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Opinion: CSX, VRE hash out deal
(Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va. posted the following column by Chip Jones on its website on March 31.) RICHMOND, Va. -- Peace is at hand -- at least in the long-running skirmish between the Virginia Railway Express and rail giant CSX Corp. VRE is the publicly owned...
Schumer: Pace of CSX cleanup hampers riverfront projects
(The Democrat and Chronicle posted the following story by Rick Armon on its website on April 1.) ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- CSX Transportation needs to quit dillydallying and fully clean up a chemical spill in Charlotte, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer said Monday. The delay,...
Paperwork, safety concerns occupy CSX crew on ‘Juice Train’
(The Richmond Times-Dispatch posted the following story by Chip Jones on its website on March 31.) (BLE Editor’s Note: Ralph E. Gwaltney is a member of BLE Division 532 in Richmond, Va.) RICHMOND, Va. -- It starts slowly, like a giant stretching its legs. CSXT 650...
Amtrak to remove all staff from two Mo. train stations
(The Columbia Daily Tribune posted the following article on its website on April 1.) COLUMBIA, MO. -- The Amtrak office in Jefferson City is getting less personal. Starting tomorrow, Amtrak's passenger rail stations in Jefferson City and Kirkwood will be unstaffed....
Varying levels of alarm along Amtrak routes listed as biggest losers
(NEPAnews.com posted the following article on its website on March 31.) SCRANTON, Pa. -- There are almost as many people getting on and off Amtrak trains each year in Lewistown as live in the small borough, about 20 miles south of State College. Temple, Texas, has...
Five UP cars derail, but no one hurt
(The Corpus Christi Times-Caller posted the following article on its website on March 31.) BISHOP, Texas -- Five train cars filled with gravel derailed at a Bishop railroad crossing near Business U.S. Highway 77 and Second Street shortly before 9 a.m. Sunday morning....
GTW derailment spills coal in Mich.
(The Lansing State Journal posted the following article on its website on March 31.) BELLEVUE, Mich. -- A train derailed early Sunday morning, spilling tons of coal, said Eaton County Sheriff Rick Jones. The southbound train on Grand Trunk Western Railroad was not...
CPR derailment blocks streets
(The Lacrosse Tribune posted the following story by Linda McAlpine on its website on April 1.) LACROSSE, Wisc. -- Joe Houzner could only shake his head after seven cars from a CP Rail System train derailed Monday night on La Crosse's North Side. Houzner, the train's...
Joint statement by AFL-CIO President Sweeney and TTD President Hall calling on Congress to aid airline industry and workers
(The AFL-CIO issued the following statement on March 28.) WASHINGTON -- Since Monday, union members who work in the airline industry have been arriving in Washington, DC from around the nation to tell Congress that it should act now to provide strong and immediate...
Union-owned insurer will release report
(The following article by Steven Greenhouse appeared in the New York Times on March 29.) NEW YORK -- The board of Ullico, a union-owned insurer whose directors face accusations of insider trading, voted yesterday to release a special counsel's report that, union...
