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Norfolk Southern sees new business in hauling coal fly ash
(The following appeared on the Virginian Pilot website on April 4, 2011.) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corp. makes a lot of money moving coal around the country. In 2010, coal contributed $2.7 billion of business – 28 percent of the company’s total revenue. In the...
Man charged with opening bridge, endangering CSX train
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jacksonville authorities say a 27-year-old man illegally opened a bridge, forcing a train to make an emergency stop to prevent it from careening into a river. Police said Andrew Hasty was on his boat March 26 when he came upon a closed drawbridge....
Amtrak seeks $1.3 billion to meet need for speed
(The following appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on April 4, 2011.) PHILADELPHIA — Amtrak is seeking $1.3 billion in federal funds for major improvements to the heavily traveled Northeast rail corridor, including $450 million to make...
St. Paul March for Middle Class aims to continue Dr. King’s work
(The following appeared on the Minneapolis Star Tribune website on April 4, 2011.) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — From the Cathedral they marched -- teachers, Teamsters, locomotive engineers -- united Monday in support of workers' rights and in defense of the middle class. Out...
Unions rally on April 4, linking their cause to Dr. King
(The following appeared on the New York Times website on April 4, 2011.) NEW YORK — Labor unions and civil rights groups held hundreds of rallies and teach-ins on Monday to defend collective bargaining and to tie it to the cause the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was...
NJ Transit suspends payouts to nonunion employees for unused vacation days; eyes same for unions
(The Associated Press circulated the following on April 1, 2011.) NEWARK, N.J. — NJ Transit is curbing payouts for unused vacation time, suspending the payouts to nonunion employees. NJ Transit spokeswoman Penny Bassett-Hackett told the Asbury Park Press the action...
Rep. Rahall announces $1 million in federal funding for W.Va. rail study
(The Associated Press circulated the following on March 31, 2011.) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Rep. Nick Rahall says West Virginia is getting $1 million in federal funding to assess the state's rail network. The West Virginia Democrat said Thursday the funding goes to the...
AAR: Continued gains in weekly carload and intermodal traffic
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following on March 31, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported rail traffic gains for the week ending March 26, 2011, with U.S. railroads originating 299,903 carloads, up...
New export grain terminal slated for La. port
(The Associated Press circulated the following on March 31, 2011.) LAKE CHARLES, La. -- An international agribusiness investment firm has signed the final agreements to build a $59.2 million grain export terminal at the Port of Lake Charles. The terminal being...
An interview with D.J. Stadtler, CFO of Amtrak
(The following appeared on the CFO Magazine website on April 1, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Obama devoted a portion of his January State of the Union address to the subject of high-speed rail transport, and the following month Vice President Biden announced a...
20 homes lost to Riverside rail improvements
(The following appeared on the Press-Enterprise website on March 31, 2011.) RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Nearly 40 years ago, Frances Villegas and her husband were looking for a house to buy in Riverside. When they saw the one-story half-brick, half-stucco home at the corner...
Vermont, Rhode Island governors vow to unite on high-speed rail
(The following appeared on the Boston Globe website on March 31, 2011.) PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin and Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee are promising to work together on plans for high-speed rail in New England. Vermont, Rhode Island and several...
Rhode Island to compete for share of federal high-speed rail money
(The following appeared on the Providence Journal website on April 1, 2011.) PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rhode Island will compete for a share of $2.4 billion in federal money for high-speed rail that had been originally set aside for Florida. The state Department of...
Track installation begins tomorrow for central Illinois high-speed rail
(The following appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on March 31, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A major rail corridor project in Illinois gets under way this weekend, as crews begin the biggest upgrade of tracks in a route owned by Union Pacific Railroad so that...
GOP attack on unions could threaten aviation safety bill
(The following appeared on the Washington Times website on March 31, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A move by some House Republicans to alter the way rail and airline workers organize could threaten a comprehensive aviation safety bill, continuing the GOP’s push back at...
Hoffa calls on congress to keep NMB voting rule for rail, airline workers
(The International Brotherhood of Teamsters issued the following on March 31, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa today urged the House of Representatives to keep the current simple majority voting process for all workers in the rail and...
House Highways and Transit Subcommittee begins hearing on surface transportation reauthorization
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on March 30, 2011.) Yesterday, the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Highways and Transit began a two-day hearing on pending surface transportation reauthorization to solicit...
Opinion: Foggy thinking in the Sunshine State
(The following column by Froma Harrop appeared on the Everett Daily Herald website on March 30, 2011.) FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — You'd think that a state knocked cold by the real-estate meltdown would invest in a future not based on housing bubbles. And that if the feds...
California goes after all of Florida’s high-speed rail money
(The following appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on March 31, 2011.) LOS ANGELES — California high-speed rail officials voted Wednesday to seek an additional $2.43 billion in federal construction funds recently relinquished by Florida’s new Republican...
Metra’s UP North plan called ‘an improvement’
(The following appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on March 29, 2011.) CHICAGO — More than 100 people turned out at a public forum on the North Side this evening to view plans to rebuild bridges and embankments along Metra's Union Pacific North Line. Comments from...
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