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BLET National Division office closed on Memorial Day
CLEVELAND, May 27 — In observance of the upcoming Memorial Day holiday, the BLET National Division headquarters will be closed on Monday, May 30. Regular office hours will resume on Tuesday, May 31. BLET National President Dennis Pierce thanked all veterans for their...
BNSF track near Laurel closed for flood repair
(The following appeared on the Billings Gazette website on May 27, 2011.) BILLINGS, Mont. — All Burlington Northern Santa Fe and Montana Rail Link tracks across Montana will be operating by early Thursday evening after flood damage near Laurel and Livingston was...
SEPTA board approves operating budget
(The following appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on May 27, 2011.) PHILADELPHIA ‚ The SEPTA board approved a new operating budget Thursday that will require no fare increases or service cuts. With none of the contentious debate that has accompanied some...
BNSF foreman in good spirits despite traumatic accident
(The following appeared on the Fort Worth Star-Telegram website on May 27, 2011.) FORT WORTH, Texas — Once he regained consciousness, the first thing Paul Young asked for was hospital bed after losing his legs and left arm in a train accident. More recently, the...
AAR: Intermodal volume up 8.7% over 2010
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following on May 26, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported steady results in weekly rail traffic with U.S. railroads originating 295,148 carloads for the week ending May...
Analysis: Railroads look to the highways to boost shipments
(Reuters circulated the following on May 26, 2011.) NEW YORK — A recovering U.S. economy and rising fuel prices are giving the nation's railroads a chance to muscle in on what long has been trucker's turf -- the shipment of consumer products. Big companies including...
Rail orders at 13-year high, validating Buffett’s judgment
(Bloomberg News circulated the following on May 26, 2011.) NEW YORK — Rail-car orders have risen to the highest level in more than 13 years, showing a strengthening economic recovery and confirming the "all-in wager" by Warren Buffett in buying Burlington Northern...
AFL-CIO: Soviet comparison for Amtrak outdated
(The following appeared on The Hill website on May 26, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Republicans should stop comparing Amtrak to trains operated by the former Soviet Union because Russia is now building more railways than the United States, a labor union said Thursday....
House Republicans would privatize high-speed rail along Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor
(The following appeared on the Washington Post website on May 27, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Republicans want to dismantle Amtrak, giving private investors the task of building and operating high-speed rail service between Washington and Boston. They believe that...
Lautenberg (D-NJ): Highways get more federal funding in one year than Amtrak has received in 40 years
(The following appeared on The Hill website on May 26, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — At a hearing Thursday on bolstering Northeast corridor high-speed rail with private investment, Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) delivered a lengthy defense of the very public national rail...
Efforts to privatize Amtrak must be rejected
(The AFL-CIO's Transportation Trades Department issued the following on May 26, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Edward Wytkind, President of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), testified today before the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure...
Feds may slash 10,000 miles from PTC installation
(Bloomberg News circulated the following on May 26, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The White House announced today that 30 U.S. agencies are seeking to repeal or modify regulations in an effort to reduce reporting requirements and save businesses and individuals billions...
Hoffa commends Wisconsin Judge for striking down anti-worker law
(The International Brotherhood of Teamsters issued the following on May 26, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa today applauded Dane County Judge Maryann Sumi for striking down Wisconsin’s anti-worker law. Judge Sumi ruled that Republican...
Judge voids Wisconsin law curbing unions
(The following appeared on the New York Times website on May 26, 2011.) NEW YORK — Ruling that Republicans in the State Senate had violated the state’s open meetings law, a judge in Wisconsin dealt a blow to them and to Gov. Scott Walker on Thursday by granting a...
Norfolk Southern joins the zombies
(The following appeared on the Virginian Pilot website on May 25, 2011.) ROANOKE, Va. — Everyone loves zombies these days. Even Norfolk Southern Corp. The Norfolk-based railroad company announced Wednesday that its mascot Brainy will join more than 1,000 zombie...
Service back after power issue interrupts Amtrak
(The Associated Press circulated the following on May 25, 2011.) WILMINGTON, Del. — Amtrak officials say service has been restored after power issues on two trains and tracks between Wilmington and Newark in Delaware has forced the interruption of service between...
Union Pacific: Flooding to trim May volume
(Dow Jones Newswires circulated the following on May 25, 2011.) NEW YORK — Union Pacific Corp. Chief Financial Officer Rob Knight said Friday that disruptions from the historic Mississippi River flooding likely will reduce the railroad's May freight volume by about...
Flooding hampers train movements in southern Montana
(The following appeared on the Billings Gazette website on May 25, 2011.) BILLINGS, Mont. — Because of heavy rains, train and highway transportation across south central Montana remained gridlocked much of Wednesday. But conditions improved as the rain eased up. BNSF...
Researchers studying health effects of 2005 chlorine spill in Graniteville
(The Associated Press circulated the following on May 21, 2011.) GRANITEVILLE, S.C. — Researchers studying the long-term health effects of a deadly 2005 Norfolk Southern train wreck and chemical spill in Aiken County are offering free health screenings to people in...
DOT rejects proposed changes to California high-speed rail project
(The following appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on May 25, 2011.) LOS ANGELES — Rejecting the recommendations of a recent state report, federal officials said Wednesday they cannot postpone the deadline to start construction of California's $43-billion bullet...
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