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Legionnaire’s bacteria found at CSX rail yard
(The Saginaw News posted the following story by Scott Davis on its website on April 8.) SAGINAW, Mich. -- CSX Transportation Inc. has shut down water lines at its Saginaw facilities after finding higher-than-normal levels of the bacteria that cause Legionnaire's...
Opinion: Transportation transformation
(Forbes.com posted the following column by Andrew T. Gillies on April 9.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Ever taken the train from Atlanta to Birmingham? It's a pokey affair. The train, part of Amtrak's New York to New Orleans run, makes the Atlanta-Birmingham trip in a...
US to say Amtrak can avoid funding crisis this year
(Reuters posted the following article on its website on April 9.) WASHINGTON -- The Transportation Department will tell Congress on Thursday that Amtrak funding should be sufficient to avert the kind of financial crisis that almost caused a rail shutdown last summer,...
Transportation labor hails House vote on jobless benefits for laid off airline workers
(The TTD issued the following statement on April 8.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The following statement was issued today by Sonny Hall, President of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO, in reaction to today’s 265-150 vote in the House of Representatives instructing...
AFL-CIO aircraft mechanics unions stand together in face of threats to safety, security and jobs
(The following news release was issued by the TTD on April 8.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Responding to mounting threats to aviation safety and security due to government policy and airline management conduct, the AFL-CIO’s three airline mechanics unions have formed, under...
Shifts in the delivery industry
(The Washington Post published the following story by Don Phillips on its website on April 9.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- It has long been assumed that the fortunes of the economy and the express package-delivery business move together in lock step. In fact, Federal Reserve...
Oklahoma maintains 850 miles of rail lines for future
(The News-Star posted the following article by Jamie Dukes on its website on April 9.) SHAWNEE, Okla. -- More train lines in Oklahoma? Maybe. Macomb native Joe Kyle Jr. is the manager for the Rail Programs Division with the Oklahoma Department of Transportation and...
Railcar Co. embroiled in labor case
(The following Associated Press article was published in the New York Times on April 8.) JOHNSTOWN, Pa. -- An administrative law judge has ruled that railcar maker Johnstown engaged in unfair labor practices in its dealings with steelworkers. The decision by David...
RailAmerica sponsors “Hearts and Rails” campaign encouraging students to write to troops in Iraq
(RailAmerica issued the following news release on April 8.) BOCA RATON, Fla. -- "Our thoughts and prayers are with you each day and we pray for you to return home safe." The simple statement from a third-grade class in Parker, Arizona, sums up "Hearts and Rails," a...
Metro fire was plotted, Al Qaeda member says
(The following article by Allan Lengel and Dan Eggen was published in the Washington Post on April 9.) WASHINGTON -- Captured al Qaeda operations chief Khalid Sheik Mohammed has told interrogators that his organization had plans to attack the Metrorail system in...
