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(The AFL-CIO circulated the following on November 29.) CASINO WORKERS JOIN UNION—Nearly 700 workers at the Chukchansi Gold Resort and Casino near Fresno, Calif., became the newest members of UNITE HERE Nov. 19 through majority sign-up. Under majority sign-up, workers...
Students dreading SEPTA cuts
(The following article by Regina Medina was posted on the Philadelphia Daily News website on November 30.) PHILADELPHIA -- The SEPTA crisis has seriously altered the plans of Temple University junior Dana M. Brown. The 20-year-old commuter student from Mount Airy...
Iowa’s Amtrak ridership up 14%
(The following article by William Petroski was posted on the Des Moines Register website on November 30.) DES MOINES, Iowa -- Ridership aboard Amtrak trains in Iowa has surged 14 percent in the past year, although the future of the money-losing passenger railroad...
NJ Transit to discuss reopening of West Trenton rail line
(The following article by Kara Fitzpatrick was posted on the Princeton Packet website on November 30.) PRINCETON, N.J. -- NJ Transit will hold two open house meetings to gain public comment on the possible reopening of passenger rail service on the West Trenton Line...
STB approves Kansas City Southern’s acquisition of Tex Mex Railway
(The STB issued the following news release on November 29.) WASHINGTON -- The Surface Transportation Board announced that it has issued a decision today approving "Kansas City Southern's" acquisition of control of the "Tex Mex Railway," subject to conditions. In...
KC Southern’s proposal on Mexico rail advances
(The following article by Randolph Heaster was posted on the Kansas City Star website on November 30.) KANSAS CITY -- A federal regulator has approved Kansas City Southern's request to acquire majority interest in a short-line railroad linking its own system with...
BNSF train derails in Ark.
(The following article by Jamie Brockwell was posted on the Evening Times websites on November 30.) MARION, Ark. -- A Burlington Northern Santa Fe train derailed train last night north of Marion, leaving a portion of Highway 77 closed today. At approximately 10:30...
Cargo trains collide, killing a conductor
(The following article by Rick Rousos was posted on the Lakeland Ledger website on November 30.) RICHLAND, Fla. -- Two CSX cargo trains crashed head-on in the early morning fog Monday, killing the conductor of one train and injuring three other CSX employees,...
West wary of nuclear waste route
(The following article by Kim McGuire was posted on the Denver Post website on November 28.) DENVER -- A proposed uranium-enrichment plant in southeastern New Mexico has stoked concerns about tons of radioactive material being shipped by 2008 on rail lines through...
NJT seeks to blast train-horn noise
(The following article by Tom Hester Jr. was posted on the Trenton Times website on November 29.) TRENTON, N.J. -- The lonesome whistle whine from a passing train rolling faraway through the night has long inspired thoughts of impetuous adventure - unless that train...
