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Union: More workers needed at L.A. ports
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on July 23.) LOS ANGELES -- Thousands of additional dockworkers are needed at the nation's largest port complex to cope with a crush of cargo traffic that has caused delays and threatens to undermine security...
Borough still battling trash train complaints
(The following story by Roger Alvarado appeared on the Manville News website on July 22.) PRINCETON, N.J. -- Lee Place resident Chris Gosk says the borough should be more concerned about doing something about the putrid smell that continues to emanate from the trash...
Canadian National eliminates 18 jobs
(The following article by Patty Brandl was posted on the Fond du Lac Reporter website on July 23.) FOND DU LAC, Wisc. -- The last thing that second-shift railroad workers Curtis Hanson and Chuck Immel expected when they reported to work this week at the North Fond du...
Rail freight traffic up from last year
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following news release on July 22.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Freight traffic on U.S. railroads was up during the week ended July 17 in comparison with the corresponding week last year, the Association of American Railroads...
Railroad improvements halfway to completion
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on July 22.) YANKTON, S.D. -- The largest improvement project since two railroads merged is halfway to completion. The Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern and the Iowa, Chicago & Eastern Railroad are undergoing $66...
BNSF increases quarterly dividend by 13 percent
(The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation issued the following news release on July 22.) FORT WORTH, Texas -- Directors of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (NYSE: BNI) voted today, July 22, 2004, to increase BNSF's next quarterly dividend by 13 percent,...
Union Pacific woes create a bottleneck for the economy
(The following story by Daniel Machalaba appeared in The Wall Street Journal on July 22.) TEMPE, Ariz. -- Glenn Miller thought he could rely on Union Pacific Corp. That was before the U.S.'s largest railroad started falling behind on deliveries to his wholesale...
U.P. profit off 43% on record revenue
(The following story by Stacie Hamel appeared on the Omaha World-Herald website on July 22.) OMAHA -- Following up on its warning of last month, Union Pacific Corp. announced second quarter earnings Thursday of 60 cents per share, a 43 percent drop from the same...
U.P. says curbs are easing tangles
(The following article by Stacie Hamel was posted on the Omaha World-Herald website on July 23.) OMAHA, Neb. -- A ready-mix concrete plant in southeastern Texas used to receive 16 rail carloads of aggregate material every two weeks. Now, it gets none. Union Pacific...
Operation problems, fuel prices hurt Union Pacific results
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on July 22.) OMAHA, Neb. -- Operation problems and high fuel prices hurt Union Pacific Corp.'s second-quarter results, the company said Thursday as it reported record revenues but earnings that fell 45 percent....
