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Wheels to be turning again at rail-car plant in Lincoln
(The Omaha World-Herald posted the following story by Virgil Larson on its website on April 10.) LINCOLN -- Idle since December, the Kawasaki plant that builds railroad passenger cars here will begin work next January on two big contracts that will keep the factory...
Commuter rail expansion may yield to urban transit
(The Boston Globe posted the following story by Anthony Flint on its website on April 14.) BOSTON -- The Romney administration is preparing to abandon proposed extensions of commuter rail to the South Shore, Fall River, and New Bedford in favor of transit projects in...
Coal spills after CSX derailment
(The Democrat and Chronicle posted the following article on its website on April 14.) ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- A small amount of coal was spilled in a Rochester railroad yard Sunday after two train cars went off the tracks sometime before 6 p.m. CSX Transportation...
Metra’s upgrade program on track
(The Daily Southtown posted the following article by Jonathan Lipman on its website on April 13.) CHICAGO -- The clickity-clack on Metra's SouthWest Service line will get less clickity in coming months as the agency upgrades to a better form of track. Work begins...
FRA announces $11 million RRIF loan to Arkansas & Missouri RR
(The Federal Railroad Administration issued the following news release on April 11.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Federal Railroad Administrator Allan Rutter announced the award of an $11 million Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing (RRIF) direct loan to the...
Remote control use expands at CSX
(The Florida Times-Union posted the following story by Christopher Calnan on its website on April 13.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- It was a Thursday morning and train conductor Wayne Caruthers spent it pushing tons of steel around Baldwin. Using a bright-green remote...
Authorities investigate UP worker’s death
(The Idaho State Journal posted the following article by John O'Connell on its website on April 11.) POCATELLO -- A train car overturned and killed a 54-year-old conductor Friday night after it struck a safety device on the track, a Union Pacific official said...
CSX to use remotes outside of Fla. yard
(The Florida Times-Union posted the following story by Christopher Calnan on its website on April 14.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- CSX Transportation is planning to use remote-controlled locomotives between the railroad's Northside yard adjacent to the Anheuser-Busch plant...
Opinion: Tellier’s task
(The Toronto Star posted the following column by Rasha Mourtada on its website on April 11.) TORONTO -- Paul Tellier must have known what he was getting into when he decided to take over as navigator of Bombardier Inc. After all, the beleaguered maker of planes,...
TWU resumes American Airlines concession voting
(Pacific Business News posted the following article by Howard Dicus on its website on April 11.) HONOLULU -- The Transport Workers Union, representing ground workers at American Airlines, has resumed online and telephone balloting on the concessionary tentative...
