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9 NS cars jump track in Princeton, W.Va.
(The following article by Jody Neal was posted on the Bluefield Daily Telegraph website on December 11.) PRINCETON, W.Va. -- Norfolk Southern officials were called to the scene at the Princeton rail yard Wednesday after witnesses said a break in the track caused nine...
Norfolk Southern announces planned 2004 capital spending
(NS issued the following news release on December 10.) NORFOLK, Va. -- Norfolk Southern Corporation plans to spend $810 million in 2004 for capital improvements to its railroad operations and subsidiaries. "Our capital spending budget reflects our commitment to...
Grocery strike near end?
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on December 10.) CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Kroger Co. and a grocery labor union have tentatively agreed to a contract, setting up a vote tomorrow by 3,300 workers in West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky on whether to end a...
5 ex-Amtrak conductors get probation for theft
(The following story by Carol DeMare appeared on the Albany Times website on December 10.) ALBANY, N.Y. -- Five former Amtrak conductors were each sentenced Tuesday in federal court to five years on probation and ordered to make restitution totaling nearly $121,000...
Renovated rail car ready to roll
(The following story by Lynne Jensen appeared on the Times Picayune website on December 10.) NEW ORLEANS -- Painted a rich color called "Oriental blue," the beautifully restored 1920s-era private railroad car bears the name of its new owner in large golden letters:...
Unions rally against Bush policies
(The following article by Tom Ramstack was posted on the Washington Times website on December 10.) WASHINGTON -- Labor unions plan to rally today in front of the Department of Labor as they seek to shore up their declining membership and finances. Union leaders plan...
Workers often face hurdles forming unions
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on December 10.) WASHINGTON -- Wal-Mart employee Larry Lee says that since he started talking about forming a union a few months ago, he has been assigned to work alone in areas of the store away from his...
O. Winston Link Museum to open January 10, 2004
(The Link Museum issued the following news release on December 9.) ROANOKE, Va. -- A museum devoted to the work of the late O. Winston Link, who became one of the 20th century's most acclaimed photographers for his dramatically lit black and white photographs of...
Province looking north to Alaska for possible rail link
(The Edmonton Sun posted the following article by Jerry Ward on its website on December 10.) EDMONTON -- The provincial government says it is willing to explore the potential of a railway link that heads north to Alaska. Alaska Gov. Frank Murkowski recently told a...
VRE’s top officer placed on leave
(The following article by Jonathan Hunley was posted on the Free Lance-Star website on December 9.) FREDERICKSBURG, Va. -- The chief operating officer of the Virginia Railway Express has been placed on paid administrative leave while complaints against him are being...
