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TWU and MTA talking beyond strike deadline
NEW YORK -- The morning commute began as normal today for hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers as subway and bus workers showed up for work after their union agreed to negotiate with officials of the city's transit authority through the night past a 12:01 a.m. strike...
Tellier takes on mission with great possibilities
TORONTO -- Paul Tellier's mission at Bombardier Inc. is much more daunting than simply piloting the transportation giant through a period of financial turbulence, the Globe and Mail reported. Mr. Tellier, 63, the company's new president and chief executive officer, is...
Bombardier’s new boss seen as top turnaround artis
MONTREAL -- Bombardier Inc. is putting a politically savvy turnaround artist in its driving seat with the appointment of Paul Tellier, who moves to head the plane and train maker from Canadian National Railway Co., according to Reuters. And those skills, according to...
New CN boss a U.S. rail veteran
MONTREAL -- Bombardier Inc. shareholders are smiling at news that Paul Tellier will take over the top job at the transportation giant. But the company's executives are, no doubt, shaking in their boots, the Montreal Gazette reported. After all, the last time Tellier...
CN’s new locomotive
MONTREAL -- Over the next few weeks, Hunter Harrison will move to Montreal, walk into his new downtown office as chief executive of Canadian National Railway Co. and try to remember what's its like to be at the top, the Montreal Gazette reported. It probably won't be...
While Tellier handled big-picture issues, Harrison ran CN from behind the scenes
MONTREAL -- Canadian National Railway Co., transformed from a financially crippled crown corporation barely 10 years ago into the darling of the transportation world, has lost its superstar chief executive, Paul Tellier. Tellier will move to Bombardier Inc. to try to...
Santa visiting light rail stops
JERSEY CITY, N.J. -- The Hudson-Bergen Light Rail hosts a pre-Christmas visit from Santa Claus tomorrow, with St. Nicholas stopping and greeting residents in Bayonne, Hoboken and Jersey City, according to the Jersey Journal. The event, which is sponsored by NJ...
Opponents fight plan for Dulles rail line
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A coalition of business, civic and environmental groups urged Virginia officials yesterday to abandon plans to build a costly rail line to Dulles International Airport and instead adopt a rapid bus system as a cheaper and more flexible alternative,...
Pierre mayor starts railroad bypass talks with tribe
PIERRE, S.D. -- Pierre Mayor Dennis Eisnach has initiated talks with the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe on building part of a railroad bypass across tribal land, the Associated Press reported. The cities of Pierre and Fort Pierre want a bypass if the Dakota, Minnesota &...
City of Reno takes on pipeline owner
RENO -- The city of Reno has sued the owner of the pipeline that runs beside Union Pacific railroad tracks in an attempt to force the firm to pay an estimated $7 million to relocate the pipeline away from the railroad trench, the Reno Gazette-Journal reported. If the...
