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Residents: Chemically treated railroad ties harmful to children
(The Santa Cruz Sentinel posted the following article by Jeanene Harlick on its website on April 28.) APTOS, Calif. -- Bundles of railroad ties soaked in a toxic wood preservative and sitting along the Union Pacific rail line are prompting concern from Aptos-area...
CPR manages through record high fuel prices, severe winter conditions in first-quarter 2003
(CPR issued the following news release on April 24.) CALGARY -- Canadian Pacific Railway said today that despitethe ongoing impact of drought in the last grain-growing season, it was ableto increase its revenues to $879 million in first-quarter 2003, from $875million...
CPR profit falls 25%
(The Globe and Mail posted the following article by Roma Luciw on its website on April 25.) OTTAWA -- Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. reported a slight increase in first-quarter sales Thursday but profit tumbled 25 per cent on soaring fuel costs and severe winter...
Harpers Ferry train station receives more funds
(The Hagerstown Herald-Mail posted the following article on its website on April 28.) HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. - Plans to restore the Harpers Ferry Train Station are moving forward, Harpers Ferry National Historic Park Superintendent Don Campbell announced. Campbell said...
High-speed train gets on track, but not at high speeds
(The Kingston Daily Freeman posted the following story by Patricia Doxsey on its website on April 27.) KINGSTON, N.Y.-- More than a year after they were expected to get on track, the first of what officials hope will be seven high-speed passenger trains between Albany...
Amtrak president outlines plans to improve passenger rail service
(The following Associated Press article was published by the New York Times on April 25.) WASHINGTON -- Amtrak will renovate Civil War-era tunnels and replace overhead electrical wires installed when Franklin D. Roosevelt was president under a five-year upgrade plan...
Amtrak unveils plan to fix crumbling infrastructure
(The following Reuters article by John Crawley was posted on April 25.) WASHINGTON -- Amtrak said on Friday it wants to accelerate spending over the next five years on repairing its crumbling infrastructure, which includes equipment that is nearly 100 years old. The...
Amtrak chief unveils five-year plan
(The Washington Post published the following article by Don Phillips on its website on April 26.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Amtrak President David L. Gunn yesterday unveiled an $8 billion, five-year passenger train recovery plan designed to halt deterioration in the...
Workers and Communities Worldwide Call For Safer Jobs on 15th Annual Observance of Workers Memorial Day
(The AFL-CIO issued the following news release on April 24.) WASHINGTON -- With events taking place across the country, thousands of working Americans will hold candlelight vigils and rallies to commemorate the victims of workplace injuries, diseases, and fatal...
Teamsters blast new DOT safety regulations
(The International Brotherhood of Teamsters distributed the following news release on April 24.) WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is issuing new truck safety regulations that ignore a vital element— safety. Under the new regulations, hours of...
