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Union vote authorizes transit strike in New York City
NEW YORK -- Increasing the chances of a transit shutdown next weekend, the union representing 34,000 New York City subway and bus workers voted overwhelmingly yesterday to authorize a strike, the New York Times reports. The president of Transport Workers Union Local...
Six pieces of rail taken from accident site
AMITE, La. -- Police are investigating the theft of six pieces of rail from the site of a freight train derailment and chemical spill in October on the city's outskirts, the Associated Press reported. Police Capt. Mike Foster said he did not know if the stolen rail...
The future of rail is in high-speed
FORT WORTH -- Traveling at 125 to 150 mph on a train is still a bit of a novelty in the United States, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. One place where you can get a taste of it is aboard Amtrak's Acela Express, which feels as if it is gliding on air as it...
Bush said to pick chief of CSX for Treasury job
WASHINGTON -- According to the New York Times, John W. Snow, chairman of the CSX Corporation, has emerged as President Bush's choice to replace Paul H. O'Neill as Treasury secretary, a person with ties to the administration said tonight. Mr. Snow is an economist and a...
German Chancellor to visit China to inaugurate Shanghai “maglev” train
BERLIN -- According to the Associated Press, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder will travel to China to inaugurate the world's first commercial levitation train just before New Year's Day, a spokesman said Friday. The futuristic German-made Transrapid train recently...
Unions vow to press fight for United aid reconsideration
SAN FRANCISCO -- United Airlines' major unions urged the government today to reconsider its rejection of the airline's loan guarantee application and vowed to take the fight to Congress and President Bush, the New York Times reports. Two of those unions, the...
Norfolk Southern’s ExhibitCar a hit with rail enthusiasts on visit to Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH -- According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, railroad enthusiasts of all ages got an early Christmas gift this year when Norfolk Southern Railroad's ExhibitCar pulled into a rail siding adjacent to The Waterfront in Homestead Saturday. The 85-foot...
FECI completes sale of former Buena Vista Rail Yard
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- Florida East Coast Industries, Inc. announced today that Florida East Coast Railway, L.L.C., a wholly owned subsidiary, has completed the sale of its former Buena Vista rail yard located in Miami to Biscayne Development Partners LLC. The sale...
CPR introduced Service that has revolutionized transportation
TORONTO -- Fifty years ago this month, Canadian Pacific Railway revolutionized North American transportation with the introduction of the intermodal freight system. From its launch on the night of December 1, 1952, as a single service - carrying truck trailers on...
MBTA rail choice seen as early as next week
BOSTON -- The MBTA could name a new commuter rail operator as soon as next week while a key state committee begins to explore whether the T should eventually run the service itself, according to the Boston Globe. T General Manager Michael Mulhern told the Joint...
