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NTSB board meeting looks at 2002 BNSF, Metrolink collision in Placentia, California
WASHINGTON -- The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a Board Meeting Tuesday, October 7, 2003 at 9:30 a.m., at its Board Room and Conference Center, 429 L'Enfant Plaza, S.W., Washington, D.C. Item to be discussed: The Safety Board will look at the Tuesday,...
Transportation fatalities increase in 2002
(The NTSB issued the following on October 2.) WASHINGTON -- Transportation fatalities in the United States increased slightly in 2002, according to preliminary figures released today by the National Transportation Safety Board. Deaths from transportation accidents in...
Amtrak ridership up 22 percent
(The following article by Jim Dalgleish was posted on the St. Joseph (Mich.) Herald Palladium website on October 3.) ST. JOSEPH, Mich. -- Amtrak's Chicago-to-Grand Rapids passenger train is gaining riders at an impressive clip, the railway reported, but the reasons...
Official for railroad union pleads guilty to racketeering
(The following article by Harvey Rice was posted on the Houston Chronicle website on October 3.) HOUSTON -- One of four indicted officials in the nation's largest railroad operating union pleaded guilty Thursday to racketeering charges and agreed to cooperate with...
STB must re-examine rail project approval
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Carson Walker on October 3.) SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- A federal appeals court wants the Surface Transportation Board to take a ''second look'' at the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad's $2 billion expansion...
Amtrak avoids strike at last minute
(The Washington Times posted the following story by Tom Ramstack on its website on October 3.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Amtrak has averted a one-day, nationwide strike by its unionized workers planned for today with some last-minute negotiation and threats of court action....
Senate panel opposes White House’s Amtrak bill
(The following article by Don Phillips was posted on the Washington Post website on October 3.) WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration's plan to restructure Amtrak ran into nearly universal bipartisan opposition yesterday from a Senate committee, and Chairman John...
Gephardt gets 15th union endorsement
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on October 1.) WASHINGTON -- Dick Gephardt picked up the backing of his 15th labor union Wednesday, a day after the AFL-CIO dealt a blow to the Democratic presidential candidate by postponing an endorsement...
Unions invest $50 million more in Ullico
(The following article by Neil Irwin was published in the Washington Post on October 2.) WASHINGTON -- Ullico Inc. said yesterday that its union shareholders invested an additional $50 million in the company to shore up the finances of the scandal-plagued insurer....
The Idaho Northern and Pacific — Thunder Mountain Line
(The Arbiter Online posted the following story by Michelle Sells on October 2.) BOISE, Idaho -- Looking for a way to experience the comforts of railway travel, all while enjoying magnificent Idaho scenery? If so, head up to the historic town of Horseshoe Bend and get...
