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Two held in rail car tampering
(The following article by Gina Tenorio was posted on the San Bernardino County Sun website on June 16.) YERMO, Calif. -- Union Pacific Railroad police have arrested two men suspected of attempting to break into a rail car carrying a motor for Railroad officials did...
Transportation labor condemns House Subcommittee vote on Amtrak
(The Transportation Trades Department issued the following statement on June 15.) WASHINGTON -- The following statement was issued today by Edward Wytkind, President of the AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department (TTD) in response to the House Transportation...
Amtrak would have to cut routes under budget plan
(Reuters circulated the following article on June 15.) WASHINGTON -- Amtrak would have to cut its most unprofitable routes under a budget plan that a House of Representatives subcommittee cleared on Wednesday, but the railroad said the proposal would force it to shut...
Amtrak chief lashes out at `ideologues’ trying to cut funding
(Knight Ridder Newspapers circulated the following article by Chris Mondics on June 16.) WASHINGTON -- Amtrak President David Gunn on Wednesday blasted Republican plans to slash funding for the rail system, saying they would create chaos on the Northeast Corridor and...
House panel takes first step toward cutting Amtrak routes
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on June 15.) WASHINGTON -- Amtrak would have to end all of its cross-country routes, service between Chicago and New Orleans and the Auto Train to Florida under big cuts in taxpayer subsidies approved by a House...
Signalmen strike Norfolk Southern
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on June 16.) ALTOONA, Pa. -- Norfolk Southern Corp. signal workers went on strike briefly Thursday because, the union said, the company was turning to subcontractors to fill jobs. Members of the Brotherhood of...
Smoother flow of cargo is expected
(The following article by Ronald D. White was posted on the Los Angeles Times website on June 15.) LOS ANGELES -- With more cargo than ever pouring through the Los Angeles and Long Beach harbors, some delays are inevitable, but a floating traffic jam like last year's...
Stylized MARC ‘Report’ posters spark online buzz
(The following article by Justin Fenton and Sam Sessa was posted on the Baltimore Sun website on June 15.) BALTIMORE, Md. -- During the evening rush hour at the Camden Yards MARC station recently, commuters emptying out of a train made a beeline for the parking lot or...
Major federal authorization for High Line Project
(The High Line Project issued the following news release on June 14.) NEW YORK -- The High Line project received a crucial federal authorization today, effectively opening the way for the High Line's transformation to public open space. The Surface Transportation...
Rail grinders do the dirty work
(The following article by Drew Smith was posted on the Charleston Daily Mail website on June 14.) CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- When it comes to the railroad industry, the time-honored steam engine steals all the historic attention. Everyone knows the caboose is cute. A bullet...
