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Senior Department of Transportation official to Discuss Bush Administration’s Surface Transportation Reauthorization proposal
(The Department of Transportation issued the following news release on May 14.) WASHINGTON -- On Thursday, May 15th at 8:00 am, Jeffrey Shane, Under Secretary for Policy at the U.S. Department of Transportation will brief port and intermodal transportation...
Hoffa starts recruitment conference
(The Detroit Free Press posted the following article on its website on May 15.) LAS VEGAS -- International Brotherhood of Teamsters General President James Hoffa began the union's first-ever conference devoted to recruiting new members and growing the union. "The...
Two CN crew members presumed dead after derailment in McBride, B.C.
(The Canadian Press circulated the following story on May 15.) McBRIDE, B.C. -- The first six cars of a lengthy freight train derailed while crossing over a trestle bridge and plunged into a ravine near here Wednesday. Two CN Rail crew members, the conductor and...
Many injured as trains collide in Rome
(The following Reuters article was posted on the New York Times’ website on May 14.) ROME -- Two packed intercity trains collided near a Rome station on Wednesday, injuring some 20 passengers as carriages were knocked onto their sides and a locomotive rammed into a...
Ullico board seeks return of stock profits
(The Washington Post posted the following article on its website on May 14.) WASHINGTON -- The newly elected board of Ullico, the union-owned insurance company, yesterday voted at a closed meeting to call on past management to return $5.6 million in profits from a...
Lawmakers urged to boost oversight of Vegas monorail
(The Las Vegas Sun published the following Associated Press article by Brendan Riley on May 14.) CARSON CITY, Nev. -- An Assembly panel was urged Tuesday to boost lawmakers' oversight of the $650 million Las Vegas Monorail project. Sen. Dina Titus, D-Las Vegas, asked...
RailAmerica signs $17.8 million in contracts
(RailAmerica issued the following news release on May 13.) BOCA RATON, Fla. -- RailAmerica, Inc. today announced that its Indiana Southern Railroad (ISRR) has extended and increased the terms of two existing transportation contracts for an additional $17.8 million of...
Trash dispute causing stink in Buffalo neighborhood
(New York television station WSTM posted the following Associated Press article on its website on May 14.) BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Money problems have left nearly 400 large containers of New York City trash sitting at a Buffalo rail yard since last fall and neighbors say...
Chicago-area mass-transit proposals face decisive vote
(The Chicago Tribune posted the following story by Amanda Vogt on its website on May 13.) CHICAGO -- As northwest suburban leaders prepare to vote on mass-transit options, Metra's STAR proposal--55 miles of rail from O'Hare International Airport to Hoffman Estates and...
MBTA pulls federal permit
(The following article by Susan Weinstein was published in the Taunton Gazette.) BOSTON -- State transportation officials say their decision to halt environmental permitting in the Hockomock Swamp does not signal an end to a Fall River/New Bedford commuter rail plan....
