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Teamsters building new political group
(The following Associated Press article appeared in the New York Times online edition on May 7.) WASHINGTON -- Teamsters officials are building a new nonprofit political group to back moderate causes and candidates, saying they don't want to send cash to the AFL-CIO...
Houston residents tracking remote control trains
(Houston television station KHOU posted the following story by Chau Nguyen on its website on May 3.) HOUSTON -- Remote controlled trains are coming to the Houston area -- the big kind. Union Pacific plans to begin training railroad employees on how to use the remotes...
Heavy rains wash out tracks in Holly Twp. causing derailment
(The following article by L.L. Brasier and Matt Helms appeared in the Detroit Free Press on May 8.) DETROIT -- Cleanup could take another day or two following a nine-car train derailment in Holly Township -- caused early Wednesday morning perhaps by a failed beaver...
Rail official: Crossing that was site of fatal wreck should be closed
(The Savannah Morning News posted the following article by Paula Reed Ward on its website on May 8.) SAVANNAH, Ga. -- Tuesday's train wreck in Liberty County was the first fatal collision at that railroad crossing, but the fourth crash there in the last 15 years....
Amtrak engineer dies of injuries sustained in Ga. crash
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on May 7. Brother Larry Wayne Edenfield was a member of BLE Division 35 in Jacksonville, Fla.) SAVANNAH, Ga. -- An Amtrak locomotive engineer died Wednesday from injuries sustained a day earlier when his train...
Union-owned insurer to name new leader
(Steven Greenouse wrote the following article for the New York Times on May 7.) NEW YORK -- Union leaders said yesterday that the board of Ullico, the embattled union-owned insurer, would elect Terence M. O'Sullivan, president of the laborers' union, as Ullico's new...
GE railroad division announces 100 layoffs at Kansas City plant
(The Kansas City Star posted the following article by Diane Stafford on its website on May 7.) KANSAS CITY -- GE Transportation Systems Global Signaling is eliminating 100 jobs in the Kansas City area between now and June. The company, which makes railroad signaling...
Norfolk Southern schedules exhibit car tour
(Norfolk Southern issued the following press release on May 7.) NORFOLK, Va. -- Norfolk Southern Corporation's Exhibit Car is scheduled to visit 17 locations on the company's rail system this year. The Exhibit Car is a rebuilt passenger rail car with displays...
U.S. plans no hike in fuel tax to fund road programs
(The following Reuters article was posted on May 6.) WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration will send a six-year, $274 billion highway funding plan to Congress in the coming days with no proposals to increase fuel taxes to help pay for road improvements, Transportation...
North Haven may get its own train stop
(The New Haven Register posted the following article by Ann DeMatteo on its website on May 7.) NORTH HAVEN, Conn. -- Sometime in the near future, the train might stop in North Haven. Officials studying whether Connecticut should invest in a commuter rail line from New...
