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Illinois Attorney General flags down Metra board
(The following article by Mark J. Konkol was posted on the Chicago Sun-Times website on March 1.) CHICAGO -- Metra board members agreed to give the commuter railroad's top two bosses hefty salary hikes in a closed meeting that violated the Illinois Open Meetings Act,...
Kansas City Southern’s growth spike
(The following article by Randolph Heaster was posted on the Kansas City Star website on March 1.) KANSAS CITY -- Proxies go out this week to shareholders of Kansas City Southern to approve its bid to buy control of TFM, Mexico's largest railroad. The nearly $700...
AFL-CIO’s ‘hugely important’ week
(Reuters circulated the following article on March 1.) LAS VEGAS -- The AFL-CIO began a crucial week for the direction of the U.S. labor movement with a "fierce" debate on how to head off internal dissent, reverse declining membership and increase its political clout,...
Unions on a roll in Las Vegas
(The following article by Rachel Osterman was posted on the Sacramento Bee website on March 1.) LAS VEGAS -- When Alma Lugo de Escobar packed up her belongings in San Diego and moved to this desert city, it wasn't the gambling, the glitter or the bright neon lights...
Kerry says Bush Amtrak cuts way off the track
(The following article by Kimberly Atkins was posted on the Boston Herald website on March 1.) BOSTON -- Sen. John F. Kerry [related, bio] last night slammed President Bush's plan to cut federal support to the fiscally strapped Amtrak passenger rail system, calling...
2005 SMA registration forms now available
CLEVELAND -- Members planning to attend the upcoming Southeastern Meeting Association in June can now register with forms available on the BLET website. The 78th annual SMA will be held in Montgomery, Ala., from June 12-16 at the Embassy Suites Hotel. The event will...
CN signs freight deal with Ontario Northland
(Reuters circulated the following story on February 25.) VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Canadian National Railway Co. signed a freight-hauling agreement on Friday with Ontario Northland's rail unit, which it tried unsuccessfully to buy in 2003. Under the two-year...
Rendell administration announces funds for four rail freight improvement projects
(The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation issued the following on February 25.) HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Pennsylvania State Transportation Secretary Allen D. Biehler, P.E. today announced that more than $860,000 was awarded for projects that will help preserve rail...
LIRR fares going up again
(The following article by Joie Tyrrell was posted on the Newsday website on February 28.) NEW YORK -- In the eight years he has been commuting from Hicksville, attorney Ira Checkla has watched his monthly Long Island Rail Road ticket climb from $154 to $192. The...
EJ&E to update its computers
(Medill News Service circulated the following article by Emily Bryson York on February 28.) CHICAGO -- Whoever transported corporate America into the 21st century forgot to notify the little engine that could. Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Co., a unit of United...
