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Amtrak boosts Northeast capacity for holiday season
(The Business Review of Albany posted the following article on its website on November 18.) ALBANY, N.Y. -- Amtrak will increase its capacity in the Northeast by 40,000 seats over the Thanksgiving weekend. The passenger railroad will operate 70 extra trains, including...
Tunnel fire burns at site of 1923 train robbery
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on November 19.) ASHLAND, Ore. -- A fire has collapsed part of an historic Siskiyou Mountain railroad tunnel built in the late 1880s. The fire, which was discovered Monday morning, continued to smolder Tuesday...
More indictments against union officials
(The following report appeared on the Houston Chronicle website on November 17.) HOUSTON -- A federal grand jury has brought more indictments against two officials of the nation's largest railroad operating union. Byron Alfred Boyd Jr., 57, of Seattle, international...
Derailed freight cars are placed back on the tracks in Bridgeton
(The following article by Jerome Montes was posted on the Bridgeton News website on November 19.) BRIDGETON, N.J. -- Three derailed freight cars owned by Winchester & Western Railroad were placed back on track Tuesday, one week after they derailed. The cars had been...
NTSB unveils revised most wanted list for DOT and modal administrations
(The NTSB issued the following news release on November 18.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The National Transportation Safety Board today revealed its revised Most Wanted safety recommendations list. The new list is a result of the overhaul of the Most Wanted program that was...
Work in Progress
(The AFL-CIO issued the following on November 17.) New members reported in this week's WIP: 1,158 New members reported in WIP, year to date: 130,553 UNITING UP NORTH--In early November, 460 manufacturing workers in Quebec, Canada, chose a voice at work with UNITE. In...
Give the gift of good jobs: AFL-CIO promotes “Buy Union Week” for holidays
(The AFL-CIO distributed the following on November 17.) WASHINGTON -- Holiday shoppers have a new way to support good jobs as well as please family and friends, AFL-CIO President John Sweeney said today in announcing AFL-CIO support for "Buy Union Week," Nov. 29 -...
RailAmerica announces appointment of new North American Chief Operating Officer
(RailAmerica issued the following news release on November 17.) BOCA RATON, Fla -- Gary O. Marino, RailAmerica Chairman, President & CEO, today announced the appointment of Rodney J. ("Joe") Conklin as RailAmerica's Executive Vice President and Chief Operating...
Train may be coming down the tracks
(The following story by Joyce Shannon appeared on the Tribune-Review website on November 16.) PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- Residents of Creekside, Indiana, Homer City and other municipalities in Indiana County may hear a sound by summertime that they haven't heard in about a...
More Ohio crossings to have lights, gates
(The following story by David Patch appeared on the Toledo Blade website on November 17.) TOLEOD, Ohio -- Dozens of trains use the former Chesapeake & Ohio tracks between Walbridge and Fostoria each day, from lumbering coal drags bound for Toledo?s docks to faster...
