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Many return to familiar homes, changed lives
(The following article by John O’Connor was posted on the State website on January 13.) GRANITEVILLE, S.C. -- The strong breeze that blew down Jasmine Drive could not disperse the doubts in William Creed’s mind about chlorine contamination at his Graniteville home....
Amtrak temporarily suspends Zephyr service west of Denver
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on January 13.) SALT LAKE CITY -- Amtrak's California Zephyr will only be going as far west as Denver for at least the next week because of storms in the Rocky and Sierra mountain ranges. Amtrak has temporarily...
Weather closes Union Pacific rail lines
(The following story by Eric Johnson appeared on the Press Telegram website on January 13.) LONG BEACH, Calif. -- The wet and wild Southland winter has laid claim to another victim: Union Pacific's railroad tracks. The barrage of rainstorms the past week has severely...
Union Pacific capacity is cut by up to a third
(The Los Angeles Times circulated the following article on January 14.) LOS ANGELES -- Union Pacific Corp. said Thursday that track damage from floods and washouts caused by punishing storms in California and Nevada might cut the number of trains serving Los Angeles...
Union Pacific stuck in the mud
(The following article by John Schmeltzer was posted on the Chicago Tribune website on January 14. The Los Angeles Times contributed to this report.) CHICAGO -- The Union Pacific Corp. on Thursday said its capacity to move freight to and from West Coast ports will be...
Weather hurts Union Pacific’s capacity
(Reuters circulated the following article on January 13.) CHICAGO -- Union Pacific Corp. said on Thursday the massive storm that hit California and Nevada in the past week will reduce the largest U.S. railroad's rail capacity between the Los Angeles basin and points...
Union Pacific expects extended operational impact from western storm
(Union Pacific issued the following news release on January 13.) OMAHA, Neb. -- Union Pacific announced today that damage from the massive storm that hit California and Nevada during the past week will reduce the company's rail capacity between the Los Angeles Basin...
BNSF train derails in Enid, no one hurt
(The following report appeared on the Claremore Daily Progress website on January 13.) ENID, Okla. -- Farmrail freight train line officials spent Wednesday trying to determine what caused one of their trains to derail on the Burlington Northern Santa Fe tracks that...
Search online for union scholarships
(American Education Services issued the following news release on January 13.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As the new provider for Union Plus Education Services, we are pleased to offer your members and their dependents the opportunity to search for free money for higher...
Downeaster fare increase gets preliminary OK from rail group
(The following article was posted on the Portland Press Herald website on January 13.) PORTLAND, Me. -- Ticket price increases for Downeaster train service won initial approval Wednesday. Directors of the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority voted to keep...
