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CSX posts drop in Q3 operating income
(The following article by Padraic Cassidy was posted on the CBS MarketWatch website on October 28.) NEW YORK -- Shares of railroad CSX Corp. faltered in early trading Thursday but then finished higher after reporting third-quarter earnings before items fell about 6...
Set clocks back one hour Saturday night
(The following information is from the U.S. Department of Transportation website.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Most of the nation will return to standard time at 2 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 31, when clocks will be set back one hour. The change will provide an additional hour of...
Evacuations follow W.Va. rail tanker leak
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on October 28.) HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- About 500 homes, a school and several businesses were evacuated Thursday after a 22,000-gallon railroad tanker leaked chemicals into a creek and sewer system, prompting fears...
Business, labor striving for voters
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on October 29.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Workers at Sandmeyer Steel Co. get to leave an hour early on Election Day, with pay, a gift from the company's owners who hope they will go vote. The Philadelphia company's Web...
Hoffa urges St. Louis Teamsters to get out vote for Kerry
(The International Brotherhood of Teamsters issued the following news release on October 27.) ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- International Brotherhood of Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa urged hundreds of Teamsters to get out the vote for Senator John Kerry at site visits in...
Labor officials stump for Democrats in Minnesota
(The following story by H.J. Cummins appeared on the Star Tribune website on October 29.) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- With the presidential candidates concentrating on Iraq, two of the nation's biggest labor groups came to Minnesota to talk jobs, with a pro-Democratic bent,...
Oregon city’s water system shut down after train derailment
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on October 28.) RIDDLE, Ore. -- The city of Riddle shut down its water system Thursday after a train derailment spilled thousands of gallons of diesel into Cow Creek, the town's main water source. Eric Quinn,...
Amtrak train derails in New Haven
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on October 29.) NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- The derailment of a passenger car on an Amtrak train Thursday night disrupted rail service through New Haven for several hours and temporarily halted Friday morning service for...
No rolling over the Teamsters
(The following article originally appeared in The National Journal on October 16, 2004 and was written by Brian Friel.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Ten years ago, the North American Free Trade Agreement eliminated most of the restrictions on cross-border trade among the...
They don’t go undercover, but they keep a low profile
(The following article by Rich Exner was posted on the Cleveland Plain Dealer website on October 28.) CLEVELAND -- Outlaws like Jesse James, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid made railroad police a necessity. Without a sheriff anywhere near much of the new track...
