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Railroad fatalities epidemic in La.
(The following article by Janet McConnaughey was distributed by the Associated Press on July 6.) NEW ORLEANS -- The next time you're tempted to beat a train at a crossing, think about what happens if you run over a full soft-drink can. The train outweighs your car by...
When death rides the rails
(The following article by Jon Hilkevitch was posted on the Chicago Tribune website on July 4.) "And all at once, she thought of the man crushed by the train the day she had first met Vronsky, and she knew what she had to do. With a rapid, light step she went down the...
FBI expand probe to thwart terror attacks
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on July 5.) WASHINGTON -- Fearing terrorist attacks this summer and fall, the FBI is using its latest intelligence to expand interviews in U.S. communities to find al-Qaida operatives before they strike. An FBI...
Officials look at preventing mass transit terrorism
(The following article by Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar was posted on the Los Angeles Times website on July 4.) WASHINGTON -- After terrorists bombed four crowded commuter trains in Madrid, Spain, this spring, Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge summoned leaders of the...
Amtrak from S. Florida searched in Washington
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on July 5.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- An Amtrak train bound from Miami to New York was halted in Washington for more than an hour Saturday as authorities investigated a possible threat. Train 92, the Silver Star, left...
Rail cargo is forcing S.A. to play Russian roulette
(The following story by John Tedesco appeared on the San Antonio Express-News website on July 4. Gil Gore is General Chairman of the BLET's Union Pacific Southern Region General Committee of Adjustment.) SAN ANTONIO -- In a quiet corner of Bexar County dotted with...
Motor oil spilled in Alexandria train derailment
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on July 4.) ALEXANDRIA, La. -- A Union Pacific freight train derailed early Sunday and one tanker car spilled motor oil, the company said. No one was injured when two locomotives and nine cars derailed about 12:30...
FBI urges increased vigilance for July 4
(The Associated Press distributed the following article by Curt Anderson on July 2.) WASHINGTON -- A constant stream of intelligence indicating that al-Qaida wants to strike the United States this summer or fall has led federal officials to urge increased vigilance...
CSX Corporation to hold second-quarter earnings conference call
(CSX issued the following news release on July 1.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- CSX Corporation will hold its second quarter 2004 earnings conference call on Wednesday, July 28, 2004, at 11 a.m. EDT. CSX expects to issue its earnings at approximately 9 a.m. the morning of...
Record cargo clogs Calif. ports
(The following article by Ronald D. White and Deborah Schoch was posted on the Los Angeles Times website on July 2.) LOS ANGELES -- It's not quite the dockside equivalent of a SigAlert at the world's third-largest seaport complex. But it's close. With international...
