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Minnesota labor unions join together to picket event celebrating Janus decision
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, September 17, 2018) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Teamsters Local 320 set up an informational picket protest the Center of the American Experiment’s Celebration of Janus v. AFSCME featuring Mark Janus and Rebecca...
Trains and planes are booming, and that’s good news for the economy
(Source: NBC-2, September 17, 2018) FORT MYERS, Fla. — Here's some more good news for the US economy: Transportation is booming. Investors like it when the 20 transportation stocks in the index are doing well because railroads, truckers, airlines and shippers thrive...
Teamsters Canada member killed in Hudson Bay Railway derailment
(Source: Thompson Citizen, September 16, 2018) THOMPSON, Manitoba — A member of Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) was killed and a 59-year-old man suffered life-threatening injuries in a train derailment on the Hudson Bay Railway (HBR) about 12 kilometers west...
Union Pacific announces Unified Plan 2020
(Source: Union Pacific press release, September 17, 2018) OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific today announced its Unified Plan 2020, a new operating plan that implements Precision Scheduled Railroading principles. Unified Plan 2020 will launch Oct. 1 and will be rolled out in...
UP to borrow precision scheduled railroading principles from CSX
(Source: Union Pacific, September 17, 2018) OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific plans to borrow some ideas from other major freight railroads as it works to improve its operations. The Omaha, Nebraska-based railroad said Monday that it will incorporate some of the operating...
World’s first hydrogen-powered train enters into service
(Source: CNBC, September 17, 2018) NEW YORK — European rail manufacturer Alstom has launched what it says is the world's first hydrogen fuel cell train. Full story: CNBC
Group pushing for more Fargo-Chicago passenger rail service
(Source: www.inforum.com, September 16, 2018) FARGO, N.D. — Expanded daytime passenger train service from Fargo to Chicago with stops in between could become a reality if Minnesota lawmakers can be sold on the idea. Full story: www.inforum.com
NS likely to leave Virginia for Atlanta; planes and people are a big reason
(Source: Freight Waves, September 16, 2018) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Norfolk Southern is reportedly getting ready to pull up stakes and move its corporate headquarters to Atlanta, a move a corporate relocation expert calls "an opportunity for them to recalibrate and...
Amtrak train drug busts date back a decade in Galesburg
(Source: The Register-Mail, September 16, 2018) GALESBURG, Ill. — While drug busts have occurred for about a decade now at the local Amtrak stop, a sentence more than a probation for the offender remains unlikely. Still, police are happy to keep those drugs off the...
Final testing of PTC on Amtrak Cascades line
(Source: Television station KIRO 7, September 15, 2018) SEATTLE, Wash. — Trains are in the final phase of testing of the new positive train control system that has been installed on the entire Amtrak Cascades rail line nine months after a deadly derailment near...
