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Strikes hit France, Austria, Germany and Italy
(Reuters distributed the following article on June 3.) PARIS -- Travelers were stranded and children were out of school across Europe Tuesday as strikes caused mayhem in France and Austria and lesser disruptions in Germany and Italy. The French strikes by public...
Unions fight House overtime pay measure
(The following article was distributed by the Associated Press on June 3.) WASHINGTON -- Labor unions fighting legislation to loosen overtime pay requirements have won the support of a dozen or so moderate House Republicans, sending the GOP searching for Democratic...
Trains collide in Spain, killing 11
(The following Associated Press article was posted on the New York Times’ website on June 4.) MADRID, Spain -- Rescuers and forensic experts searched through the twisted, smoking wreckage Wednesday of a head-on train collision in central Spain that left at least 11...
Three bodies found in railcar in Texas
(The New York Times posted the following Associated Press article on its website on June 4.) BAYTOWN, Texas -- Three illegal immigrants died in a sweltering railroad car after two others fled the train and sought help from a priest. The two who managed to flee the...
Coalition adds new support for a harbor freight tunnel
(The following article by Janny Scott appeared in the New York Times on June 4.) NEW YORK -- A proposal to reduce truck traffic in New York City and the region by building a rail freight tunnel under New York Harbor got new support yesterday when a broad group of...
Jefferson, rail yard on same track
(The following article by Manuel Torres appeared in the Times Picayune on June 4.) NEW ORLEANS -- Jefferson Parish has agreed to drop its threat to close a Canadian National Railroad yard next to the LaSalle Tract, in exchange for information from the railroad on the...
Train engineer distracted by cell phone cited as probable cause of train collision
(The NTSB issued the following news release on June 3.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In a report adopted today, the National Transportation Safety Board concluded that the engineer of a Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) coal train was distracted by a cell phone call when he...
French rail, airports hit by nationwide strikes
(The following Reuters article appeared on the New York Times’ website on June 3.) PARIS -- French commuters struggled into work on crowded buses and trains on Tuesday and airports were deathly quiet as public sector employees held more strikes over the government's...
Last days on the tracks
(The following article by Lee Beach was published by the Klamath Falls Herald and News on June 1.) KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. -- Though the mournful horn of the engines sounding as they enter the yards may tug at their attention, two Klamath Falls railroad police won't come...
Security bill keeps dynamite from miners
(The following article by Dan Lewerenz was distributed by the Associated Press on June 3.) LYKENS, Pa. -- Darryl Koperna has spent most of his life taking anthracite coal from dark, dusty veins below the ground. He is currently getting 30 tons a day from his S&M Coal...
