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No injuries as BNSF and UP trains collide in Calif.
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on April 28.) HESPERIA, Calif. -- Two freight trains collided early Wednesday near Hesperia, leaving parts of two train cars dangling precariously over a cliff. The trains, from Burlington Northern Santa Fe and...
Labor task force to protect overtime rights
(The Associated Press distributed the following article by Leigh Strope on April 28.) WASHINGTON -- The Labor Department, facing political heat over new overtime pay rules, is creating a new enforcement task force it says will focus on protecting workers' eligibility...
No injuries as Calif. trains collide
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on April 28.) HESPERIA, Calif. -- Two freight trains collided early Wednesday near Hesperia, leaving parts of two train cars dangling precariously over a cliff. The trains, from Burlington Northern Santa Fe and...
Unions celebrate Workers Memorial Day
(The following story by Jean Spenner appeared on The Saginaw News website on April 28.) SAGINAW, Mich. -- Workers from around Saginaw County will pause Wednesday -- Workers Memorial Day -- to remember those who have died from work-related injuries or illnesses. United...
B.C. Rail protest stops train
(The CBC British Columbia posted the following article on its website on April 27.) PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. -- About 100 people held an anti-privatization rally at the B.C.Rail yard just south of Prince George on Tuesday – in support of a blockade by a dozen protesters....
NJ Transit is upgrading ticket dispensers
(The following article by Joe Malinconico was posted on the Star-Ledger website on April 28.) NEWARK, N.J. -- Most times, the 545 ticket vending machines that dispense tickets for NJ Transit's trains, buses, light rail lines and subways seem just fine. Sure, maybe the...
Amtrak’s Empire Builder passes through Oregon, Ill.
(The following story by Diane Markel appeared on the Sun Valley Newspapers website on April 27.) STERLING, Ill. -- Railroad fans in Oregon and Savanna who want pictures of Amtrak passenger trains in their area may get a chance today and Wednesday. The Amtrak train,...
Amtrak passenger tips lead to immigration arrest
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on April 27.) RENSSELAER, N.Y. -- An immigrant from Guyana was arrested in upstate New York after Amtrak passengers told local police he was behaving suspiciously. Federal authorities say passengers became...
BNSF planning to abandon about 50 miles of track in North Dakota
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on April 28.) BISMARCK, N.D. -- The Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad wants to abandon about 50 miles of track in North Dakota, the state Public Service Commission says. Commissioner Tony Clark said the...
Centrist ‘go-to guy’ departs as GOP leans farther right
(The following article by Douglas Turner was posted on the Buffalo News website on April 27.) WASHINGTON -- Frustrations with the high-wire life of being a moderate Republican in a hardening right-wing majority took its toll on Rep. Jack F. Quinn of Hamburg, according...
