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Rail tunnel still closed one year after fire
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on December 15.) SALEM, Ore. -- The railroad tunnel under the Siskiyou Summit remains closed to traffic more than a year after a fire caused portions of it to collapse. "We've had one setback after another," said...
Worker killed by subway on tracks in Brooklyn
(The following article by Sewell Chan was posted on the New York Times website on December 15.) NEW YORK -- A subway worker responsible for flagging train operators to get them to slow down in a work zone was himself struck and killed by a train in Brooklyn yesterday...
Little outcry as MTA prepares to raise fares
(The following article by Sewell Chan and Andy Newman was posted on the New York Times website on December 15.) NEW YORK -- The last two times the board of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority voted to raise fares, in 1995 and 2003, it faced denunciations from...
MTA workers rail against plan for automated trains
(The following article by Joshua Robin was posted on the Newsday website on December 14.) NEW YORK -- Weighing track workers' safety against minimizing delays, the MTA has yet to determine how fast automated trains are to run when they begin service next year. At...
Plane lands in Barstow train inspection yard
(The following article by Lisa Hart was posted on the Victorville Daily Press website on December 15.) BARSTOW, Calif. -- An 80-year-old woman was unhurt after her airplane ran out of fuel and made an emergency nighttime landing between railroad tracks at the...
Study: High-speed rail could benefit Midwest
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Carol Ann Riha on December 14.) DES MOINES, Iowa -- A high-speed rail network radiating from Chicago's Union Station through nine Midwestern states could carry 13.6 million passengers annually by 2025,...
Amtrak declares NY deal is dead
(The following article by Cathy Woodruff was posted on the Albany Times-Union website on December 15.) ALBANY, N.Y. -- A plan for high-speed trains between Albany and New York City was built on so many false assumptions that a contract between the state and Amtrak is...
Derailment snarls traffic in Wood Co.
(The Toledo Blade posted the following article on its website on December 15.) BLOOMDALE, Ohio -- A minor train derailment early yesterday snarled rail and highway traffic but caused no injuries or evacuations. Six cars of a CSX Transportation Corp. train loaded with...
Union Pacific investigation continues in train collision
(The following article was posted on the Yuma Sun website on December 15. Brother Leonard was a member on BLET Division 5 in Los Angeles.) YUMA, Ariz. -- An internal Union Pacific investigation continues into a train collision that killed an engineer Friday in...
Work in Progress
(The AFL-CIO issued the following on December 13.) CHOOSING THE UNION--Representatives of 1,600 workers at the Aladdin Resort and Casino in Las Vegas are preparing to bargain for their first contract after a successful majority sign-up, in which workers win their...
