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Bill to stop sale of B.C. Rail moribund
(The Canadian Press distributed the following article on November 18.) VICTORIA, B.C. -- A private member's bill introduced Monday by Opposition NDP leader Joy MacPhail to halt the sale of Crown-owned B.C. Rail was stopped in its tracks when the time allotted for...
Tracks set to reopen today
(The following article by Margaret Ellis was posted on the Columbian website on November 17.) KELSO, Wash. -- Railroad tracks are expected to reopen today after two freight trains collided Saturday, injuring two crewmen, spilling diesel fuel and damaging several rail...
Plush rail car is ‘temple on wheels’
(The following story by Paul Purpura appeared on the Times-Picayune website on November 17.) NEW ORLEANS -- Puffing on a cigarette and lounging in a chair upholstered in Persian mohair, Isaac Tigrett sat amid Asian splendor in the rear room of his Car 50. There he...
PATH station at WTC to open Sunday
(The following article by Jason Fink was posted on the Jersey Journal website on November 17.) JERSEY CITY, N.J. -- More than two years after the PATH station beneath the World Trade Center was obliterated in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, a new terminal will open...
Growing cities getting cross with railroads
(The following article by Alicia Caldwell and John Ingold was posted on the Denver Post website on November 17.) ARVADA, Colo. -- Many Arvadans have had their fill of the "Beer Train." A half-dozen times a day, freight trains that primarily serve the Coors brewery...
Crooks keep train bandits’ legacy alive
(The following article by Alex Branch was posted on the Fort Worth Star-Telegram website on November 15.) FORT WORTH -- Like modern-day Butch Cassidys, they crouch in the dust and weeds awaiting the screech of a slow-moving train. Instead of dynamite, they carry tool...
900 gather to remember father and son lost at sea
(The following article by Eric Swedlund was posted on the Arizona Daily Star website on November 16. Randy Howard was a member of BLE Division 28 in Tucson.) TUCSON, Ariz. -- Randy and Joshua Howard were very similar as father and son, men strong in faith and love who...
CSX has little company in controlling thermostats
(The following story by Chip Jones appeared on the Times-Dispatch website on November 17.) RICHMOND, Va. -- When it comes to setting workplace temperatures, CSX Corp. appears headed down a track all its own. Last week, The Times-Dispatch learned that the Florida based...
Union fears cuts after BC Rail sale
(The following story by Peter Kennedy appeared on the Globe and Mail website on November 15.) VANCOUVER -- Union officials at BC Rail Ltd. are bracing for major cutbacks as the British Columbia government appears poised to table legislation that would allow for the...
BLE official blasts railroad
(The following story by Bob Wheaton appeared on the Flint Journal website on November 15. M.J. Tyler is Local Chairman of BLE Division 650 in Durand, Mich. Late Brother Tom Landris was also a member of Division 650.) FLINT, Mich. -- Two years after a fatal train crash...
