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Alert Metra engineer stops train to save toddler
(The following article by Grace Adurojawas published on April 1 by the Chicago Tribune.) (BLE Editor's note: David Thews is the BLE's General Chairman on Metra and the local chairman of Division 815 (Blue Island, Ill.) CHICAGO -- A Metra engineer saved the life of a...
Two workers killed by Amtrak train
(The Sarasota Herald-Tribune posted the following Associated Press article by Chelsea J. Carter on its website on April 2.) LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. -- Two men working near railroad tracks who may not have heard an approaching Amtrak train were killed by the speeding...
Arbitrators propose pay settlement for German train engineers
(The Associated Press published the following article on March 31.) BERLIN -- A pay dispute between Germany's national railroad and its train engineers moved toward a close Monday as arbitrators recommended a settlement that would give them a 3.2 percent raise next...
AFL-CIO flight attendant unions boycott FAA’s “toothless” and voluntary safety initiative
(The Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO issued the following press release on March 31.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department (TTD), representing the vast majority of the nation’s flight attendants, today said it would refuse to...
Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday, April 6, for most Americans
(The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following press release on March 31.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Most of the nation will return to daylight saving time at 2 a.m. Sunday, April 6, when clocks will be set ahead one hour. The change will provide an additional...
Alaska RR cut costs, had profit in 2002
(The Anchorage Daily News posted the following story by Richard Richtmyer on its website on April 1.) ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The Alaska Railroad made an $8.9 million profit last year on revenue of $105.7 million. Profits at the state-owned railroad were up 35 percent...
BNSF makes free reporting tool available to shortlines
(BNSF issued the following news release on March 31.) FORT WORTH, Texas -- The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF) is making available an easy-to- use Internet application that allows shortline railroads and handling carriers to report movement...
CPR annual shareholders meeting to be held April 28
(The Canadian Pacific Railway issued the following release on April 1.) CALGARY -- Canadian Pacific Railway said today its annual meeting of shareholders will be held in Vancouver on April 28, 2003, at the Vancouver Convention &Exhibition Centre, 999 Canada Place. The...
Conn. committee approves transportation package
(The Stamford Advocate posted the following article by Jonathan Lucas on its website on April 1.) HARTFORD, Conn. -- The General Assembly's Transportation Committee yesterday approved proposed legislation intended to relieve traffic congestion and improve highway...
NS gains on Fortune 500 list
(The Virginian-Pilot posted the following article by Carolyn Shapiro on its website on April 1.) NORFOLK, Va. -- Hampton Roads' two Fortune 500 companies, Smithfield Foods Inc. and Norfolk Southern Corp., moved up in the magazine's 2003 rankings, as the meat giant and...
