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IC&E contract talks may be headed for binding arbitration
(The following Associated Press report appeared on the WOI-TV website on November 22.) IOWA CITY, Iowa -- A union official says contract talks between the Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad Corporation and its employees may be in line for binding arbitration....
Effective date of proposed rule allowing for train horn “quiet zones” moves to April 1
(The FRA issued the following article on November 22.) WASHINGTON -- The effective date of the proposed rule from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) that allows communities to establish train horn 'quiet zones' will be moved to April 1 from the previously...
Opinion: Union Pacific engineers: ‘We struggle to stay awake’
(The following editorial by Ken Rodriguez was posted on the San Antonio Express-News website on November 22.) SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- Seven train derailments in Bexar County since May, five fatalities since June, and Union Pacific is literally asleep. America's largest...
BNSF, UP on track to share rail line
(The following article by Sydney Igleheart was posted on the Pasadena Citizen Reporter website on November 19.) PASADENA, Texas -- After Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Santa Fe met with House Majority Leader Tom DeLay and Houston Mayor Bill White last month,...
Rail security focus of D.C. Council hearing
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on November 22.) WASHINGTON -- The Department of Homeland Security and CSX Transportation officials will testify before the D.C. Council today about rail security in the District. Council member Kathy Patterson...
Random checks of IDs begin on Amtrak trains
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on November 21.) WASHINGTON -- Amtrak conductors have begun random checks of passengers' IDs as a precaution against terrorist attacks. The onboard checks, which started at the beginning of November, are part of a...
It’s up to Congress to fix Amtrak, report says
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on November 21.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Though Congress approved a $1.2 billion subsidy for Amtrak, the money-losing passenger railroad still is careening toward a major disruption in service. To save it, the...
Amtrak in another hole with $1.3 bln loss
(Reuters circulated the following article on November 21.) WASHINGTON -- Amtrak is in another financial hole after posting a $1.3 billion operating loss last fiscal year and again receiving far less than it requested in federal subsidies, an influential transportation...
Official says deferral strategy fails Amtrak
(The following article by Matthew L. Wald was posted on the New York Times website on November 21.) WASHINGTON -- Amtrak's strategy of scraping by on limited budgets by deferring crucial capital investments "is no longer workable," according to the inspector general...
Train cars fall off track at Union Pacific yard
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on November 21.) SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- Railroad officials said they are examining whether a broken rail caused six train cars to derail in the city's seventh train accident since May. There were no injuries and no...
