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Old-time stock winner: Trains
(The following article by Daniel Machalaba was posted on the Wall Street Journal website on June 16.) NEW YORK -- After a bumpy April, railroad stocks appear to be getting back on track. And some analysts and investors are predicting relatively strong gains even if...
Power outage disrupts SEPTA service
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on June 17.) PHILADELPHIA - A power outage during Thursday's evening rush hour stopped all of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority's commuter rail service for more than an hour. A SEPTA spokesman...
Railroads cut shipments of coal on Wyoming route
(Bloomberg News circulated the following article by By Rip Watson on June 17.) FORT WORTH, Texas -- Union Pacific Corp. and Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., the two biggest U.S. railroads, said they will ship less coal than usual over a Wyoming track that's the...
No injuries in UP derailment
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on June 16.) ENID, Okla. -- A Union Pacific train hauling cars, trucks, plastic pellets and a steel byproduct derailed in Enid this morning. No injuries are reported and none of the materials are hazardous. Union...
Signalmen union ordered back to work
(The following story by Lois Caliri appeared on The Roanoke Times website on June 17.) ROANOKE, Va. -- A federal judge in Roanoke granted Norfolk Southern Railway a temporary restraining order Thursday morning, forcing union workers back to work. The Brotherhood of...
Via Rail’s new Easterly class off to a good start
(VIA Rail issued the following news release on June 15.) HALIFAX -- This morning, VIA Rail Canada hosted its Maritime tourism industry partners and members of the media to a special breakfast at the Halifax VIA Rail Station. At the gathering, guests also enjoyed...
Five top unions join forces, raising threat of labor rift
(The following article by Steven Greenhouse was posted on the New York Times website on June 16.) WASHINGTON -- The likelihood of a schism in organized labor increased yesterday when five major unions formed a growth-oriented coalition and the presidents of four of...
Unions form coalition to expand labor
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on June 16.) WASHINGTON -- Unhappy with the shape of the labor movement under the existing AFL-CIO leadership, the heads of five of the federation's largest affiliates said Wednesday they formed a separate...
RailPower announces BNSF order for five Green Goats
(RailPower Technologies and BNSF issued the following news release on June 16.) VANCOUVER -- RailPower Technologies Corp. announced today that a five-year lease contract has been signed with BNSF Railway Company for five Green Goat® hybrid locomotives. Emissions...
SEPTA, TWU agree to keep talking
(The following article by Jere Downs was posted on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on June 15.) PHILADELPHIA -- A city-paralyzing transit strike was averted yesterday as SEPTA and officials from its largest union said buses and trains would keep running after...
