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AFL-CIO begins group for workers not in unions
(The following article by Steven Greenhouse appeared on the New York Times website on August 29.) NEW YORK -- Hoping to increase its political clout, the A.F.L.-C.I.O. announced yesterday that it was creating a novel organization for nonunion workers who agree with...
Tellier’s dilemma: To spend or not to spend?
(The Financial Post published the following report by Sean Silcoff on its website on August 28.) MONTREAL -- From Paul Tellier's glassy eyes yesterday morning, you could tell the chief executive of Bombardier Inc. hadn't slept much recently. But true to form, the...
Teen’s close scrape a lesson in train safety
(The Herald-Sun published the following story by Susan Broili on its website on August 28.) CARRBORO, N.C. -- A 17-year-old Chapel Hill teen-ager counts himself extremely fortunate after falling from a Norfolk Southern freight train earlier this week. The youth was...
Deaf man survives being hit, run over by train
(The Ledger posted the following story by John Chambliss on its website on August 29.) BARTOW, Fla. -- A CSX train toppled George Robert Williams and then ran directly over him Wednesday night. But the Bartow man survived and was able to crawl out from beneath a...
Freight traffic flat on U.S. railroads
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following news release on August 28.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Freight traffic on U.S. railroads was relatively flat during the week ended August 23 in comparison with the corresponding week last year, the Association of...
Thune picked to mediate railroad rate dispute
(The following Associated Press article was posted on the Aberdeen American News website on August 29.) BROOKINGS, S.D. -- Former South Dakota Rep. John Thune has been selected to help mediate a dispute over railroad rates. The federal Surface Transportation Board has...
Grupo TMM announces repurchase of stake in Mexrail by TFM
(Grupo TMM issued the following news release on August 29.) MEXICO CITY -- Grupo TMM, S.A. announced today that on August 27, 2003, its subsidiary, TFM, S.A. de C.V. (TFM), gave notice to Kansas City Southern (KCS) of the exercise of its right to repurchase shares...
Notice triggers negotiating period for KC Southern, Mexican partner
(The following article by Randolph Heaster was posted on the Kansas City Star website on August 29.) KANSAS CITY -- Kansas City Southern gave notice Thursday to Grupo TMM, its Mexican partner, to begin a process intended to resolve a dispute over the sale of Mexico's...
High-speed rail service still a dream
(Reuters circulated the following story by Michael Conlon on August 28.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Airport security tangles, a fact of life in the nearly two years since 9/11, have not kick-started the development of high-speed U.S. rail networks to replace many short...
Watertown residents evacuate after train derailment
(The following article by Andy Humbles appeared on the Tennessean website on August 29.) NASHVILLE -- Officials evacuated between 600 and 700 people from their homes and businesses yesterday afternoon after a train with propane tank cars derailed in Watertown. Of the...
