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Ohio Senate Republicans pass collective bargaining overhaul by narrowest margin; bill moves to the Ohio House
(The following appeared on The Plain Dealer website on March 2, 2011.) COLUMBUS, Ohio — After three weeks of raucous debate that drew thousands state Capitol, the Ohio Senate on Wednesday approved by the slimmest margin possible a bill that would drastically reduce...
UP safety campaign targets big-rig drivers in San Antonio
(The following appeared on the San Antonio Express-News website on March 1, 2011.) SAN ANTONIO, Texas — An oil drilling boom in the Eagle Ford shale formation has meant big business and more freighter truck traffic in South Texas, especially along Interstate 35. That...
New mudslide disrupts Seattle-Portland Amtrak service
(The following story by The Columbian appeared on the Seattle Times website on March 1, 2011.) SEATTLE — Another mudslide has disrupted service along BNSF Railway's major north-south corridor between Portland and Seattle. The latest landslide occurred at about 10:20...
STB’s Nottingham resigns as of March 18
(The following appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on March 1, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Surface Transportation Board's current sole Republican member, Vice Chairman Charles D. Nottingham, said he will resign effective March 18 or sooner if the Senate...
Rail deal clears grant for Washington State, Amtrak, to spend $590 million in BNSF corridor
(The following appeared on the Journal of Commerce website on March 1, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new agreement signed by the Washington State Department of Transportation, BNSF Railway and Amtrak clears the way to spend $590 million of a federal grant to upgrade...
Sen. John Kerry, others seek rejected Fla. rail funds for NE Corridor
(The following appeared on the Boston Globe website on February 28, 2011.) BOSTON — U.S. Sen. John Kerry and several other members of Congress are asking federal transportation officials to redirect $2.4 billion in high-speed rail funds to projects on the Northeast...
Filing spurs talk of BNSF chief Rose as Buffett’s successor
(The following appeared on the Fort Worth Star-Telegram website on March 1, 2011.) FORT WORTH, Texas — Matt Rose has done such a fine job of running Fort Worth-based BNSF Railway that some observers think he could be in line for a big promotion. Rose is now being...
New polls find support for public employee unions
(The following appeared on the Huffington Post website on March 1, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — As protests continue over the proposal by Gov. Scott Walker (R) to strip collective bargaining rights from public employees in Wisconsin, two new independent national media...
Protests grow in Ohio as vote on union rights nears
(The following appeared on the Washington Post website on March 2, 2011.) COLUMBUS, Ohio — Thousands of union supporters descended on the Ohio Statehouse on Tuesday to protest a proposal that would dramatically curtail bargaining powers of government workers, as the...
Hoffa, in Ohio, leads rally to kill Senate Bill 5
(The International Brotherhood of Teamsters issued the following on March 1, 2011.) COLUMBUS, Ohio — Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa led an energetic crowd today in chanting “No Justice, No Peace,” as 20,000 workers and their supporters protested a measure to...
Illinois open houses could lead to even higher-speed rail
(The following appeared on the State Journal-Register website on February 26, 2011.) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Even while a study continues of the best route for passenger and freight traffic in Springfield, the state and federal governments are looking ahead to the...
Railroads detail safety changes for Chicago pedestrians
(The following appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on February 27, 2011.) CHICAGO — Freight trains will no longer be held back from rolling through commuter rail stations in the west suburbs during rush hour beginning this week, in exchange for new safety systems,...
New Metra CEO outlines reforms
(The following appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on February 25, 2011.) CHICAGO — Two weeks on the job, Metra's new CEO Friday unveiled a promised "action plan" for reforming the agency and attacking management shortcomings that two recent reports blamed on his...
New Jersey in talks to reclaim money spent on scrapped rail tunnel project
(The Associated Press circulated the following on February 28, 2011.) TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey is negotiating to reclaim part of nearly $162 million paid tunnel project that Gov. Chris Christie scrapped four months ago. Christie scrapped the $8.7 billion project,...
NW Indiana wants share of rail boom
(The following appeared on the Times website on February 27, 2011.) MUNSTER, Ind. — Northwest Indiana business leaders want to capitalize on the coming deluge of trains expected to move through the region in the next two decades, but first they have to find a way to...
Railroads boast fuel efficiency advantage
(Bloomberg News circulated the following on February 28, 2011.) DETROIT — U.S. railroads’ fuel-efficiency advantage over trucking companies may expand as they boost investments in technology while truckers must put more of their money into personnel. Freight railroads...
Speed is key for railroads, ports in era of expanded Panama Canal
(The following appeared on the CNBC website on February 25, 2011.) Nearly 100 years ago, the Panama Canal hosted its first passage, a watershed event that has influenced the landscape of shipping and transportation ever since. Now, the canal is due to rattle...
Length of CN train catches eye of Canada’s safety regulators
(The following appeared on the National Post website on February 26, 2011.) Shortly after 5:30 a.m. on March 21, 2009, a Canadian National Railway Co. freight train destined for Montreal derailed outside Brighton, Ont., a small town about two hours east of Toronto. In...
Problems persist at South Philadelphia railcar plant
(The following appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on February 28, 2011.) PHILADELPHIA — The South Philadelphia factory that has fallen far behind schedule in building 117 SEPTA railcars is beset by material shortages, design flaws, inadequate equipment, and...
BNSF doing ‘better than expected’ for Buffett’s Berkshire
(The following appeared on the New York Times website on February 26, 2011.) NEW YORK — Berkshire Hathaway is, perhaps more than anything else, a giant deal machine, and Warren E. Buffett signaled in his latest investor letter that he’s eager to make another big...
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