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Seven months after bankruptcy, Ky. locomotive shop employment picks up
PADUCAH, Ky. -- Despite continued stiff challenges from a weak economy and foreign competition, employment at VMV Enterprises is rising under new ownership seven months after the locomotive shop closed amid bankruptcy, the Paducah Sun reported. "We're at a little more...
GE, union officials discuss strike options
ERIE, Pa. -- Officials from GE Transportation Systems Inc.'s largest labor union spent much of Wednesday behind closed doors, plotting their next move in its dispute with the company over its practice of shipping local jobs to cheaper plants overseas, the Erie...
Seattle monorail vote still up in the air
SEATTLE -- Seattle's citizen proposal to build a $1.75 billion line connecting Ballard, downtown and West Seattle remained ahead with 52 percent of the vote after counts late yesterday afternoon, the Seattle Times reported. Election officials are still tabulating an...
Downeaster line set for banner year
WOBURN, Mass. -- One of the pleasant surprises in the Amtrak and MBTA pairing has been the success of the Downeaster, a train that makes four round trips daily from Portland, Maine to Boston. One of the stops on the trip is at the Anderson Regional Transportation...
Beach town wants year-round train service
OLD ORCHARD BEACH, Maine -- Businesses and officials hope Amtrak's Downeaster service will stop in town year-round, the Associated Press reported. Old Orchard Beach is now the only seasonal stop on the Portland-to-Boston line. Service stopped Oct. 31. ''I see no...
Angry Sen. Warner jumps from moving Amtrak train
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- After an Amtrak trip plagued by delays, U.S. Sen. John W. Warner jumped from the slowly moving train as it started to pull out of the station before he could get off, according to the Associated Press. Warner, a Virginia Republican and strong...
Hoboken riders get extra A Train
MONTCLAIR, N.J. -- In a bow to Hoboken train commuters who feel deprived of service since the start of the NJ Transit’s Montclair Midtown Direct in September, NJ Transit officials announced that beginning this week, a Hoboken-bound train would be added to the...
Election loss leaves Va. rail operators scrambling
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The people who operate rail systems in Northern Virginia and support additional public transportation were looking for Plan B yesterday, after voters soundly rejected a proposal to raise the sales tax and pour millions into transit projects, the...
Nova Scotia to explore ‘private-sector solution’ to Cape Breton abandonment
HALIFAX, N.S. -- Premier John Hamm said he still hopes to find a “private-sector solution” after the Utility and Review Board authorized the abandonment of industrial Cape Breton’s only rail link. But opposition MLAs blasted the government’s economic record on the...
Norfolk Southern’s environmental liability $30 million at Sept. 30
WASHINGTON -- Norfolk Southern Corp. has recorded $30 million for environmental exposure liabilities at Sept. 30, according to a document filed Tuesday with the Securities and Exchange Commission, reported Dow Jones Newswires. Of that amount, $8 million has been...
