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UP denies dumping evidence
(The following article by Tim McLaughlin was posted on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch website on July 12.) ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- Union Pacific Corp. on Monday issued a sweeping denial of a published report accusing it of destroying evidence after grade-crossing accidents....
UP: Other cases and other questions
(The following story by Walt Bogdanich and Jenny Nordberg appeared on the New York Times website on July 11.) NEW YORK -- Union Pacific has been accused of mishandling evidence not just in crossing accidents but also in employee injury cases and in investigations of...
Six cars of train derail in Atlanta
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on July 13.) ATLANTA -- Authorities were on the scene of a train derailment Tuesday morning in southwest Atlanta. Six cars of the 20 cars on the CSX train derailed as it was on its way to Waycross, officials said....
Canadian workers at Via Rail may strike this month
(Bloomberg News distributed the following article on July 12.) TORONTO -- Via Rail Canada Inc.'s 3,000 workers may strike this month if a contract dispute with the country's government-owned passenger rail service isn't resolved, the Toronto Star reported, citing...
Union Pacific can’t keep up
(The following article by Anjali Athavaley was posted on the Houston Chronicle website on July 12.) HOUSTON -- Most businesses would love to have Union Pacific’s problem — too many customers. But for months the rail line has struggled to deal with a resurgent economy,...
Special interests carve out place in convention
(The following article by Lynn Sweet was posted on the Chicago Sun-Times website on July 12.) WASHINGTON -- Special interests -- corporations, labor unions and causes -- are bankrolling lush parties at the Democratic National Convention in order to buy access to...
Union officials sentenced for conspiracy
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Pam Easton on July 9.) HOUSTON -- Two former presidents of a Cleveland, Ohio-based union were sentenced to two years in prison Friday on conspiracy charges for extorting money and valuables from attorneys doing...
Defendants describe corruption in railroad union
(The following article by Harvey Rice was posted on the Houston Chronicle website on July 9.) HOUSTON -- Disgraced former leaders of the nation's largest railroad operating union described a system controlled by corrupt lawyers during a sentencing hearing Friday in a...
Citigroup still riding CN’s train
(The following article by Barry Critchley was posted on the Financial Post website on July 12.) TORONTO -- The latest example of the way in which Canadian National Railway Co. navigates its investment banking relationships was played out this past week. The...
Woes of Metro-North begin in Hartford
(The following article by Josh Benson was posted on the New York Times website on July 11.) NEW YORK -- For Lynne Price Frenkel, 35, of Stamford, traveling on Metro-North is often an adventure. And sometimes the excitement begins even before she boards the train....
