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Teamsters: Senate fails workers, passes Bush pension plan
(The IBT circulated the following news release on April 8.) WASHINGTON -- Turning its back on working Americans, the United States Senate granted final approval to President Bush's so-called pension relief bill. Rather than pass a bill that will provide meaningful...
NJ Transit riders face an open-and-shut problem
(The following article by Joe Malinconico was posted on the Newark Star-Ledger website on April 11.) NEWARK, N.J. -- NJ Transit commuters never know what to expect from the doors on their trains. Some days, they open. Some days, they don't. One thing's for sure --...
NTSB recommendations inserted into bill
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on April 11.) MINOT, N.D. -- Recommendations from a federal study on the deadly 2002 train derailment near Minot are being incorporated into a railroad bill in the US Senate. The National Transportation Safety...
Bill to ban shipments on CSX tracks tabled
(The following article by Chip Jones was posted on the Richmond Times-Dispatch website on April 12.) RICHMOND, Va. -- CSX Corp. appears to have staved off an attempt to ban train shipments of chemicals on its tracks through the heart of Washington. Since January, an...
Oregon City welcomes the whistle of Amtrak
(The following article by Steve Mayes was posted on the Oregonian website on April 12.) OREGON CITY, Ore. -- When the first Amtrak train pulls into the city's new station Friday, it will be both long overdue and right on time. Service was supposed to begin last fall...
High energy prices drive more shipping to the rails, and BNSF benefits
(The following article by Dan Piller was posted on the Fort Worth Star-Telegram website on April 10.) FORT WORTH, Tex. -- Ask Chief Executive Matt Rose how high energy prices affect a railroad like Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., and he likens the effect to "a...
CN closer to purchasing Duluth transportation companies
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on April 11.) DULUTH, Minn. -- The Canadian National Railway Co. is closer to cementing its deal to buy two Duluth-based transportation companies. The U.S. Surface Transportation Board approved CN's plans to...
Rail, maritime fleet deal advances
(The following article by Peter Passi was posted on the Dulute News Tribune website on April 10.) DULUTE, Minn. -- The way now appears clear for Canadian National Railway Co. to cement its deal to buy some of the biggest and most deeply established transportation...
Union pensions probe political donations
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on April 11.) WASHINGTON -- Labor unions facing a government order to disclose their election spending are using their clout as stockholders to try to extract new details about the corporate world's political...
Feds look at equipment, tracks in train wreck
(The Clarion-Ledger posted the following article by Lora Hines on its website on April 10.) JACKSON, Miss. -- Federal investigators continued to examine train cars from this week's Amtrak derailment, as passenger service resumed Friday on the repaired rails....
