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Teamsters Canada ends 24-hour strike at UPS
(The International Brotherhood of Teamsters issued the following news release on November 23.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Teamsters Canada and United Parcel Service (UPS) have reached a tentative agreement, ending a 24-hour strike. According to Teamsters Canada, the...
‘New’ bluegrass, country music on tap for CPR’s Holiday Train for hunger relief
(The Canadian Pacific Railway issued the following news release on November 23.) MINNEAPOLIS -- John Cowan, former lead singer and bassist for New Grass Revival, and his current band and Canadian country singer/songwriter Patricia Conroy will share Canadian Pacific...
UP launches holiday season with Christmas tree trains
(Union Pacific issued the following news release on November 23.) OMAHA, Neb. -- The holidays have been launched on Union Pacific Railroad as the traditional movement of Christmas trees by rail from the Pacific Northwest to Southern California is high- balling. Union...
Opinion: The Maglev dream … let’s make this happen
(The following column by John Rudolph appeared on The Augusta Free Press website on November 24.) AUGUSTA, Va. -- I must say, this has been a very good week of thoughtful responses for one particular writer, and one 12-year old boy who has a dream of seeing...
Extra NJ Transit trains to roll for the Macy’s parade
(The Star-Ledger posted the following article on its website on November 24.) NEWARK, N.J. -- NJ Transit is running 16 extra trains for folks heading into Manhattan tomorrow morning for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Also, the railroad is providing "getaway" rail...
Court finds BNSF negligent in worker’s death
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Bob Anez on November 23.) HELENA, Mont. -- The Montana Supreme Court on Tuesday reinstated a nearly $1 million award to the widow of a Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway worker killed when his track inspection...
Gas-tax rise may help save SEPTA
(The following story by Jere Downs and Anthony R. Wood appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on November 24.) PHILADELPHIA -- Gov. Rendell might round up an unsuspecting group to ride to the rescue of the region's buses and trains: people who drive cars....
CSX won’t disclose hazmat re-routing
(United Press International circulated the following article by Shaun Waterman on November 22.) WASHINGTON -- Rail executives told a Washington, D.C., City Council hearing Monday that, despite concern about the danger of a terrorist attack, they had not been ordered...
Your train will be late, she says cheerily
(The following article by Ian Urbina was posted on the New York Times website on November 24.) NEW YORK -- Amid long lines and frayed nerves typical during the long Thanksgiving holiday weekend, roughly 600,000 rail travelers nationwide will squeeze on and off trains,...
Opinion: A wake-up call to support Amtrak
(The following editorial appeared on The Roanoke Times website on November 24.) ROANOKE, Va. -- By consistently skimping on funding for Amtrak, Congress has failed the nation's passenger railroad service. Lawmakers need to change tracks. Until the public realizes that...
