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Toyota won’t need 2nd track
(The following article by Greg Jefferson was posted on the San Antonio Express-News website on August 12.) SAN ANTONIO -- Union Pacific Railroad has agreed to allow competitor Burlington Northern Santa Fe to use its tracks to serve Toyota's South Side pickup plant,...
Richmond refinery release strands Amtrak passengers
(The Contra Costa Times posted the following article by Tom Lochner on its website on August 12.) RICHMOND, Calif. -- About a dozen passengers detrained and some were stranded inside the locked Richmond Amtrak station for about an hour Saturday night after West County...
Train derails in Calif.
(The following article by Tim Sheehan appeared on the Fresno Bee website on August 12.) ALPAUGH, Calif. -- Nineteen cars of a freight train derailed Monday morning in southwestern Tulare County, tearing up a quarter-mile of track and disrupting freight and passenger...
Idaho state trooper honored for locomotive heroics
(The Idaho Statesman published the following story by Patrick Orr on its website on August 8.) MERIDIAN , Idaho -- When Idaho State Police Cpl. C. Dwayne Prescott jumped on and stopped a runaway locomotive before it could cause an accident, he didn't count on becoming...
Opinion: Labor’s challenge
(The Boston Globe published the following editorial on its website on August 9.) BOSTON -- Eighteen months ago, Teamsters President James P. Hoffa sat in the House gallery as a guest of President Bush for his State of the Union Address. Today, he will formally endorse...
Canadian Pacific port disruption may be avoided
(Reuters distributed the following story on August 9.) VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- The threat of a labor dispute closing Canada's Pacific Coast ports, including Vancouver, the country's busiest, eased on Friday with the appointment of a federal mediator. The...
Railroads: Difficult to clean the air
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on August 10.) SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Representatives from major railroad companies that run trains through Central California say they are willing to help clean the San Joaquin Valley's air, but there are costly...
Taking a ride on scenic trains in Washington state
(The Seattle Times published the following story by Gina Kim on its website on August 11.) CHEHALIS, Wash. -- "ALL A-BOARD!" With a long, shrill whistle and the clanging of a brass bell, the train pulled out of the depot, white clouds of steam shooting into the air....
U.S. airlines retake key business lost to Amtrak
(Reuters distributed the following story by John Crawley on August 10.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Airlines have regained key East Coast business lost to Amtrak after the 2001 hijack attacks, putting additional pressure on the railroad as its future grows more uncertain. The...
Gephardt gets endorsement of Teamsters for President
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on August 9.) DETROIT -- The Democratic presidential hopeful Richard A. Gephardt accepted the Teamsters union's formal endorsement today in the union stronghold of Michigan before moving on to rally Teamsters in...
