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U.S. seeks states’ input on private Amtrak routes
(Reuters circulated the following article on April 13.) WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration sought information on Tuesday from states on how they would contract rail service to private companies if Amtrak were dismantled and some or all of its routes were open to...
Deadline is set for rail cargo security
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on April 13.) WASHINGTON -- Rail shippers on July 12 will have to start sending electronic manifests identifying their cargo before reaching the first stop, the government said on Tuesday. The rule will help...
Emergency board created to investigate dispute between SEPTA and UTU
(The National Mediation Board issued the following news release on April 13.) WASHINGTON -- President George W. Bush established Emergency Board 237 to investigate a collective bargaining dispute between the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA)...
Vancouver port backlog reaches ‘unprecedented levels’
(The following report appeared at TodaysTrucking.com on April 12.) VANCOUVER, B.C. -- Canadian shippers and importers dependant on the Port of Vancouver are reaching out to the federal government for help as the container backlog along the coast has reached the...
Work in Progress
(The AFL-CIO circulated the following on April 12.) New members reported in this week's WIP: 2,001 New members reported in WIP year-to-date: 49,037 H&M, STERLING WORKERS ARE UNITE--Two hundred workers at H&M's distribution centers in Secaucus, N.J., and Cheshire,...
Calif. high-speed train vote faces delay
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on April 13.) SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Legislation by the Schwarzenegger administration to delay a public vote on nearly $10 billion in high-speed rail bonds until 2008 was approved Monday by the Assembly...
Maglev, high-speed rail woo the Southern California region
(The Los Angeles Daily News posted the following article by Lisa Mascaro on its website on April 13.) LOS ANGELES -- For as long as many commuters can remember, planners and politicians have dreamed of a fast train to whisk people across Southern California and points...
Electrified Caltrain may soothe nerves
(The following article by Justin Jouvenal was posted on the San Mateo County Times website on April 13.) SAN MATEO, Calif. -- For more than a century, the soundtrack to life on the Peninsula has been the roar of an engine, the blast of a whistle and the clang of bells...
Shortlines face long odds
(The following article by Byron Rohrig was posted on the Courier and Press website on April 13.) EVANSVILLE, Ind. -- Outside Alan Barnett's office sits a 40-foot boxcar of the Louisville, New Albany & Corydon Railroad, a survivor from a fleet the Corydon, Ind.-based...
Union Pacific Corporation announces its first quarter earnings release broadcast
(Union Pacific issued the following news release on April 12.) OMAHA, Neb. -- In conjunction with Union Pacific Corporation's (NYSE: UNP - News) First Quarter 2004 earnings release, you are invited to listen to its presentation that will be broadcast live over the...
