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Spain bombings prompt more patrols on Metro-North
(The following story by Gabrielle Birkner appeared on the Stamford Advocate website on March 18.) STAMFORD, Conn. -- In the wake of last week's bomb attacks that killed more than 200 people on Madrid commuter trains, a platoon of state troopers has been assigned to...
Calif. rail officials re-examine security
(The following article by Adam Eventov was posted on the Press-Enterprise website on March 18.) RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Federal officials are re-examining security along Southern California's rail system following last week's bombings of commuter trains in Spain. The...
Homeland official pushes Hill to improve U.S. rail security
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on March 17.) WASHINGTON -- Homeland Security deputy Asa Hutchinson defended the Bush administration's commitment to railway security Wednesday, in the aftermath of a Madrid terrorist bombing that killed more...
AFL-CIO goes after China on labor
(The following story by Albert B. Crenshaw appeared on the Washington Post website on March 17.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The AFL-CIO yesterday petitioned the Bush administration to pressure the Chinese government to increase wages and improve working conditions there,...
AFL-CIO challenges Bush on China trade abuses
(The AFL-CIO issued the following on March 16.) WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The AFL-CIO this morning filed an unprecedented petition under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 demanding that President Bush and the U.S. Trade Representative pressure the Chinese government...
Canada’s Bombardier to Cut 6,600 Jobs
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on March 16.) TORONTO -- Bombardier Inc. said Wednesday it was cutting 6,600 jobs and closing seven plants in a massive restructuring of its troubled rail division in Europe. The Montreal-based company said it will...
CSX files with SEC for $1.2 billion shelf offering
(Reuters circulated the following article on March 16.) WASHINGTON -- CSX Corp., the biggest railroad in the eastern United States, on Tuesday filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to periodically sell up to $1.2 billion in debt, stock, warrants and trust...
BNSF Railway neighbors claim flood damage
(The following story by David Olson appeared on the Everett Herald on March 17.) EVERETT -- Dennis Keith pointed to the furnace that hung from his basement ceiling. Periodic flooding of his basement required him to hang anything valuable from the ceiling or prop it up...
CSXT inaugurates virtual ethanol pipeline
(CSX Transportation issued the following news release on March 16.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- CSX Transportation (CSXT), the rail unit of CSX Corporation, today announced the onset of regular ethanol rail-to-vessel service linking ethanol producers in the Midwest with...
Hike, not strike, looms at SEPTA
(The following story by Jere Downs appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on March 17.) PHILADELPHIA -- When a SEPTA strike was averted Sunday, riders dodged a bullet. Now, they can expect the transit agency to strike their wallets. In the next two weeks, SEPTA...
