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UP derailment larger than thought
(The following Associated Press story was published on January 11 on the website of Portland television station KGW.) PORTLAND, Ore. -- Repair crews swarmed over the Union Pacific tracks just west of The Dalles on Friday, following the derailment of a train carrying...
NS train derails, spills pesticide
(The following Associated Press article was published by television station WAVY on its website on January 12.) NORFOLK, Va. -- A Norfolk Southern freight train derailed in rural Dinwiddie County early Saturday morning, spilling part of its load of a hazardous...
Remote technology coming to BNSF yard, but some engineers question safety
(The following story by Tom Cherveny was published in the January 13 issue of the West Central Tribune.) WILLMAR, Minn. -- Locomotives will be rolling through the rail yard and across three roadways in Willmar without engineers at their controls in the cabins. Workers...
UTU gets right to run engines by remote control in rail yards
(The following story by Virginia Baldwin Gilbert appeared in the January 10 issue of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.) ST. LOUIS -- Members of the United Transportation Union have the right to operate remote-controlled locomotives in U.S. rail yards, an arbitrator ruled...
AFL-CIO names new political director
(The AFL-CIO issued the following press release on January 10.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The AFL-CIO announced today that Karen Ackerman will be the new director for the AFL-CIO Political Department. Ackerman will move into the director position after having served at the...
AFL-CIO statement on denial of baggage screeners’ union rights
(The following statement by AFL-CIO President John Sweeney regarding the Bush Administration’s decision to deny rights to baggage screeners was issued on January 9.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The decision by the Transportation Safety Administration to deny collective...
U.S. rail freight traffic up sharply as new year begins
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following press release on January 9.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rail freight traffic on U.S. railroads was up sharply during the week ended January 4 in comparison with the first week of last year, the Association of...
NS crossing battle continues in Pa.
(The following story by Tawnya Panizzi was published in the January 10 issue of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.) O'HARA, Pa. -- Norfolk Southern Railroad's crossing at Riverfront Drive will remain blocked as the battle over its closure chugs along. The state Public...
Union Pacific’s Davidson named Railway Age Railroader of the Year
OMAHA, Neb. -- Dick Davidson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Union Pacific Railroad (NYSE: UNP - News), has been named 2003 Railroader of the Year by railroad industry trade journal Railway Age. "A steady hand on the throttle-a hand with over 40 years'...
2 killed when train hits van
(The following article appeared in the January 10 issue of the Roanoke Times.) ROANOKE, Va. -- A mother and her adult daughter where killed in Salem on Thursday after they drove their van past flashing lights, around a warning gate, and into the path on a freight...
