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NS makes improvements at historic Harrisburg yard
(The Patriot-News published the following story by David DeKok on its website on October 4.) HARRISBURG, Pa. -- In the Harrisburg region, they've been working on the railroad. Norfolk Southern Corp., which took over sections of the Conrail system in 1999, including...
UP crimps severance for execs
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Barry Bedlan on October 3.) OMAHA, Neb. -- Union Pacific Corp. will begin requiring its most generous severance packages be put to a shareholder vote, the transportation giant announced Friday. Shareholders asked...
UP’s Board of Directors restricts executive severance
(Union Pacific Corp. issued the following news release on October 3.) OMAHA, Neb. -- The board of directors of Union Pacific Corporation has adopted a new policy that prohibits severance agreements with senior executives that exceed certain limitations unless such...
Texas delegation is divided on Amtrak future
(The following article by Todd J. Gillman was posted on the Dallas Morning News website on October 4.) WASHINGTON -- Amtrak's final story isn't written, and, after 32 years of limping along, it's still not clear whether the plot will be closer to The Little Engine...
N.M. Amtrak office still open despite closure notice
(The Raton Range posted the following story on its website on October 3.) RATON, N.M. -- Raton's Amtrak ticket office apparently still has some life left in it. Despite putting the public on notice more than a month ago that the office would close Aug. 26, the ticket...
Amtrak to overhaul Acela Express
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on October 5.) WILMINGTON, Del. -- With its fastest and most expensive trains in the Northeast late nearly 30 percent of the time, Amtrak will make significant changes to its Acela Express service later this...
Court asks review of DM&E railroad plan
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on October 3.) SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- A federal appeals court has asked the Surface Transportation Board to take a second look at the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad's $2 billion expansion into Wyoming,...
Grain from Galva may soon be worth more
(The Peoria Journal Star published the following story by Matt Buedel on its website on October 2.) GALVA, Ill. -- Grain raised by about 2,000 farmers around this small Henry County town may be worth 7 to 10 cents more per bushel next year after Gateway Co-op...
‘Riders’ take concerns to D.C.
(The Miami Herald posted the following story by Richard Brand on its website on October 3.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Passengers on the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride buses pounded the floors of Congress Thursday, meeting with about 100 lawmakers to urge them to provide...
Labor scores victory in House vote
(The following Reuters report appeared at CNN.com on October 3.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Organized labor scored a rare victory in the Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday when lawmakers opposed a Bush administration proposal that foes say could cost...
