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Commuters to try out Web access on trains
(The following article by Lisa Vorderbrueggen appeared on the Contra Costa Times website on August 19.) SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Imagine punching the time clock when you step on the train rather than wasting all those hours you spend schlepping back and forth to work....
STB to review small roads’ line-abandonment rules
(Progressive Railroading published the following report on its website on August 18.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Surface Transportation Board will examine small roads' rail-line abandonment procedures to find ways to facilitate the sale and preservation of lightly used,...
Railroad helping with early bioterror detection
(The following Associated Press article by Joe Ruff appeared on the Grand Island Independent website on August 18.) OMAHA, Neb. -- The University of Nebraska and the nation's largest railroad are developing a system to track worker absences that could lead to early...
Amtrak ignores requests for information on asbestos exposure
(The Transport Workers Union of America issued the following news release on August 18.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Six weeks after workers at Amtrak's Beech Grove, IN facility were exposed to asbestos, the railroad still refuses to share information with the union about the...
Opinion: Amtrak changes better for passengers
(The Seattle Post-Intelligencer published the following editorial by FRA Administrator Allan Rutter on its website on August 19.) SEATTLE -- A little time has passed since Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta announced the Passenger Rail Investment Reform Act of...
Grupo shareholders block sale of stake to KCS
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on August 19.) MEXICO CITY -- Shareholders of Grupo TMM SA, Mexico's largest transport company, have rejected the proposed sale of its railway unit to the U.S. rail company Kansas City Southern, the Mexican firm...
Railroad remote control dangers on Ogden agenda
(The following article by Cathy McKitrick was posted on the Ogden Standard-Examiner website on August 19. Chris Gallagher is local chairman of BLE Division 374 in Ogden, Utah.) OGDEN, Utah -- To date, officials in 24 cities and 10 counties across America have passed...
Mandan considers locomotive ban
(The Bismarck Tribune published the following story by Angie Buckley on its website on August 19.) BISMARCK, N.D. -- At the request of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, the Mandan City Commission will consider a resolution forbidding railroads from operating...
Verizon, unions continue negotiations
(The Citizens' Voice published the following story by Elizabeth Skrapits on its website on August 18.) WILKES BARRE, Pa. -- Contract negotiations between Verizon telecommunications company and employee unions may resume Monday; in the meantime, discontent of union...
AFL-CIO’s Trumka rallies Iowa delegates
(The Waterloo Courier published the following story by Joel Palmer on its website on August 14.) WATERLOO, Iowa --- A high-ranking officer with the AFL-CIO challenged union representatives at the Iowa Federation of Labor Convention Wednesday to ratchet up their...
