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UP sues to avoid rebuilding aging bridge
(The following story by Shamus Toomey was published in the January 25 online edition of the Chicago Daily Herald.) CHICAGO -- Union Pacific Railroad asked a federal judge Friday to block the city of Des Plaines from demanding railroad money be spent to replace a...
Amtrak’s Chicago call center to close
(Crain’s Chicago Business published the following story on January 26.) CHICAGO -- It's the end of the line for Amtrak's reservations call center at 55 E. Monroe St. The Chicago center's 267 employees were told Friday that their jobs will be terminated at the end of...
PBS to air railroad documentary tonight
(The Olympian published the following news brief on January 27.) OLYMPIA, Wash. –- PBS will air "American Experience: Transcontinental Railroad," tonight from 9-11 p.m., (Eastern). Even as the Civil War raged in the 1860s, people began the massive push to span the...
Amtrak at stake as Congress readies budget
(The following story by Sheryl Gay Stolberg was published in the January 26 issue of the New York Times.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In the context of the $390 billion spending measure the Senate passed last week, $438 million may not sound like much. But Senator Patty...
Hot seat awaits treasury nominee Snow
(ABCnews.com published the following Reuters article by Glenn Somerville on January 26.) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawmakers will get their chance to put U.S. Treasury nominee John Snow on the hot seat on Tuesday as President Bush seeks to rebuild his economic team in...
Rail intermodal remains strong
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following press release on January 23.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Intermodal traffic on U.S. railroads registered a double digit gain from a year ago during the week ended January 18, the Association of American Railroads...
GE bid for picket injunction is dropped
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. -- According to the Associated Press, a state judge has dropped General Electric Co.'s request for court orders against pickets who blocked access to two work sites in New York during a recent two-day nationwide strike to protest higher out-of-pocket...
Statement by AFL-CIO President John J. Sweeney on the Bush Administration’s use of false “Made in the USA” props
WASHINGTON -- The Bush Administration made a revealing mistake this week when aides used a banner made to look like boxes stamped "Made in the USA" and used masking tape to cover up the real "Made in China" mark on boxes that were used as props at an event meant to...
Political twist: Unions warn 4 democrats
(The following story by Judy Sarasohn was published in the January 23 online issue of the Washington Post.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- An alliance of major transportation unions yesterday warned that they will refuse to give money at Democratic fundraisers hosted by four...
Train hits woman, severing both legs
(The following story by Putsata Reang was published in the January 24 issue of the San Jose Mercury News.) SAN JOSE, Calif. -- A Hayward woman lost both legs Wednesday after being hit by an Amtrak train in Fremont. The woman, whose identity was not released, was...
