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Train slides off slippery tracks in New Canaan
(The following article by Gabrielle Birkner was posted on the Greenwich Time website on December 8.) NEW CANAAN, Conn. -- Railroad tracks made slippery by the weekend snowstorm caused a Metro-North train carrying no passengers to slide off the tracks early yesterday....
Derailment forces part of U.S. 90 to close
(The Lafayette Daily Advertiser posted the following article by Marsha Sills on its website on December 8.) MIDLAND, La. -- A stretch of U.S. Route 90 is closed today after a Union Pacific train crashed into an abandoned 18-wheeler, which caused more than a dozen...
Teamsters, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers merge
(The Canadian Press circulated the following story on December 5.) MONTREAL -- The 4,000-member Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers officially merged with the Rail Conference of Teamsters Canada today, making their union the biggest in the rail industry, the Teamsters...
Locomotive union to merge with Teamsters
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on December 5.) WASHINGTON -- Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers union have voted overwhelmingly to merge with the Teamsters on Jan. 1. Teamsters President James P. Hoffa announced the vote...
Remote control locomotive kills railroad worker
(The following article by Hernán Rozemberg was posted on the San Antonio Express-News website on December 8.) SAN ANTONIO -- A Union Pacific railroad employee was struck and killed early Sunday by a locomotive he was operating via remote control -- rekindling a debate...
36 killed in train blast near Chechnya
(The Associated Press distributed the following article by Sergei Venyavsky on December 5.) ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia -- A powerful bomb tore through a commuter train near Chechnya during morning rush hour Friday, killing 36 people and wounding scores of others in what...
Rail traffic up in November
(The AAR issued the following news release on December 4.) WASHINGTON -- U.S. rail carload traffic rose 0.3 percent (3,566 carloads) while intermodal rail traffic rose 8.2 percent (60,275 trailers and containers) in November 2003 compared with November 2002, the...
Gov. Bush blasts bullet train costs
(The following article by Allison North Jones was posted on the Tampa Tribune website on December 5.) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Determined to derail the costly voter-mandated bullet train next year, Gov. Jeb Bush sent Florida lawmakers a lengthy letter Thursday asking them...
Railroad parts makers prevail on asbestos question
(The Associated Press distributed the following article by Lawrence Messina on December 5.) CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The state Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday that federal law trumps the West Virginia injury claims filed by more than 3,500 railroad workers...
Rail security is moving forward in Pennsylvania, BLE chairman says
(The BLE's Pennsylvania State Legislative Board distributed the following news release on December 5.) HARRISBURG, Pa. -- The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers joined the Pennsylvania State Police, Norfolk Southern Railroad, the short line railroad association, and...
