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Talks to avert further strikes by Scottish train drivers break down
LONDON -- Talks aimed at averting further strikes by Scottish train drivers in a dispute over pay broke down Friday, according to a wire service report. Drivers working for ScotRail said they will stage another 24-hour strike on Monday, the latest in a series of...
STB adopts revisions to user fees
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Surface Transportation Board (Board) Chairman Linda J. Morgan announced on March 7 that the Board has adopted its 2002 User Fee Update Schedule (2002 Update) for the processing of various transportation financial transactions and other types of...
DOT announces action plan for GPS
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta announced on March 7 that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) will implement an action plan to maintain the adequacy of backup systems for each area of operation in which the Global Positioning...
Statement by John J. Sweeney on House stimulus vote
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The AFL-CIO is profoundly disappointed that the House leadership has failed to offer an economic stimulus proposal that would provide comprehensive relief to laid-off workers and fiscally-strapped states. The limited bill, which the House approved...
CSX gets new sign
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- CSX Transportation is replacing its 16-year-old sign with a new look, the Florida Times-Union reports. Workers began this week the month-long task of replacing the blue letters at the top of the downtown Water Street building. A CSXT official...
Digital railroad
BOSTON -- No one had intended to make railroad history on May 5, 1998, according to an article by Don Phillips in the March 2002 issue of MIT’s Technology Review magazine. It’s just that there was a shortage of locomotives in Phippsburg, CO. Instead of the usual five...
Bomb threats disrupt SEPTA service
PHILADELPHIA -- SEPTA Police have arrested a 15-year-old male suspected of making the bomb threats that disrupted afternoon peak hour service for thousands of riders using the SEPTA Market-Frankford Line on Tuesday, March 5. The juvenile has been charged with making...
Mineta statement concerning resignation of Amtrak President
WASHINGTN, D.C. -- Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta expressed regret over the announcement that George D. Warrington is departing as president and chief executive officer of Amtrak and thanked him for his service to the Nation’s passenger railroad. "The...
Carload freight down, but intermodal up in February
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. rail carload traffic was off, but intermodal was up in February 2002 compared to February 2001, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported on March 7. Carload traffic fell 1.9 percent (24,516 carloads), while intermodal volume, which...
Engineers protest use of remotes
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Local engineers think CSX Transportation officials are headed down the wrong track by not using locomotive engineers to expand the use of remote controlled locomotives, according to the Montgomery Advertiser. That’s the message the Brotherhood of...
