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AFL-CIO, transportation unions call for halt to overseas U.S. aircraft repairs
(The TTD issued the following news release on April 10.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Citing potential threats to safety and security and lax government oversight, the AFL-CIO and its Transportation Trades Department (TTD) today petitioned the Bush administration for an...
Freight traffic up on U.S. railroads
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following news release on April 10.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Freight traffic on U.S. railroads was up during the week ended April 5, in comparison with the corresponding week last year, the Association of American...
BNSF honors hazmat shippers
(The following is a press release distributed by BNSF.) FORT WORTH, Texas-- The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF) today honored 46 recipients of the company's Annual Product Stewardship Award. This award recognizes shippers for their safe...
N.Y.-N.J. rail link to may become reality
(The Daily News posted the following article by Bill Farrell on its website on April 10.) NEW YORK -- A long-sought rail link between Staten Island's Howland Hook marine terminal and New Jersey's industrial shore across the Arthur Kill is about to become a reality....
Ore. train service to be part of Lewis & Clark bicentennial
(The Salem Statesman Journal posted the following Associated Press article on its website on April 11.) ASTORIA, Ore. -- Passenger train service linking Portland and Astoria as a part of the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial will begin May 23 and operate four days per...
Ga. can’t afford to buy rail lines
(The Macon Telegraph posted the following article by Andy Peters on its website on April 10.) ATLANTA - Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue told the chairman of Norfolk Southern Corp. on Friday that Georgia is too cash-strapped to buy the rail line between Atlanta and Macon....
NJ rail station damaged in 9 -11 attack to reopen
(The Bergen Record posted the following story by Daniel Sforza on its website on April 10.) HACKENSACK, N.J. -- PATH trains will once again rumble into Jersey City's Exchange Place in June, 21 months after the station was knocked out by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks....
Riding the rails, walking their beat
(The following article by Tracy Gordon Fox was published the in the Hartford Courant on April 11.) HARTFORD, Conn. -- Fred Tobin boarded the crowded Metro-North commuter train in Darien and nearly walked right into Trooper Joe Narcisse, who was standing guard just...
N.C. trains get back on track
(The High Point Enterprise posted the following article by Michele Abbott on its website on April 11.) HIGH POINT, N.C. -- The state transportation department had good news Thursday for the 2,500-plus passengers who travel from Charlotte to Raleigh each month on the...
Peace Train
(The following article by Chana R. Schoenberger was posted on Forbes.com on April 10.) NEW YORK -- The third-degree security checks now reassuring commercial air travelers since Sept. 11 are nowhere to be found at Amtrak. The national passenger rail service offers...
