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Opinion: A train wreck
(The Orlando Sentinel published the following column by Scott Maxwell on its website on August 7. The full column is available at the Sentinel website, www.orlandosentinel.com.) ORLANDO -- This week, federal investigators blamed CSX Transportation, in part, for the...
Opinion: Amtrak’s GOP allies
(The Sacramento Bee published the following editorial on its website on August 6.) SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The Bush administration advanced a shortsighted, miserly Amtrak plan last week, a plan that, if approved, would mark the beginning of the end for the nation's...
Derailing Bush plan
(The Helena Independent Record published the following story by John Harrington on its website on August 6.) HELENA, Mont. -- In something of a pre-emptive strike that proved prescient, three state agencies recently spent $48,000 for a consultant study showing the...
Amtrak goes back to basics
(Dow Jones news service circulated the following story on August 6.) NEW YORK -- Amtrak wants to simplify and stabilize its train fares and plans to put fares back in its timetables, Wednesday's Wall Street Journal reported. Amtrak dropped fares from its timetables a...
Retired BLE member, 73, rescues motorist
(The Register-Mail published the following story by Tammy Bould on its website on August 5. Jerome Shupe is a retired member of BLE Division 644 in Galesburg, Ill.) GALESBURG, Ill. -- At about 8 a.m. Sunday, Jon Slover sat in his 1994 two-door Buick, confused, and in...
Cattron-Theimeg to use GPS for remote control locomotives
(Trimble issued the following news release on August 7.) SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Trimble today that it has been chosen as the primary Global Positioning System (GPS) timing supplier for Cattron-Theimeg, Inc.'s next generation ACCUSPEED(TM) locomotive radio remote control...
Traffic controllers ratify pact with CP Rail, ending 7-week strike-lockout
(The Canadian Press circulated the following story on August 6.) CALGARY -- Canadian Pacific Railway says its traffic controllers have ratified a three-year contract proposal, ending a seven-week strike-lockout. The agreement, to Dec. 31, 2005, provides for wage,...
AFL-CIO Holds Democratic Primary Presidential Forum
(The Washington Post published the following transcript on its website on August 6.) CHICAGO -- The nine candidates vying for the Democratic presidential nomination all shared a stage Tuesday, August 5 at a forum in Chicago sponsored by the AFL-CIO. The transcript...
Democrats vie for unions’ support
(The Washington Post published the following story by Dan Balz on its website on August 6.) CHICAGO -- Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (Conn.) continued his battle with the Democrats' liberal base tonight, telling an audience of union workers that foreign trade is good for...
Alstom Canada wants to downsize
(The Montreal Gazette published the following story by Nicolas Van Praet on its website on August 6.) MONTREAL -- Alstom Canada Inc., whose French-based parent has started talks with creditors to fend off a cash crisis, is weighing whether to move its train-building...
