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Frances hinders Amtrak
(The following story by Chip Jones appeared on the Richmond Times-Dispatch website on September 4.) RICHMOND, Va. -- Amtrak has battened down the hatches from North Carolina to Florida today, canceling all train service threatened by Hurricane Frances. The Auto Train...
Amtrak adds to Tampa service
(The following story by Ted Jackovics appeared on the Tampa Tribune website on September 4.) TAMPA -- Amtrak will restructure its Florida service Nov. 1, providing Tampa with more convenient schedules, restoring sleeping and dining cars here, and adding Orlando,...
Amtrak trains to stop rolling through Fostoria soon
(The following story by Jefferson Wolfe appeared on the Tiffin Advertiser-Tribune website on September 4.) FOSTORIA, Ohio -- Amtrak will stop making passenger runs through Fostoria, as part of a route to Youngstown and Akron that will be discontinued. Mayor John...
Amtrak to halt Akron service
(The following story by Stephen Dyer appeared on the Akron Beacon Journal website on September 4.) AKRON, Ohio -- Amtrak will discontinue passenger service in Akron in March, but state officials remain hopeful that Akron's train station won't remain vacant for long....
Amtrak service cuts take effect in Pittsburgh on Nov. 1
(The following story by Joe Grata appeared on the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette website on September 4.) PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- Amtrak has officially announced consolidation of two interstate trains serving the region into a single route, but it left the door open for the...
Amtrak exits mail hauling business after 30 years
(Reuters circulated the following story on September 3.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Amtrak will stop shipping U.S. mail next month to concentrate on its core passenger network, eliminating roughly 300 jobs and millions of dollars in annual costs, the railroad said on Friday....
Unions push to expand influence
(The following story by Randolph Heaster and Diane Stafford appeared on The Kansas City Star website on September 6. Brother L.D. Jones is a member of BLET Division 336 in Osawatomie, Kan., and former BLE National Legislative Representative.) KANSAS CITY -- Last year,...
Unions laboring to organize
(The following story by Seth Muller appeared on the Arizona Daily Sun website on September 7.) TUCSON, Ariz. -- Greg Kreie could easily serve as a walking personification of labor. Kreie is a fourth-generation railroad worker. He helps build the tracks and handles...
Charlotte Labor Day float to honor 1934 strike
(The following story by Ted Reed appeared on the Charlotte Observer website on September 4. Ben Lee is Local Chairman and Legislative Representative of BLET Division 166 in Charlotte, N.C.) CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Charlotte will stage its sixth annual Labor Day parade...
Derailed BNSF car killed worker
(The following story by Mike Linn appeared on the Clovis News Journal website on September 5.) CLOVIS, N.M. -- The cause of death of a Clovis railroad worker moving a tank car is still under investigation, according to city and railroad officials. Glen A. “Skip” York...
