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KCS reports final 2003 earnings
(Kansas City Southern issued the following news release on March 30.) KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas City Southern filed its Annual Report on Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and released its final earnings for the year ended December 31, 2003....
Kansas City Southern adjusts 2003 profit
(Reuters circulated the following article on March 30.) NEW YORK -- Kansas City Southern Industries Inc. , a U.S. freight-hauling railroad, said on Tuesday it filed its 2003 financial report which reflects a $1 million increase to its previously reported net income of...
Snow was paid $243,000 by CSX in 2003
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on March 30.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Treasury Secretary John Snow, a former railroad executive, was paid a base salary of $129,404 by CSX Corp. in 2003, according to a company filing with the Securities and Exchange...
Proposals could curb CSX executive pay
(The following story by Mark Basch appeared on The Florida Times-Union website on March 31.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Michael Ward made considerably less money in his first year as chairman and chief executive officer of CSX Corp. than his predecessor, current U.S....
Opinion: Stressed travelers need passenger rail
(The following column by Dave Zweifel appeared on the Capital Times website on March 31.) MADISON, Wisc. -- Back from the annual vacation watching baseball in Arizona, I'm reminded once again just how close we are to a national transportation crisis. Except in the...
NY town officials detail rail emergency plans
(The following story by Andrea Deckert appeared on the Finger Lakes Times website on March 31.) GENEVA, N.Y. -- If a train derailed in the town, would local emergency workers know how to respond? Employees from Norfolk Southern and Finger Lakes railways helped answer...
Pa. lawmakers take another look at railway safety
(The following article by Bill Toland was posted on the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette website on March 30.) HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Riding a new wave of concern that originated in Europe with the bombing of a Madrid commuter train, a group of state legislators is reintroducing a...
Bomb threat prompts search of Amtrak train in N.C.
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on March 30.) SELMA, N.C. -- An Amtrak train was stopped and searched Tuesday in Selma after the company received a bomb threat, delaying the northbound trip by about two hours, Amtrak offcials said. Two other...
3 jets, 2 trains get false bomb threats
(Reuters circulated the following story on March 31.) DETROIT -- Bomb threats against three U.S. passenger jets and two Amtrak trains triggered extensive security checks Tuesday but no explosives were found, authorities said. Security officials, aided in some cases by...
Work in Progress
(The AFL-CIO issued the following on March 29.) New members reported in this week's WIP: 1,158 New members reported in WIP, year-to-date: 42,724 CHOOSING A VOICE--Some 482 workers gained a voice on the job with AFSCME. More than 300 Washington State Patrol employees,...
