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Track at derailment site reopens
(The Fort Worth Star-Telegram posted the following article on its website on November 26.) MANSFIELD, Texas -- A section of track where a Union Pacific train derailed Monday morning in southern Mansfield reopened Tuesday morning. Twenty-eight cars carrying between 100...
Son of BLE member awarded Bronze Star
CLEVELAND -- The son of BLE Division 57 (Boston) member Virginia Greeley was awarded the Bronze Star with Valor for his service in Iraq. Leo Greeley, a conductor for Amtrak, had been wounded in a mortar attack. His actions during the attack, which he carried out while...
Teamsters join Calif. supermarket strike
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on November 25.) EL MONTE, Calif. -- Striking California grocery clerks vowed to expand their picket lines into Northern California, the District of Columbia and Maryland even as Teamsters came to their defense...
Work in Progress
(The AFL-CIO issued the following on November 24.) New members reported in this week's WIP: 1,441 New members reported year-to-date: 131,994 HUSKIES FOR AFSCME--An overwhelming majority of 408 trades and crafts workers at University of Washington campuses across the...
CPR holiday train to stop in Belleville
(The following story by Kate Everson appeared on the Stirling Community Press website on November 24.) BELLEVILLE -- The CPR Holiday Train will be making a stop in Belleville on December 7 for the first time in its five years on the rails. Decorated with over 8,000...
Railroad to shut down
(The following story by Michael Kerr appeared on the Beaufort Gazette website on November 24.) BEAUFORT, S.C. -- A train will barrel down the tracks between the Port of Port Royal and Yemassee for the last time Wednesday, as Beaufort County's only rail service ceases...
Alaska RR straightens curves
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on November 24.) ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Some of the Alaska Railroad's curviest track has been replaced on Fort Richardson. A new alignment culminating a year of work was completed two weeks ago on the Army post....
Bombardier’s Florida rail proposal criticized by losing bidder
(The following article by Nicolas Van Praet was posted on the Montreal Gazette website on November 25.) MONTREAL -- The group that lost to Bombardier Inc. in a bid to build a high-speed rail line in Florida has filed a formal protest and wants the decision reversed....
Town looks at automated train horn
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on November 25.) MAXWELL, Neb. -- Village board members are considering an automated horn system at the town's main railroad crossing in hopes of cutting noise from locomotive horns in residential neighborhoods. The...
Former head of BN picked to run airline
(The following story by Dan Piller appeared on the Fort Wroth Star-Telegram website on November 25.) FORT WORTH, Texas -- When he ran Burlington Northern Railroad in Fort Worth during the early 1990s, Gerald Grinstein insisted that he had no interest in going back to...
