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UP reports reports a 25 percent profit increase for the 2nd quarter
OMAHA, Neb. -- A wire service reports that Union Pacific Corp., the nation's largest railroad, reported a 25 percent profit increase for the second quarter, and its chief executive said the results could signal a turnaround for the nation's economy. Union Pacific said...
Allentown asks SEPTA to study commuter rail
ALLENTOWN, Pa. -- Bucks County commissioners have endorsed re-establishment of commuter rail service between Lansdale and the Quakertown area and asked the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority to study it, the Allentown Morning Call reports....
KCS remote control controversy
BEAUMONT, Texas -- The operation of the nation's railways has certainly changed since the first steam railroad was built in 1845. But when it comes to remote control operation of locomotives, not everyone is thrilled to see the latest technology make its way to the...
NS to boost traffic on Southern Tier Line
HORNELL, N.Y. -- Train traffic through here will get busier than it has in a long time by late summer, the Hornell Evening Tribune reports. Norfolk Southern has confirmed it will move up to four trains andeight crews from the so-called Pennsy-Buffalo Line, which...
Magaw ousted from airport security post
WASHINGTON -- John W. Magaw, the federal lawman President Bush picked to protect airports from terrorists, was forced to resign yesterday as chief of the Transportation Security Administration because of concern that his tough-cop approach was not working, according...
Amtrak gets slice of Congressional funds
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congressional negotiators, battered by weeks of budgetary conflict with the White House, yesterday approved a special $28.9 billion appropriation to fund the military and homeland security activities through September, the Washington Post reports....
Workers speak out against employment policies of Wal-Mart in suburban Philadelphia
PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa. -- The following was issued today by the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1776: Watched over by a huge inflated rat, members of a number of labor unions as well as community activists and representatives of women's rights and child labor...
London struggles with subway strike
LONDON -- Walking, riding bicycles and standing in overcrowded double-decker buses, hundreds of thousands of London commuters struggled to reach work Thursday during a 24-hour strike that closed most of the capital's subway system, according to a wire service. By 7...
Railway union schedules three strikes in England
LONDON -- According to a wire service, train drivers at a regional rail operator in northern England will hold three 48-hour strikes this summer in a dispute over pay, a union announced Wednesday. The walkouts by the drivers' union Aslef on the First North Western...
Bush names NTSB chairwoman Marion Blakey to head FAA
WASHINGTON -- President Bush announced Wednesday that he will nominate Marion Blakey to head the Federal Aviation Administration, reports a wire service. Blakey, 54, has been National Transportation Safety Board chairwoman since September 2001. She is a former...
