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Amtrak cancels service in Louisiana ahead of storm
(Source: KWTX website, August 27, 2012) NEW ORLEANS, La. — Amtrak says it is canceling two days of train service in Louisiana because of Tropical Storm Isaac, which is expected to become a hurricane before hitting the northern Gulf Coast on Wednesday. Full story:...
California bullet train authority steps up hiring to fill long-vacant posts
(Source: Los Angeles Times, August 27, 2012) LOS ANGELES — Plugging long-standing vacancies in its management team, the agency that plans to build the state bullet train system announced Monday the hiring of a chief administrative officer and seven other individuals...
Opinion: The Amtrak option
(Source: New York Times editorial, August 26, 2012) NEW YORK — While some elected leaders understand the need for new investment, many Republicans are speeding in the wrong direction. Republican in Washington should be doing everything in their power to improve train...
Graniteville 7 years later: Scientists study lasting health effects of toxic spill
(Source: The State, August 28, 2012) GRANITEVILLE, S.C. — It’s been seven years since a poisonous cloud spread across tiny Graniteville after a deadly train wreck rocked the gritty textile community. And since that tragic morning in January 2005, a group of...
Jim Hoffa on Ed Show: ‘Probably the most anti-labor slate you’ve ever seen’
(Source: Teamster Nation, August 14, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Appearing on the show, Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa said Paul Ryan is worse than that. Hoffa called him "unbelievably anti-labor," noting he had voted against extending unemployment insurance,...
10 things the Romney campaign doesn’t want you to know about Paul Ryan
(Source: Moveon.org, August 13, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Most people don’t know just how bad Romney’s VP choice is. So www.moveon.org made a list of 10 things to know about Paul Ryan. Read it, then share it with everyone. The future of America is on the line — from a...
Railroad stocks mixed at close of August 16 trading
(Source: Associated Press, August 16, 2012) NEW YORK — Shares of some top railroad companies were mixed at the close of trading on August 16, including Norfolk Southern, which fell 0.03 percent, and Union Pacific, which rose 1.0 percent. Full story: CBS News
TNBC celebrates fourth annual Women’s Day
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters website, August 16, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A sea of red shirts filled a hotel ballroom in Charlotte, N.C., today as TNBC delegates celebrated the fourth annual Women’s Day with inspiring speeches, recognitions and a...
FRA provides grant to study the return of Amtrak service between Birmingham, Montgomery and Mobile
(Source: Federal Railroad Administration press release, August 16, 2012) MOBILE, Ala. — The Federal Railroad Administration today announced it has obligated $100,000 in response to an application from the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs to study...
Public hears more about high-speed rail through Alton
(Source: The Telegraph, August 16, 2012) ALTON, Ill. — State and federal officials held a public hearing Thursday to discuss the alternatives for enhancing high-speed rail between Chicago and St. Louis. Officials with the Illinois Department of Transportation and the...
AAR: Railroads report mixed traffic results, intermodal up 3.2 percent
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, August 16, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. – Aug. 16, 2012 – The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported mixed weekly rail traffic for the week ending August 11, 2012, with U.S. railroads originating...
This Congress could be least productive since 1947
(Source: USA Today, August 17, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Just 61 bills have become law to date in 2012 out of 3,914 bills that have been introduced by lawmakers, or less than 2% of all proposed laws, according to a USA TODAY analysis of records since 1947 kept by the...
A bullet train in East Texas? Company plans to build Dallas-Houston route
(Source: Longview News-Journal, August 17, 2012) LONGVIEW, Texas — A Texas company is planning to build a bullet train that would move passengers from Dallas-Fort Worth to Houston in 90 minutes. Full story: Longview News-Journal
Amtrak’s Acela defies California’s bullet-train naysayers
(Source: Los Angeles Times, August 16, 2012) LOS ANGELES — The proposed California high-speed rail system could become more successful than Amtrak's Acela Express. Business travelers prefer Acela to flying because the train has power outlets, Wi-Fi and cellphone...
26 big companies paid more to CEOs than to U.S. in tax
(Source: Associated Press, August 16, 2012) NEW YORK — Twenty-six big U.S. companies paid their CEOs more last year than they paid the federal government in tax, according to a study released Thursday by a liberal-leaning think tank. The study, by the Institute for...
Union Pacific railroader killed in Illinois
(Source: SaukValley.com, August 16, 2012) ROCK FALLS, Ill. — Whiteside County sheriff's deputies this morning released the name of a Union Pacific employee who died after a truck struck him during a railroad construction project Wednesday. Full story:...
Texas officials on track to settle Amtrak dispute
(Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram, August 15, 2012) IRVING, Texas — Texas state officials say they may have found a way to fix a dispute between Amtrak and the Trinity Railway Express over the future of passenger train service in North Texas. Full story: Fort Worth...
Crane removed from BNSF tracks; Metra restores service
(Source: Naperville Sun, August 15, 2012) CHICAGO — Metra restored service to the Burlington Northern Santa Fe line with delays after a crane lifting a crossing signal had fallen onto the tracks in west suburban Westmont. Full story: Naperville Sun
RailAmerica shelving Washington state coal export plans
(Source: Associated Press, August 15, 2012) HOQUIAM, Wash. — Regional railroad operator RailAmerica told Port of Grays Harbor commissioners Tuesday that it is shelving current plans to build acoal storage and export facility at the port’s Terminal 3 in Hoquiam. Full...
Oil and coal boom impacts Amtrak’s Empire Builder route
(Source: Flathead Beacon, August 15, 2012) COLUMBIA FALLS, Mont. — Montana Sens. Max Baucus and Jon Tester have written to Amtrak president and CEO Joseph Boardman urging Amtrak to increase capacity on its Empire Builder line to accommodate impacts by the Bakken oil...
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