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U.P. executive criticizes subsidies for Amtrak
(The Omaha World-Herald posted the following story by Steve Jordan on its website on April 19.) SALT LAKE CITY, Utah -- Dick Davidson, Union Pacific's chief executive, criticized Amtrak this week as a "government-subsidized transportation system that nobody wants to...
Amtrak’s top Gunn
The No-Nonsense CEO Has Revived a Railroad and Won Respect From Politicians and Employees (The Washington Post published the following article by Don Phillips on April 21.) WASHINGTON -- The conventional wisdom on David L. Gunn used to be that he was skilled at fixing...
Have big railroads reached the final six?
(The Omaha World-Herald posted the following article by Steve Jordan on its website on April 21.) SALT LAKE CITY, Utah -- Generations of railroaders have envisioned a true U.S. transcontinental rail system, with a few giant companies capable of carrying carloads of...
Inside 3 MTA accidents
(The following article by Joshua Robin appeared in NewsDay on April 19.) NEW YORK -- The shouts of train track workers that someone has been struck. Blood from underneath a conductor's door. A flood of police and medical technicians into a dim subway station. These...
Teamster ‘rabbit’ to hop down bunny trail to protest Kroger’s plan to destroy jobs
(The International Brotherhood of Teamsters distributed the following press release via PR Newswire on April 17.) COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Teamster drivers who distribute food to Columbus-area Kroger stores will take their campaign to shoppers Friday, April 18 to prevent the...
U.S. railroads report increased freight traffic
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following news release on April 17.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Freight traffic on U.S. railroads was up during the week ended April 12, in comparison with the corresponding week last year, the Association of American...
Train conductors need hospital treatment after headbutting contest
(Ananova.com posted the following article on April 17.) LONDON -- A group of Russian train conductors needed hospital treatment after smashing their heads repeatedly against a train window to find out who had the strongest forehead. The conductors came up with the...
Ex-employees visit restored terminal
(The New York Times posted the following Associated Press article on its website on April 16.) MOBILE, Ala. -- Seventy-five-year-old Charlie Dowdle stepped inside the GM&O railroad passenger terminal he managed for 42 years and gasped at what lay before his eyes....
American Airlines wins labor concessions
(The following story by the Associated Press was published on April 17.) FORT WORTH, Texas -- American Airlines flight attendants have accepted $340 million in labor concessions, but the world's largest carrier says it still faces the possibility of bankruptcy....
Money key to Calif. county’s rail service
(The Californian posted the following story by Larry Parsons on its website on April 17.) SALINAS, Calif. -- Passenger trains figure in Monterey County's future, but money questions make it impossible to post arrival and departure times -- yet. "It's just a matter of...
