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White House defends John Snow’s record
WASHINGTON -- The White House sought Tuesday to lay to rest questions about the tenure of John Snow, President Bush's new Treasury Secretary pick, at the helm of railroad giant CSX Corp. The Associated Press reports that Bush named Snow, chairman and chief executive...
AFL-CIO hits Snow’s severance deal
WASHINGTON -- According to Reuters, the AFL-CIO labor group on Tuesday criticized U.S. Treasury Secretary-nominee John Snow's railroad company for an ``unusual'' clause in his severance deal that will pay him millions if he goes into public service. The organized...
CSX lays off 67
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- CSX Corp., the parent company of Jacksonville's CSX Transportation, laid off 67 workers in five different departments and announced that it wouldn't fill 135 vacant positions, the Florida Times-Union reported. Forty of the laid-off workers are in...
Snow nomination could speed CSX moves
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The nomination of CSX Corp. Chairman John Snow to be Treasury secretary should hasten the move of CSX's headquarters to the First Coast, the Florida Times-Union reported. Snow, 63, who was scheduled to retire from CSX in 2004, was chosen by...
UK rail strikes suspended following improved pay offer
LONDON -- Train drivers have reached a pay deal with a regional rail operator and will not strike until the end of this month, union officials said Tuesday. According to the Associated Press, the drivers' union ASLEF said industrial action against Wales & Borders...
Town seeks changes after car-train crash
CASTLE ROCK, Colo. -- The city has sent a letter to railroad companies using track through town asking whether it is feasible to schedule train traffic to avoid the hours of the morning and afternoon commute, reports the Rocky Mountain News. The letter, the result of...
Man believed killed by train after catching ride
WILLARD, Ohio -- According to the Sandusky Register, a 48-year-old man was found dead on CSX Transportation railroad tracks Sunday morning in Willard, police and railroad officials said. CSX spokesman Dan Murphy said the man's body was found in the Willard yard near...
Body found At CSX rail yard
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Investigators are trying to identify the remains of a person found at the CSX rail yard by an employee Sunday evening, according to WJXT News4Jax.com. Police said they were called to the facility off North McDuff Avenue in Northwest Jacksonville...
NJ Transit ready to award pact for bi-level rail cars
BERGEN, N.J. -- NJ Transit will consider awarding a $250 million contract this week for at least 100 bi-level rail cars to ease chronic crowding on its New York-bound trains, reports the Bergen Record. Testing on the cars would begin in late 2005, and the agency would...
Rail yard cleanup meeting is set
DEDHAM. Mass. -- MBTA officials will update residents tomorrow on the progress of cleanup efforts at the contaminated Readville rail yard, the Neponset Valley Daily News reports. The 37-acre yard on Industrial Drive in Dedham and Readville was tainted with high levels...
