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FRA, high-speed rail budget slashed by House panel
(Source: Los Angeles Times, September 8, 2011) LOS ANGELES, Calif. — The fortunes of California's high-speed rail project, which would connect Southern California to the Bay Area with a 220 mph train, took a big financial hit Thursday afternoon, when a congressional...
House Republican budget plan would eliminate all state-supported Amtrak service
(Source: Amtrak press release, September 8, 2011) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Despite record-breaking Amtrak ridership and strong support for intercity passenger rail by 15 states, the House Republican transportation budget plan will effectively eliminate all state-supported...
House Republican budget plan would eliminate all state-supported Amtrak service
(Source: Amtrak press release, September 8, 2011) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Despite record-breaking Amtrak ridership and strong support for intercity passenger rail by 15 states, the House Republican transportation budget plan will effectively eliminate all state-supported...
Shippers cite lack of train crews in deteriorating rail service
(Source: Journal of Commerce, September 8, 2011) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rail service has slipped because of bad weather and cost-cutting that have left railroads without enough train crews to operate trains or switch railcars frequently, shippers told an investment bank...
Shippers cite lack of train crews in deteriorating rail service
(Source: Journal of Commerce, September 8, 2011) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rail service has slipped because of bad weather and cost-cutting that have left railroads without enough train crews to operate trains or switch railcars frequently, shippers told an investment bank...
DOT honors service of merchant mariners on 9/11
(Source: U.S. Department of Transportation press release, September 7, 2011) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The heroism of merchant mariners who evacuated hundreds of thousands of people from Lower Manhattan after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks is featured in a new video...
DOT honors service of merchant mariners on 9/11
(Source: U.S. Department of Transportation press release, September 7, 2011) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The heroism of merchant mariners who evacuated hundreds of thousands of people from Lower Manhattan after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks is featured in a new video...
Longshoremen continue picketing grain terminal in Longview, Wash.
(Source: Journal of Commerce, September 7, 2011) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The International Longshore and Warehouse Union vowed to maintain its pickets at a newly built grain terminal in Longview, Wash., despite a temporary restraining order issued by a federal judge in...
Longshoremen continue picketing grain terminal in Longview, Wash.
(Source: Journal of Commerce, September 7, 2011) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The International Longshore and Warehouse Union vowed to maintain its pickets at a newly built grain terminal in Longview, Wash., despite a temporary restraining order issued by a federal judge in...
Railroads tell Idaho growers reinvestment will improve service
(Source: The Packer, September 7, 2011) LENEXA, Kan. — Representatives from Union Pacific, CSX and Norfolk Southern told the Idaho Grower Shipper Association that improving customer service is their goal and reinvesting profit is crucial to meeting it, according to a...
Railroads tell Idaho growers reinvestment will improve service
(Source: The Packer, September 7, 2011) LENEXA, Kan. — Representatives from Union Pacific, CSX and Norfolk Southern told the Idaho Grower Shipper Association that improving customer service is their goal and reinvesting profit is crucial to meeting it, according to a...
KCS takes stock of MOW work in three states
(Source: Progressive Railroading, September 6, 2011) Last week, Kansas City Southern executives inspected maintenance-of-way work completed on lines between Shreveport, La., Kansas City, Mo., and East St. Louis, Ill., the past few years. Source: Progressive...
KCS takes stock of MOW work in three states
(Source: Progressive Railroading, September 6, 2011) Last week, Kansas City Southern executives inspected maintenance-of-way work completed on lines between Shreveport, La., Kansas City, Mo., and East St. Louis, Ill., the past few years. Source: Progressive...
BNSF’s Rose says tax changes needed
(Source: Journal of Commerce, September 7, 2011) WASHINGTON, D.C. — BNSF Railway Chairman and CEO Matt Rose believes the best way to get U.S. companies investing and hiring again would be to allow corporations to bring foreign profits back into the country at...
BNSF’s Rose says tax changes needed
(Source: Journal of Commerce, September 7, 2011) WASHINGTON, D.C. — BNSF Railway Chairman and CEO Matt Rose believes the best way to get U.S. companies investing and hiring again would be to allow corporations to bring foreign profits back into the country at...
Flood watch, transit woes continue as rains pound region
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, September 8, 2011) PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Trains have been cancelled due to potential flood waters and a downed tree has knocked out part of SEPTA's service as heavy rains continue to pound Philadelphia and other regions along the East...
Hurricane Irene cost CSX $10 million to $15 million
(Source: Reuters, September 7, 2011) NEW YORK — Hurricane Irene's net hit to CSX Corp's earnings came to $10 million to $15 million, the railroad's chief financial officer estimated on Wednesday. Full story: www.reuters.com
Ridership experts confident in California high-speed rail model
(Source: California High Speed Rail Authority press release, September 6, 2011) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A peer review panel made up of some of the world’s most respected experts has concluded that the model and data used for ridership and revenue forecasts for high-speed...
FAA air traffic employees share memories of 9/11
(Source: U.S. Department of Transportation press release, September 6, 2011) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Three air traffic employees who were directly involved in the events of 9/11 share their memories on the 10th anniversary of that tragic day in a new video released by the...
Corporate-funded conservative politicians out to destroy Middle Class
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, September 6, 2011) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa today said he stands by his criticism of corporate-funded conservative politicians who are out to destroy the middle class. “We...
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