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UP to open new child care center
(The following story by Phil Rooney appeared on the Daily Nonpareil website on July 19.) OMAHA -- A local company that has twice been selected as one of Working Mother magazine's "100 Best Companies for Working Mothers" broke ground Thursday on a new child development...
UP sued over injury in yard
(The following story by Jim McBride appeared on the Amarillo Globe-News website on July 20.) AMARILLO, Texas -- An employee is suing the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Corp. over a 2001 injury he allegedly suffered while working in an Amarillo railyard. Brad...
LIRR braces for GOP convention
(The following story by Joie Tyrrell appeared on the Newsday website on July 20.) NEW YORK -- Long Island Rail Road will operate regular service during the Republican National Convention next month, but commuters are advised to consider alternative routes to Manhattan...
CN 2nd quarter net rises 34% on sales
(Bloomberg circulated the following story on July 20.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Canadian National Railway Co., which has the highest profit margins among North American railroads, said earnings in the second quarter rose 34 percent, boosted by higher grain shipments. Net...
Port rail traffic backing up
(The following story appeared at CalTradeReport.com on July 20.) LOS ANGELES -- A groundswell of containerized imports from Asia and a US economy that's grown by 4% in the first half of the year are having a severe impact on the ability of the West's largest rail...
Cong. Quinn’s father passes away
CLEVELAND, July 20 -- The father of U.S. Congressman Jack Quinn (R-NY) passed away on July 17. John F. “Jack” Qunn Sr. was a retired locomotive engineer for the South Buffalo Railway who passed along an appreciation of the industry to his son. Rep. Quinn is the...
Soaring port traffic delivers more jobs
(The following story by Ronald D. White appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on July 19.) LOS ANGELES -- Like her father and grandfather before her, 30-year-old Emilei Noceti thought she would spend her career at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach as a...
Opinion: High-speed train service growing at snail’s pace in U.S.
(The New York Times circulated the following travel column by Joe Sharkey on July 19.) NEW YORK -- All over Europe, in Japan, and elsewhere, business travelers have the option of avoiding planes and taking sleek high-speed trains that link urban centers. In France,...
Baby Bullet a big draw
(The following story by Renee Koury appeared on the San Jose Mercury News website on July 19.) SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Chuck Gasperi has a tip for Caltrain riders who want to avoid parking hassles and crowds on the popular Baby Bullet trains, which whisk passengers...
Orlando theme parks’ squabbling could kill state’s bullet train project
(The following article by Mike Branom was distributed by the Associated Press on July 18.) ORLANDO -- There always has been fighting between Mickey Mouse, Shamu the killer whale and Universal's superheroes over tourists' dollars. But that cutthroat capitalism now...
