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Reactor shipment on again; CSX will help
Permit issued for barge transit but hurdles remain (The following story by Ron Menchaca appeared on The Post and Courier website on December 2.) CHARLESTON, S.C. -- An on-again off-again plan to ship a decommissioned nuclear reactor from California around the tip of...
Rail corridor proposed for Wyoming
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on December 3.) RIVERTON, Wyo. -- The president of a Riverton company says a rail corridor between the Green River Basin and Shoshoni would spur development of untapped resources. Marty Manasco, president of...
City considers possible injunction against UP
(The following story by Renette McCargo appeared on the Evening Times website on December 3.) MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- West Memphis Mayor Bill Johnson said the city is consulting an outside attorney about filing an injunction concerning Union Pacific's plans to route trains...
Dukakis still riding the rails
(The following story by Bridget Botelho appeared on the Sentinel & Enterprise website on December 2.) GARDNER, Mass. -- Former Gov. Michael Dukakis made his way Monday night from Boston to Mount Wachusett Community College via public transit and commuter rail -- a...
Federal officials blame signals in fatal Metrolink derailment
(The following article by Caitlin Liu was posted on the Los Angeles Times website on December 3.) LOS ANGELES -- A fiery crash that derailed a Metrolink train, killed two people and injured more than 30 others in Burbank earlier this year was caused by confusing...
Traffic signal design cited in commuter train – truck collision in California
(The NTSB issued the following news release on December 2.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The National Transportation Safety Board today determined that the probable cause of the collision earlier this year between a commuter train and a truck in Burbank, CA, was "the design of...
NS crash injures one
(The following story by Clay Bailey appeared on the Commercial Appeal website on December 3.) MEMPHIS, Tenn. A Tuesday morning car-train collision on Kirby Parkway near Poplar Pike has resurrected the question of warning arms at the Norfolk Southern crossing. A...
Darrell Blake obituary
(The following obituary for Brother Darrell Blake, Chairman of the West Virginia State Legislative Board, appeared on the Herald-Dispatch website on December 3.) HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- Darrell William Blake, 58, of Huntington, W.Va., died Monday, Dec. 1, 2003, in St....
Amtrak unions strike at Beech Grove
(The following report appeared on the Indianapolis Star website on December 3.) INDIANAPOLIS -- Two unions upset by the use of outside contractors went on strike this morning at Amtrak's Beech Grove maintenance shops. Union leaders claimed all 540 workers at the shops...
Work in Progress
(The AFL-CIO distributed the following on December 1.) New members reported in this week's WIP: 806 New members reported in WIP, year to date: 132,800 NURSING HOME WINS--In late November, 500 employees at 10 nursing homes throughout Oregon voted to join SEIU Local 503...
