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End of the Line? LIRR name may disappear under MTA reorganization
LONG ISLAND, N.Y. -- The LIRR will merge with the Metro-North line as part of a sweeping restructuring of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority that could mean the end of the name that has graced Long Island rail cars for 168 years, New York's Newsday reports. MTA...
New look for the MTA
LONG ISLAND, N.Y. -- The MTA is switching tracks, but commuters may not notice any big differences on their way to work, New York's Newsday reported. Under changes unveiled yesterday by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the Long Island Rail Road and...
Mass. reps disappointed at meet with Amtrak boss
BOSTON -- Bay State lawmakers met with Amtrak President David Gunn yesterday to discuss Amtrak's stewardship of the MBTA commuter rail, but said they came away from the hourlong discussion disappointed, the Boston Herald reported. ``A lot of the concerns we raised I...
West Coast dockworkers return to jobs
LOS ANGELES -- West Coast dockworkers returned to their jobs under court order Wednesday and were greeted with a huge backlog of cargo that built up over 10 days of a labor lockout, the Associated Press reports. "It's been very hard. We're just glad to be back at...
MTA unveils restructuring plan; proposes merging LIRR, Metro North
NEW YORK -- The Metropolitan Transportation Authority unveiled a sweeping reorganization plan Wednesday that includes the merger of the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North and the acquisition of private bus lines in Queens, the Associated Press reported. "The...
Port problems likely to go to court
SAN FRANCISCO -- Untangling the West Coast's snarled ports inevitably will lead to another gnarly mess -- sorting out who will pay for all the economic chaos caused by the 10-day shutdown, reported the Associated Press. The answers most likely will be hashed out in...
ILWU denounces Taft-Hartley as anti-union
SAN FRANCISCO -- ILWU members will return to work today after a federal judge ordered the PMA to open the ports and let the workers back in to their jobs. But the union is angry that the Bush administration gave PMA the gift it blackmailed businesses, farmers and...
As use of remote controls grows, so does Cattron-Theimeg
PITTSBURGH -- Seven years ago, Cattron, a Mercer County company that traces its roots back to Motorola, began preparing for the day when mainline U.S. railroads could use remote control devices to supervise their trains. European railroads had been using them since...
BLE calls remote-control trains unsafe
LINCOLN, Neb. -- When it comes to using remote-control devices to move rail cars, the railroads and the locomotive engineers union don't see eye to eye, the Omaha World-Herald reported. The two biggest railroads in Nebraska - Burlington Northern Santa Fe and Union...
Engineers fight remote control
LINCOLN, Neb. -- A remote-controlled locomotive may be many kids' dream, but the use of them in Nebraska rail yards is causing a rift between grown-ups: the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and management at Burlington Northern Santa Fe, according to the Lincoln...
