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Teamsters rally for UPS contract
FAIRFAX, Va. -- The Teamsters rallied at United Parcel Service facilities across the country Tuesday, demanding higher pay and more full-time jobs in the shadow of a July 31 deadline, a wire service reported. “The pace has picked up, so they know we're serious,”...
Recent train derailments, rail safety issues to be examined at Congressional hearing tomorrow
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Railroad track safety concerns and recent train derailments, including incidents in Florida, California, and South Carolina, will be the topic of a Congressional subcommittee hearing on Thursday. The hearing by the U.S. House Subcommittee on...
UP track upgrades part of $3 million project
MARION, Ill. -- Almost 150 Union Pacific Railroad employees are about halfway through a $3 million project to upgrade tracks between Benton and Metropolis, Ill., the Marion Daily Republican reports. When the project is done, they will have laid 41,500 ties and...
CPR safety awards recognize chemical shippers
CALGARY -- Canadian Pacific Railway announced in a press release that 18 chemical shippers in Canada and the U.S. have been awarded the railway's Chemical Shipper Safety Award for a flawless safety performance in 2001. CPR's Chemical Shipper Safety Award is presented...
Global railway awarded major contract from CPR
CALGARY -- Global Railway Industries Ltd., a provider of railway maintenance products and service equipment, announced yesterday that the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary Rafna Industries Ltd. ("Rafna") has been awarded a three year contract to supply rail gear and...
BNSF sues, saying barge damaged bridge
DAVENPORT, Iowa -- A railroad company has sued in connection with a June 2001 incident in which a barge crashed into a railroad bridge on the Mississippi River, the Des Moines Register reports. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad alleges that the MV Show Me State...
Coke, coal chemicals industry recognizes CSXT
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The American Coke and Coal Chemicals Institute (ACCCI) granted a special Service Award to CSX Transportation (CSXT) in recognition of the railroad's leadership, innovation and continuing partnership with the coke and coal chemicals industry. "We...
CSX sued for $3 million in Ohio woman’s death
SANDUSKY, Ohio -- A lawsuit for more than $3 million was filed against CSX Transportation Inc. last week in connection with the Jan. 2001 death of a Willard woman, according to the Sandusky Register. Judith Ann Workman, 41, a native of the Shelby-Shiloh area, had...
Blood on the Tracks
It all seems so simple here on the back edge of George Clark's 170 acres in Westfield, Ind., where a line of stubby trees marks the old railroad right-of-way. Clark is a farmer, corn and soybeans, working land that has been in his family since 1832. Clark respects his...
UP says it meets new rules
NOGALES, Ariz. -- The City of Nogales started as a train station, but residents are not so appreciative when they are trapped on Morley Avenue or Grand Avenue waiting for the train to clear the crossing, the Nogales International reports. City officials are working...
