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A crossroad in technology
(The following article by Lois Caliri was posted on the Roanoke Times website on September 19.) ROANOKE, Va. -- Remote-control trains are not just for kids anymore. Actual railroad workers are using small radio-control boxes to send trains forward or backward up to a...
Freddie N. Simpson elected President of BMWE, Perry K. Geller Sr. Secretary- Treasurer
ALBURQUERQUE, N.M. -- Today, the BMWE held elections to fill the offices of President and Secretary-Treasurer due to the retirement earlier this year of former BMWE President Mac A. Fleming following an extended medical leave. Both Simpson and Geller, who had each...
Opinion: The price of labor’s decline
(The following column by David S. Broder appeared on the Washington Post website on September 15.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Because the Republicans delayed their convention so much that they ran right into the start of the Labor Day weekend, that end-of-the-summer holiday...
Send more cargo by rail, study says
(The following article by Bradley Weaver was posted on the Press-Enterprise website on September 17.) LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Inland commuters would save the equivalent of two days of travel each year if 25 percent of the cargo that's carried through the area on...
Shipping center to be built in Bismarck
(The following article by Angie Buckley was posted on the Bismarck Tribune website on September 17.) BISMARCK, N.D. -- Work will soon begin on a city-owned facility that will allow all kinds of freight to come in and out of Bismarck, on its way to or from anywhere in...
Holiday takes bite out of rail freight traffic
(The Association of American Railroads posted the following release on its website on September 16.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Largely because of the Labor Day holiday, freight traffic on U.S. railroads was down sharply during the week ended September 11 compared to the...
KC Southern’s Mexican rail bid rebuffed
(The following article by Randolph Heaster was posted on the Kansas City Star website on September 17.) KANSAS CITY -- A Mexican government agency has rejected Kansas City Southern's bid to buy a majority interest in Mexico's biggest railroad. However, both Kansas...
Fire on BNSF train closes highway
(The Amarillo Globe-News posted the following article on its website on September 17.) AMARILLO, Texas -- Flames that could have ignited dangerous materials on a freight train forced the Texas Department of Public Safety to close all lanes of U.S. Highway 60 between...
CSX busy repairing damage
(The following article by Chip Jones was posted on the Richmond Times-Dispatch website on September 17.) RICHMOND, Va. -- Shockoe Bottom car owners weren't the only ones drenched by Tropical Storm Gaston. CSX Corp., the freight railroad that runs through the heart of...
San Antonio derailment leaves neighbors on edge
(The following article by David Hebert appeared on San Antonio television station KENS 5 Eyewitness News’ website on September 17.) SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- Cleanup is underway this evening after a train derailed on the South Side. It happened around 11:30 a.m. this...
