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Union workers will display their wares at the AFL-CIO Union Industries Show
MINNEAPOLIS -- Driving a Ford truck? Union workers built it. Tooling about on a Harley Davidson motorcycle? Union labor there, too. That bowl of Froot Loops you ate this morning? Union made. The workers who made those products and many more will be out in force this...
Union workers will display their wares at the AFL-CIO Union Industries Show
MINNEAPOLIS -- Driving a Ford truck? Union workers built it. Tooling about on a Harley Davidson motorcycle? Union labor there, too. That bowl of Froot Loops you ate this morning? Union made. The workers who made those products and many more will be out in force this...
UK rail passengers hit by strike misery
LONDON -- Train passengers have been hit by another day of disruption as train drivers and other rail staff went on strike, BBC News reports. Services across northern England and north Wales were brought to a standstill during rush hour because of stoppages by workers...
TexMex to become part of TFM
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Mexrail, the holding company that owns the Texas Mexican Railway, has been sold to Transportacion Ferroviaria Mexicana, Mexico’s largest railroad. According to the Association of American Railroads, Mexrail and TFM are both jointly controlled by...
Officials push ahead on Dulles rail project
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The biggest transit project in the region and one of the largest in the country -- a $3.3 billion proposal to build rail to Tysons Corner and Dulles International Airport -- nudged ahead yesterday as Metro directors gave initial approval to a draft...
Rail freight traffic down in March
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. rail carload traffic fell 6.5 percent (88,214 carloads) in March 2002 compared to March 2001, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported on April 4. Coal traffic in March 2002 was down 9.7 percent (54,534 carloads) compared with...
Man killed walking along tracks
UPPER DARBY, Pa. -- For the second time in nearly a month, a pedestrian has been killed by a SEPTA commuter train while taking an illegal shortcut across railroad tracks, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. SEPTA officials said the latest accident killed a man as he...
Despite losses, Anderson ready to appeal rail line
SALT LAKE CITY -- The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Salt Lake City has been trounced -- twice -- in its efforts to keep Union Pacific freight trains from rumbling down 900 South. Still, Mayor Rocky Anderson is determined to pursue his long shot -- appealing to the...
Florida gears up for more trains
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Reversing its stance, the Sunshine State envisions an East Coast corridor, according to Trains. By 2003, the Silver Meteor, crossing the St. John's River north of Sanford, will split into sections for Miami (over FEC) and Tampa. FEC's...
Calif. high-speed rail system draws local queries
HANFORD, Calif. -- The proposed high-speed rail system that would link northern and southern California has drawn a number of questions from Kings County residents, including where the new tracks required for such a system would go, reports The (Hanford) Sentinel. A...
