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Australia rail construction starts
DARWIN, Australia -- Workers on Monday began laying tracks for a railroad that will complete Australia's long-awaited north-south rail link and provide a new trade route to Asia, a wire service. Officials gathered in Katherine, about 150 miles southeast of the...
Aslef warns of more rail strikes
LONDON -- Train drivers' union Aslef has warned of further one-day rail strikes in north Wales, which have caused major disruption in the last week, BBC News reports. Aslef and the RMT union are at loggerheads with First North Western, following three 24-hour...
Union wants impasse declared in United talks
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Negotiators for 23,000 United Airlines Inc. employees want mediators to declare an impasse this week in their contract talks with the carrier so the union can start laying the groundwork for a possible strike by ramp, customer service and other...
Mineta recognizes heroism of Portland & Western Railroad employees
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta and Federal Railroad Administrator Allan Rutter today presented the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Award for Heroism to Portland & Western Railroad (PWR) conductor Aric Jeffs, for his...
BNSF cracks down on trespassers
KENT, Wash. -- Russ Schafer and his dog Mickie stopped alongside the railroad tracks in downtown Kent yesterday, part of a new, aggressive effort by one railroad company to make its tracks safer, the South County Journal reports. Their job: nab anyone who trespasses...
Amtrak backs off elimination threat
WASHINGTON -- Amtrak, citing signs of help from Congress, backed away Friday from its threat to issue notices that would allow it to cut its long-distance train network as early as the fall, reports a wire service. Instead, the railroad sent an update letter about its...
Amtrak asks governors for help in saving budget
WASHINGTON -- Amtrak is trying to enlist governors in a fight to preserve its budget, telling them that nearly all of its long-distance trains may be canceled if the government does not give it enough money in the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1, according to the New...
CNR to fight Ferroequus track rights
OTTAWA -- Canadian National Railway Co. is going to the courts in a bid to keep a small railway off its tracks, the National Post reports. CN is disputing a decision by Canada's transport regulator, the Canadian Transportation Agency, to hold a hearing starting April...
Cause of Amtrak derailment still under investigation
CORFU, N.Y. -- An investigation is continuing into how an empty mail car of an Amtrak passenger train derailed and caused minor damage to the tracks, a wire service reports. Passengers heading from Buffalo to Rochester were held up for two hours Saturday after the...
Five cars overturn in Va. train derailment
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Five cars, including two carrying propane, derailed yesterday on a freight train headed from Gainesville to Manassas, leading authorities to close more than four miles of Route 29, the Washington Post reported. The cars were part of a 15-car train...
