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Washed-out U.P. line near Lake Mead could be open today
(The following article by Mike Gorrell was posted on the Salt Lake Tribune website on February 24.) SALT LAKE CITY -- A Union Pacific branch line washed out by storm runoff late Tuesday west of Lake Mead is expected to be reopened today. Railroad spokesman Mark Davis...
CN wants derailment report delayed
(The following story by Simon Tuck appeared on the Globe and Mail website on February 24.) OTTAWA -- Canada's transportation watchdog is largely pointing the finger at Canadian National Railway Co. for a fatal derailment, in a report that the company wants delayed...
Computer failure slows UP trains through San Antonio
(The following article by Patrick Driscoll was posted on the San Antonio Express-News website on February 23.) SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- Union Pacific trains traveling through San Antonio this morning were slowed for about an hour when a computer dispatch system crashed....
Three CSX cars derail in Baltimore tunnel
(The following story by Richard Irwin and Lynn Anderson appeared on the Baltimore Sun website on February 24.) BALTIMORE -- Three empty cars of a CSX freight train derailed last night in Baltimore's Howard Street Tunnel, but other cars - some carrying hazardous...
Work in Progress
(The AFL-CIO issued the following on February 22.) ELATED AT ELANT—Nearly 600 caregivers at four Elant nursing homes in Orange County, N.Y., gained a voice on the job last week when they voted overwhelmingly to join SEIU District 1199NY. EDUCATION WORKERS WIN A...
Statement by AFL-CIO President John Sweeney on Department of Labor and Wal-Mart agreement
(The AFL-CIO issued the following news release on February 22.) WASHINGTON -- We urge the Department of Labor Inspector General to conduct a thorough review of the sweetheart deal between DOL and Wal-Mart that compromises the welfare of Wal-Mart employees. Wal-Mart’s...
Idaho seeks court order to shut down leaky refueling depot
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on February 23.) SEATTLE, Wash. -- State officials have sought an emergency court order to shut down a train refueling station that sits atop the source of drinking water for hundreds of thousands of people in two...
Bush plan to kill funding faces long odds
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on February 22.) WASHINGTON -- It isn't hard to understand why few in Washington are taking President Bush's proposal to kill or cut 154 programs very seriously. Just listen to members of his own party. ``It ought...
Opinion: No way to run a train
(The following editorial by Leo Morris was posted on the Fort Wayne Sentinel website on February 22.) FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- High-speed rail could be the future, unless the Amtrak debate kills the whole idea. Fans of rail travel shouldn’t panic simply because President...
Opinion: Derailing Amtrak funding would be a travesty
(The following editorial appeared on the Munster Times website on February 20.) MUNSTER, Ind. -- Beware of the Bush administration's plan to reform Amtrak. A more likely result would be to kill it. In President Bush's 2006 budget, he proposes to eliminate federal...
