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In improving economy, rail carriers at crossroads
(The following story by Padraic Cassidy appeared at CBSMarketWatch.com on August 24.) NEW YORK -- A surge in freight to feed a stirring economy is delivering profit gains to U.S. railroads, though not without strains for those struggling to keep pace. At stake is the...
Amtrak conductor resigns after making comments against Kerry
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by David A. Lieb on August 24.) JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- An Amtrak conductor said Tuesday that he will resign rather than face a company investigation for suggesting to train passengers that they should vote against...
Man charged in Amtrak bomb scare pleads guilty
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on August 24.) MADISON, Wis. -- A man charged with making bomb threats that forced people to evacuate an Amtrak train in Portage last month pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court. Michael David Conwill, 35, had...
Transit runs in the family
(The following story by Michael Lavitt appeared on The Times website on August 24. Bob Daniels is Legislative Representative of BLET Division 373 in Trenton, N.J., and his son Wayne belongs to the same Division.) TRENTON, N.J. -- With thousands of employees and an...
GOP convention security to tangle travel
(The following article by Tom Hester Jr. was posted on the Trenton Times website on August 25.) TRENTON, N.J. -- Jim Duffy works as a telecommunications manager for McGraw-Hill at 2 Penn Plaza, the office building that essentially sits atop Penn Station in New York...
NJ Transit prepares for GOP convention
(The following article by Joe Malinconico and Ron Marsico was posted on the Newark Star-Ledger website on August 25.) NEWARK, N.J. -- Never before has NJ Transit imposed security measures as comprehensive as what authorities have devised for next week's Republican...
BMWE members to vote on merger with Teamsters
(The International Brotherhood of Teamsters issued the following news release on August 24.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- After approximately one year of negotiations, the leadership of Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes (BMWE) voted unanimously to send a proposed...
Coroner changes rules on probes of train crashes
(The Canadian Press circulated the following story on August 24.) TORONTO -- Ontario's coroner is changing the way deadly train crashes involving cars or pedestrians are handled. Deputy chief coroner Jim Cairns said the sites will no longer be automatically treated as...
Response to GO train accidents speeded up
(The following story by Kevin McGran appeared on the Toronto Star website on August 24.) TORONTO -- Delays at GO train accident scenes will be cut in half — by up to 90 minutes — now that the Ontario coroner's office, Toronto police and GO Transit have agreed on a...
Work in Progress
(The AFL-CIO circulated the following on August 23.) New members reported in this week's WIP: 3,507 New members reported in WIP, year to date: 80,870 BIG WIN AT AMERICA WEST--After a hard-fought struggle, the nearly 3,100 customer service employees at America West...
