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BNSF, Ferromex improve transborder intermodal service
(The following joint press release was issued on January 28.) FORT WORTH, Texas and MEXICO CITY -- The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF) and Ferrocarril Mexicano (Ferromex) announced they have improved their transborder intermodal service by...
IC named in environmental lawsuit
(The following article by Karis Pope was posted on the Grenada Daily Star’s website on January 29.) GRENADA, Miss. -- Two local industries are the target of a $4.7 billion lawsuit filed by residents and former residents of the Tie Plant community and Grenada. The...
Snow draws little fire from Senate panel
(The following article by Jonathan Weisman was posted in the January 28 online issue of the Washington Post.) WASHINGTON -- Treasury Secretary nominee John W. Snow said at his confirmation hearing that his multimillion-dollar pay package at railroad giant CSX Corp....
Forecast for Snow: Quick OK
(The following article by Peter Hardin and Chip Jones was posted on the Richmond Times-Dispatch website on January 29.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Railroad executive John W. Snow won strong praise from senators of both parties yesterday for his credentials to serve as...
UP tells lawmakers it will add jobs to get tax breaks
(The following Associated Press article by Scott Bauer was posted on the Grand Island Independent’s website on January 28.) LINCOLN, Neb. -- Union Pacific Railroad still plans to add 600 employees in Nebraska in order to qualify for tax breaks, the company said in a...
Amtrak, manufacturers agree to plan for Acela repairs
(The following Reuters story by John Crawley was published in the Boston Globe on January 29) WASHINGTON - Amtrak and the makers of its Acela trains have agreed on a plan to permanently fix suspension system cracks on locomotives that prompted the railroad to...
Passenger trains collide in France
SAINT-DALMAS DE TENDE, France -- According to the Associated Press, French and Italian passenger trains collided head-on in an Alpine tunnel in southeast France on Monday, killing two people and injuring four seriously. French authorities said the two trains slammed...
Birthplace of American railroading prepares to celebrate 175 years with impressive collection of locomotives
BALTIMORE -- With his legs pushing hard against railroad ties, Ed Williams turns the 60-foot (18-meter) wide turntable, slowly rotating the steam locomotive inside the great stable of the iron horse, according to the Associated Press. "This is why we don't belong to...
Labor organizations create a joint labor proposal to resolve U.S.-Canadian dispute over Softwood Lumber
The following statement is from the Communication, Energy and Paperworkers--Canada; Industrial Wood and Allied Workers of Canada; Canadian Labour Congress; the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers; the Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical &...
AFL-CIO releases check-up on nation’s economic health at mid-point in Bush Presidency
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. economy is in worse shape than it was two years ago on all the key indicators important to working families, the AFL-CIO said today in releasing a report that summarizes economic markers, Time to Get Real About the Economy: A Check-Up on the...
