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Railroad cleaning up contamination
CURTIS, Neb. -- Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad is cleaning up a contaminated site they “inherited” from a former battery recycling operation in Curtis, the McCook (Neb.) Daily Gazette reported. Steve Forsburg, in charge of corporate relations for BNSF, in...
Wisc. repair shops hit hard by CN job cuts
STEVENS POINT, Wisc. -- Canadian National will cut 84 jobs between its Stevens Point and Fond du Lac repair shops, the Stevens Point Journal reported. The cuts, which were announced Tuesday, are part of a companywide reduction of 1,146 jobs, which officials anticipate...
France is buffeted by labor unrest on many fronts
PARIS -- It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas here, and it is not just the decorations. This is the season of the strike, and it sometimes seems as if just about everyone has walked off the job. Truckers seeking more pay set up dozens of roadblocks with trucks...
Statement by AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Richard Trumka on historic win in West Coast Ports
WASHINGTON -- By meeting the needs of dock workers for health care, job security, economic security, safety and good pensions while also addressing important technology issues, the ILWU has negotiated a truly historic tentative contract for its members. ILWU President...
Car smashes through crossing gates, hit by train
SARASOTA, Fla. -- A driver smashed through lowered railroad crossing gates and her car was struck by a Metro Blue Line train. Injured were: two people in the car, the train engineer, and two train passengers, the Associated Press reported. The car's driver, Elena...
NTSB calls for improvements in transportation data
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The National Transportation Safety Board has called for improvements in the Department of Transportation (DOT) data collection programs in order to better monitor accident risks, support the analysis of risk factors and evaluate the effectiveness...
Student dies in truck, train collision
AKRON, Ohio -- A University of Akron student was killed early Monday when his pickup truck was struck by an Amtrak train at a Wayne County railroad crossing, the Akron Beacon Journal reported. Douglas R. Weber, 21, of Rittman, was driving the truck south on Blough...
BNSF looks to expand transload business
IRVING, Texas -- Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Co. locomotives pull a handful of cars loaded with lumber into Desticon Transportation Texas Inc.'s rail facility in Irving each weekday. The lumber is unloaded by forklift and then reloaded onto trucks or stored...
UP says it is not thwarting plans for Toyota plant
SAN ANTONIO -- Union Pacific Railroad officials attempted Monday to undo the impression that it may be thwarting the area's chances for a $750 million Toyota assembly plant, the San Antonio Express-News reported. The Japanese automaker is believed to be considering...
$15 an hour, and trains to dodge
NEW YORK -- If there were ever an honest help-wanted ad for the job, it would probably read something like this, according to the New York Times: Seeking applicants for strenuous physical labor. Mostly overnight. Work locations shift around the city. Must be willing...
