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Expert: Reroute dangerous cargo
(The following article by Fran Spielman was posted on the Chicago Sun-Times website on June 28.) CHICAGO -- Hazardous material shipments so vulnerable to terrorists they're the equivalent of weapons of mass destruction must be rerouted around Chicago to avoid placing...
BNSF line reopens after derailment
(The Billings Gazette posted the following article on its website on June 28.) POPLAR, Mont. -- Thirteen of 59 cars on a freight train derailed here while pulling onto a siding, closing the Burlington Northern Santa Fe line across northern Montana, officials said. Gus...
Carpenters join unions challenging AFL-CIO
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on June 27.) WASHINGTON -- The main national carpenter's union is joining a coalition of some of the nation's largest unions challenging the AFL-CIO's approach to leading the labor movement. The United Brotherhood...
Norfolk Southern: rate deals to boost second quarter income
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on June 24.) NORFOLK, Va. -- Norfolk Southern Corp. on Friday said it reached a settlement with Duke Energy Corp. and a tentative agreement with Carolina Power & Light Co. to resolve rail transportation rate...
Norfolk Southern reaches settlements in rate cases
(Norfolk Southern issued the following news release on June 24.) NORFOLK, Va. -- Norfolk Southern Corporation announced today it has entered into a settlement agreement with Duke Energy Corp. and a tentative settlement agreement with Carolina Power & Light Company...
Calif. pollution deal with railroads criticized
(The following article by Miguel Bustillo was posted on the Los Angeles Times website on June 25.) LOS ANGELES -- California officials and the nation's two largest railroad companies have struck an agreement to reduce pollution from rail yards, but the pact surprised...
Pact with Calif. puts railroads on cleaner track
(The following article by Chris Bowman was posted on the Sacramento Bee website on June 25.) SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Locomotive exhaust from the Union Pacific Railroad yard in Roseville and other freight train hubs in California would be reduced "significantly" under a...
BNSF is revitalized
(The following article by Katherine Yung was posted on the Dallas Morning News website on June 26.) DALLAS -- Trade with China isn't just about cheaper clothes and computers. It's also about reshaping and reinvigorating one of the linchpins of the American economy:...
Mont. officials vow to keep Amtrak service running
(The following article by Jennifer McKee was posted on the Billings Gazette website on June 27.) HELENA, Mont. -- Willie Zeller lives 145 miles from the nearest Wal-Mart. If he gets sick and needs treatment not available at the Glasgow hospital, he's looking at a...
Maker of Amtrak brakes switched designs
(The following article by Daniel Machalaba and Christopher J. Chipello was posted on the Wall Street Journal website on June 27.) NEW YORK -- The supplier of the brakes that paralyzed Amtrak's high-speed Acela trains after developing potentially catastrophic cracks...
