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Lockout hits West Coast ports
LOS ANGELES -- Every port on the West Coast was idled today by a bitter, escalating contract feud between shipping companies and dockworkers that could have enormous effects on the national economy, the Washington Post reported. The shutdown forced nearly 11,000...
On the rails, death is an unwelcome companion
AUSTIN -- Harry Stewart had rounded the curve when he saw a man crossing the railroad tracks, according to the Austin American-Statesman. "When he turned and started walking in the ties in the same direction that we were going, that was a dead sign that we were about...
CSX workers protest unmanned locomotives
MOBILE, Ala. -- Tal Fowler, an eight-year locomotive engineer, says unmanned locomotives slowly rolling along the waterfront present a constant danger to downtown Mobile, the Mobile Register reported. But CSX Corp. officials said Fowler and other members of a labor...
CSX announces 3rd-quarter conference call
RICHMOND, Va. -- CSX Corporation will hold a conference call to discuss its third- quarter 2002 earnings results on Thursday, October 24, 2002, at 11 a.m. Eastern Time. CSX expects to announce its earnings at approximately 9 a.m. that morning, the company announced in...
Rescue on Seattle monorail is second in a week
SEATTLE -- After passengers on a stranded Seattle Center monorail had to climb down fire-engine ladders yesterday after the second stall in a week, the question came up: How would people leave the proposed Green Line in an emergency? The Seattle Times reported that...
CTA considers altering schedules after expansion
CHICAGO -- Metra is tinkering with its schedules to come up with more express trains and new options for reverse-commuters when expansion of three routes is completed in late 2005, the Chicago Tribune reported. The tinkering, which is at a preliminary stage, could...
Commission pushes Atlanta-to-Griffin, Ga., rail line
ATLANTA -- Metro Atlanta is about to see its first attempt to build a new commuter train line since MARTA trains began rolling in 1979, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The Atlanta Regional Commission has earmarked more than $281 million to build a downtown...
DOT announces $59.4 million grant for San Diego transit
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta announced on September 27 a $59.4 million grant in Federal Transit Administration (FTA) funds to the Metropolitan Transit Development Board in San Diego, CA for the Mission Valley East Light Rail...
RailAmerica’s Chilean railroad gets $9 million contract
BOCA RATON, Fla. -- RailAmerica, Inc., the world's largest short line and regional railroad operator, announced that its Chilean railroad, Empresa de Transporte Ferroviario S.A. (Ferronor), entered into a five-year rail transportation agreement with Norgas S.A. of...
Fla. could get $8 million for commuter rail cars
ORLANDO -- Central Florida would receive $8 million to buy commuter-rail cars under legislation pushed by Rep. John Mica, the Orlando Sentinel reported. Since the region has not decided whether commuter rail is the answer to congestion woes, the money could end up...
