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Unions say railroad shouldn’t limit tests
(Bloomberg News distributed the following article on December 2.) OMAHA, Neb. -- Union Pacific Corp. should be denied a request to end U.S. testing of equipment on international cargo from Mexico after four people died in crashes in Texas in the past year, railroad...
Port of Oakland seeing a surge in cargo traffic
(The following article by Paul T. Rosynsky was posted on the Oakland Tribune website on December 2.) OAKLAND, Calif. -- A crush of Chinese imports coupled with congestion at Southern California ports has the Port of Oakland sailing into its fourth straight month of...
Opinion: Don’t let Amtrak die of neglect
(The following editorial was posted on the Atlanta Journal-Constitution website on December 2.) Amtrak is dying. More precisely, it's being forced to commit suicide through the willful negligence of the White House and members of Congress, leaving the national rail...
Suspect in theft is killed by train
(The following article by Imran Vittachi was posted on the Chicago Tribune website on December 2.) CHICAGO -- A passenger train bound for Los Angeles stopped a burglary in progress Wednesday on the West Side near Cicero, striking and killing one of two alleged thieves...
BNSF seeks help to solve case
(The following article was posted on the Trumann Democrat website on December 1.) TRUMANN, Ark. -- Burlington Northern Sante Fe reported to the Trumann Police Department that between Nov. 25 and 26 that while in route to West Memphis several cars were broke into. The...
C&O Railroad takes over local tracks
(The following article by Virgil Shipley was posted on the Mount Vernon News website on December 1.) MOUNT VERNON, Ohio -- The CSX railroad line from Newark to Mount Vernon has a new owner. The Columbus and Ohio River Railroad has added the 20 miles of track to its...
Transit union campaigns against computer-run trains
(The following article by Sewell Chan was posted on the New York Times website on December 2.) NEW YORK -- New York City's transit union began a campaign yesterday to mobilize riders against a plan to replace train conductors with a computer-controlled subway system....
Derailment causes subway delays; fires upgrade it to a full mess
(The following article by Sewell Chan and Thomas J. Lueck was posted on the New York Times website on December 2.) NEW YORK -- A subway train derailed near Herald Square early yesterday, requiring 57 people to be evacuated and forcing some delays. But that was only...
SEPTA at a crossroads
(The following article by Jere Downs was posted on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on December 2.) PHILADELPHIA -- Unless it gets an emergency infusion of cash, the SEPTA board is expected today to approve a drastic plan to end weekend service, lay off 1,300...
Unions ask agency to oppose Union Pacific on Mexican inspections
(The following article by Walt Bogdanich was posted on the New York Times website on December 2.) NEW YORK -- Citing a string of recent derailments and other safety and national security concerns, five labor unions are asking the federal transportation secretary to...
