than 300 injured, Park Ridge commuters may have noticed...
Transportation labor endorses House transit and rail security bill
(The Transportation Trades Deparment issued the following news release on July 13.) WASHINGTON -- The following statement was issued today by Edward Wytkind, President of the AFL-CIO's Transportation Trades Department. "Transportation workers and their unions strongly...
Transit security seen and unseen
(The following article by Paul Duggan and Lyndsey Layton was posted on the Washington Post website on July 14.) WASHINGTON -- A week after bombs killed dozens of subway and bus passengers in London, transit officials in the Washington area said yesterday that they are...
