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Track upgrade urged at railroad summit
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on December 12.) SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Rail service was characterized Thursday as an efficient transportation system in need of money to upgrade tracks and equipment. Many short-line railroads are operating on...
N.D. Senators making headway in ending rail delay
(The following article by Scott Waltman was posted on the Aberdeen American News website on December 12.) ABERDEEN, S.D. -- More railroad cars are apparently on their way to the Great Plains to help reduce the backlog of grain at many elevators. South Dakota's...
Grain shipping woes result in lost sales
(The following story by Adrian Ewins appeared on the Saskatoon Western Producer website on December 11.) SASKATOON -- The grain transportation system is in a state of chaos. There's not enough transportation to meet demand and grain cars have been rationed. The main...
Short line starving for producer cars
(The following story by Adrian Ewins appeared on the Saskatoon Western Producer website on December 11.) SASKATOON -- A short line railway that is the top shipper of producer cars in Western Canada is starving for rail cars. Great Western Railway Ltd., which operates...
Demurrage battle ends in CP’s favour
(The following story by Adrian Ewins appeared on the Saskatoon Western Producer website on December 11.) SASKATOON -- Almost two years after it began, a dispute over rail car demurrage charges levied by Canadian Pacific Railway has reached the end of the line. And the...
Amtrak strike would hit VRE, MARC
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on December 11.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- If Amtrak workers go ahead and strike, commuters on Virginia Railway Express and MARC trains will also feel the pain. Amtrak runs both VRE lines and the MARC Penn Line. At VRE,...
Judge rejects Amtrak request on walkout
(The following article by Laurence Arnold was distributed by the Associated Press on December 11.) WASHINGTON -- A federal judge rejected Amtrak's request to block a threatened one-day walkout by railroad unions to protest what they say is chronic underfunding of...
Train wreck cuts service
(The Salem Statesman Journal posted the following article by Jody Lawrence-Turner on its website on December 12.) SALEM, Ore. -- Seven train cars and a engine derailed before midnight Wednesday, dumping grass seed and lumber along River Road S and damaging a portion...
New NMB Board Member Van de Water Confirmed
(The NMB issued the following news release on December 10.) WASHINGTON -- Read Van de Water, of Warrenton, Virginia, was unanimously confirmed on December 9 by the United States Senate to serve as a Member of the National Mediation Board. Ms. Van de Water was...
Labor rallies in support of bill to back the right to join unions
(The following article by Steven Greenhouse was posted on the New York Times website on December 11.) NEW YORK -- In demonstrations and marches in 70 cities, the labor movement seized on International Human Rights Day yesterday to begin a campaign asserting that...
