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Cleveland to host Union-Industries Show in 2006
(The following article by Sarah Hollander was posted on the Cleveland Plain Dealer website on June 10.) CLEVELAND -- For everyone discouraged by the thinning list of products made in America- let alone made in America by a union member- prepare to mark your calendars....
RailPower announces Green Kid hybrid locomotive trial in Modesto, Calif.
(RailPower issued the following news release on June 9.) VANCOUVER -- RailPower Technologies Corp. announced today that Modesto and Empire Traction Company (METRR) will lease its environmentally friendly Green Kid hybrid locomotive for a 30-day period to test its...
Coal trains won’t roll through Indiana until fall
(The following story by David Hunter appeared on the Penn News website on June 9.) INDIANA, Pa. -- Though work on the track continues, coal trains won't start rolling over the Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad's Indiana branch until fall according to the railroad's Senior...
Metra gate on fast track
(The following story by M. Daniel Gibbard appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on June 10. Lisa Black contributed to this report.) CHICAGO -- As hundreds gathered Wednesday to demand installation of pedestrian gates at the train tracks where a Glenview boy was...
$1B earmarked for new Metro-North cars
(The Stamford Advocate posted the following article by Christina S. N. Lewis on its website on June 10.) HARTFORD, Conn. -- Gov. John Rowland approved a plan to spend more than $1 billion to replace Metro-North Railroad's entire New Haven Line fleet and to build new...
NJ Transit ridership is up after declines
(The following article by Joe Malinconico was posted on the Newark Star-Ledger website on June 10.) NEWARK, N.J. -- After two years of declines, the ridership on NJ Transit's trains, buses and subways has begun to rise, a trend officials attribute to the region's...
Moore, Jones file papers for congressional bids
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on June 10. L.D. Jones is a member of BLET Division 336 in Osawatomie, Kan.) TOPEKA, Kan. -- Third District U.S. Rep. Dennis Moore filed for his fourth term Wednesday, with the filing deadline for the Aug. 3 primary...
Union Pacific expects earnings drop in 2Q
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on June 9.) OMAHA, Neb. -- Rising fuel prices and costs of hiring train crews and improving delivery speed will cut into second quarter profits at the nation's largest railroad, Union Pacific Corp. said Wednesday....
Union Pacific cuts forecast
(Reuters distributed the following article on June 10.) MIAMI -- Union Pacific Corp., the largest U.S. rail freight operator, on Wednesday said it was still struggling to get its network running right and slashed its quarterly profit forecast. Shares of Union Pacific...
U.P. chief can’t predict end of woes, but cuts forecast
(The following report by Stacie Hamel appeared on the Omaha World-Herald website on June 10.) OMAHA -- When Union Pacific Corp. announced Wednesday that second-quarter earnings will be lower than expected, Chairman and Chief Executive Dick Davidson again declined to...
