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American Financial rail yard case closed
(The following article by Cliff Peale was posted on the Cincinnati Enquirer website on November 10.) CINCINNATI -- American Financial Group Inc. has rid itself of one of its oldest and most troublesome environmental liabilities. But a settlement of a 20-year-old...
Railroad announces acquisition of BNSF lines
(The following article was posted on the McCook Daily Gazette website on November 10.) FORT WORTH, Texas -- Nebraska, Kansas & Colorado RailNet will acquire two rail lines consisting of nearly 89 miles of track from The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Co. in...
Amtrak set to add train in Calif.
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on November 10.) LOS ANGELES -- Amtrak has added a train running between Los Angeles and San Luis Obispo train. A new Amtrak Surfliner train will begin running Nov. 17, leaving Los Angeles' Union Station at 7:30...
High court rules in favor of Norfolk Southern in liability case
(The following article by Christopher Dinsmore was posted on the Virginian-Pilot website on November 10.) WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court sided Tuesday with Norfolk Southern Railway Co. in a case that was being closely watched by the railroad industry. The court...
Commuters fault MTA for plans to raise fares
(The following article by Greg Clary was posted on the White Plains Journal News website on November 10.) WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Eileen Schunke, a government securities trader from New City, said she won't be one of the riders giving her opinion today at Metropolitan...
N.Y.C. Mayor blasts MTA ‘wasteful spending’
(Newsday posted the following article by Luis Perez and Pete Bowles on its website on November 9.) NEW YORK -- Mayor Michael Bloomberg led a barrage of criticism against the MTA Tuesday, saying the agency should first eliminate "wasteful management spending" before...
Three railroads’ pact links Canada, U.S. freight lines
(The following article by Lois Caliri was posted on the Roanoke Times website on November 10.) ROANOKE, Va. -- Three railroads, including Norfolk Southern Corp., said Monday they will share rail routes to improve freight service between eastern Canada and the Eastern...
Rail inspectors missed 250-mile toxic leak
(The following article by Frank Santiago was posted on the Des Moines Register website on November 10.) DES MOINES, Iowa -- A train that dribbled toxic acid across more than half of Iowa over the weekend went unnoticed by a safety net of government agencies and...
D.C. Council rejects hazmat measure
(The following article by Spencer S. Hsu and Yolanda Woodlee was posted on the Washington Post website on November 10.) WASHINGTON -- The D.C. Council rejected legislation yesterday that would have barred railroads from shipping hazardous materials through the...
Work in Progress
(The AFL-CIO issued the following on November 8.) IBT UP IN FALL--Thousands of workers won a voice on the job with the Teamsters this fall, including 1,000 municipal workers in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., who joined Local 769 on Oct. 27 and 700 Diamond Walnut workers in...
