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TWU, US Airways reach agreement on restructuring plan
ARLINGTON, Va. -- US Airways, Inc. and the Transport Workers Union of America (TWU) Local 546 have reached a tentative agreement on the company's restructuring plan. The agreement, which is subject to ratification by its membership, covers the union's approximately 46...
Unsettled labor situation hurting UPS
ATLANTA -- United Parcel Service Inc., the world's largest package delivery firm, on Wednesday said it was losing business to competitors as labor talks with the Teamsters stretched on with just three weeks remaining in its current contract with 230,000 union workers,...
Nuclear waste site in Nev. gets Senate nod
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Capping a 20-year struggle over the final resting place of the nation's highly radioactive nuclear waste, the Senate voted overwhelmingly yesterday to establish a national repository at Yucca Mountain in Nevada, the Boston Globe reports. The voice...
Education, awareness still key to rail safety
LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- It could be decades before all of Indiana's passive road/rail crossings receive automated signals, leaving driver education as the most realistic alternative, the Journal and Courier reports. Operation Lifesaver, a national rail safety group with...
Opinion: Passenger rail is central to U.S. transit system
PORTLAND, Maine -- Brinkmanship is no way to run a railroad, according to an editorial in the Portland Press Herald. Yet, that's exactly the route that Amtrak, the nation's passenger rail service provider, is on as it barrels toward a final showdown this fall between...
Arkansas passenger rail service in limbo
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. --Passenger-train advocates say Amtrak will have to make a major investment in Arkansas before passenger rail service in the state can be profitable, according to a wire service report. But even the most die-hard train buffs admit such a commitment...
Opinion: High-speed rail is on right track despite the GOP
MODESTO, Calif. -- A bond measure that would allow major construction to start on the proposed high-speed rail line for California is one step closer to the ballot, after chugging through the Assembly Transportation Committee, according to an editorial in the Modesto...
Texas floodwaters complicate operations for UP, Amtrak
Flooding in Texas continued to hamper Union Pacific operations on Monday, although the railroad was able to reopen its busy Sunset Route on Saturday, according to Trains.com. The Corpus Christi Subdivision remained out of service today due to flooding of the Medina...
D.C. area rail lines look to cut ties to Amtrak
WASHINGTON -- Virginia Railway Express and Maryland Rail Commuter are searching for companies to replace Amtrak in operating their train systems, according to the Washington Times. The Washington-area commuter railroads, like other such railroads nationwide, say they...
Nation plagued by train wrecks
LANSING, Mich. -- Life is back to normal and trains are back on schedule in Potterville, Mich., where a Memorial Day derailment forced 2,200 people to evacuate their homes for five days, the Lansing (Mich.) State Journal reports. But the neighbors still talk about the...
