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Damaged wire delays trains between Newark, New York
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on August 28.) NEWARK, N.J. -- New Jersey Transit train service from Newark to New York's Penn Station remained on hold late Saturday night as repair crews continued to work on a damaged overhead power wire. The...
CPR says line expansions to de-bottleneck mainline needs federal assurances
(The Canadian Press circulated the following story by james Stevenson on August 27.) CALGARY -- Canadian Pacific Railway would like to go ahead with plans for major line expansions in Western Canada but will hold off until it gets assurances from Ottawa that it will...
Racing a train certain tragedy
(The following story by Natalie Pona appeared on the Winnipeg Sun website on August 29. Will Tataryn is a member of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (former BLE) Division 583 in Winnipeg.) WINNIPEG -- Motorists who try to beat the 226-tonnes of steel and cast iron...
Amtrak, senator plead cases
(The following story by Jeanie Senior appeared on The Tribune website on August 27.) PORTLAND, Ore. -- It’s another year and another congressional battle over Amtrak funding. The national passenger railroad system is seeking nearly $1.8 billion for fiscal 2005 and the...
Ten thousand union members to knock on a million doors
(The AFL-CIO circulated the following on August 27.) WASHINGTON -- As President Bush addresses the Republican National Convention on Thursday, September 2, 10,000 union members will go door-to-door to talk with a million union households about the jobs crisis, the...
Statement by AFL-CIO President John Sweeney On Census Bureau income and poverty data: poverty up, income down, work-based health coverage lowest in 10 years
(The AFL-CIO circulated the following news release on August 27.) Today’s Census Bureau report should alarm all Americans concerned about the economic policies that are driving our country in the wrong direction. Working families are bearing the brunt of economic...
B.C. railway trestles to be rebuilt
(The following article by Mark Hume was sposted on the Globe and Mail website on August 27.) VANCOUVER, B.C. -- The lost art of building wooden railway trestles will be revived this fall when a team starts to build a latticework of cross-braced timbers that once...
‘Drug Train’ takes Americans to Canada
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on August 26.) VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Carla Coco-Boutte stepped off the train for a brief Canadian excursion, but she wasn't looking for typical souvenirs such as aboriginal carvings or smoked salmon. The...
Container shipping costs could increase
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on August 27.) PORTLAND, Ore. -- West Coast shipping costs could increase and U.S. agricultural exports are likely to suffer unless the Port of Portland finds a way to replace two departing steamship lines that...
Ventura, Santa Barbara rail line to be studied
(The following story by Amanda Covarrubias appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on August 26.) LOS ANGELES -- Transportation officials from Ventura and Santa Barbara counties agreed Wednesday to explore the possibility of establishing a commuter rail line between...
