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Train spotters say security is tougher
(The following Associated Press article appeared on the website on Iowa television station WHOTV on June 3.) CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- Iowans who like to watch railroad trains roll along the tracks have come under closer inspection since the 2001 terrorist attacks....
City still has questions about high-speed rail
(The following article by M.K. Guetersloh was posted on the Bloomington Pantograph’s website on June 3.) PONTIAC -- Resolutions supporting high-speed rail from Chicago to St. Louis were tabled by the Pontiac City Council at its meeting Monday. Concerns about how...
CN Rail plan to buy ONRail derailed
(Reuters distributed the following article on June 2.) MONTREAL -- Canadian National Railway Co. said on Monday it had scrapped its plan to acquire ONRail, a province-owned railway serving Northern Ontario, because of job guarantees demanded by the Ontario government....
CN pulls out of talks to buy ONRail
(The following article by Andy Riga appeared on the Montreal Gazette’s website on June 3.) MONTREAL -- Canadian National Railway Co. walked away from negotiations to buy ONRail yesterday, saying the Ontario government demanded last-minute "public-sector-like job...
Rail riders to pay more
(The following Associated Press was posted on the Hartford Courant’s website on May 31.) STAMFORD, Conn. -- Connecticut rail commuters can expect to pay more to travel to New York as well as within the state. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority this week...
Teamsters, carriers reach tentative deals
(The following Associated Press article appeared on the New York Times’ website on June 1.) WASHINGTON -- The Teamsters Union has reached tentative five-year agreements with major carhaul carriers. The new contract, which replaces one negotiated in 1999 that expired...
Rail lawsuit disputes parish’s authority
(The following article from the Times-Picayune’s website by Manuel Torres appeared on May 31.) NEW ORLEANS -- Jefferson Parish has no authority to regulate the Canadian National Railroad's operations at the Mays Yard in Metairie, because railroad oversight falls...
New rail tunnel not likely
(The following Associated Press article by Jennifer Peter appeared in the Milford Daily Press on June 1.) BOSTON -- In the late 1800s, the rivalry between railroad barons led to the construction of two separate train stations a mile apart in downtown Boston, one to...
Engineer hurt as locomotives collide
(The following article by Jesse Bogan appeared in the San Antonio Express-News on June 1. Patrick Pino is a member of BLE Division 307 in San Antonio.) SAN ANTONIO -- An engineer suffered minor injuries Saturday at a Southwest Side rail terminal when the locomotive he...
Link’s ex-wife accused in photo sale scam
(The Associated Press distributed the following article by Jim Fitzgerald on May 30.) WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- An ex-wife who was convicted of stealing 1,400 pictures taken by famed railroad photographer O. Winston Link was arrested again Thursday after some of his...
