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Canadian Pacific boosts 2010 spending plans
(The following article by John D. Boyd appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on May 24, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Canadian Pacific Railway is raising by about $66 million the amount it plans to spend on capital improvements this year, for a new spending program...
Bill would toughen port security
(The following story by R.G. Edmonson appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on May 24, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Wide range of security measures for ports, waterways in new legislation The Coast Guard would be authorized to provide technical assistance and lend...
U.S. Chamber of Commerce joins suit against new NMB rule
(The following story by Kevin Bogardus appeared at TheHill.com on May 24, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce joined a federal lawsuit Monday against a new union-organizing rule. The Chamber filed a motion to intervene as a third-party plaintiff in...
Unions ramp up jobs bill push on Capitol HIll
(The following story by Michael O'Brien appeared at TheHill.com on May 24, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Organized labor is ramping up pressure on lawmakers to support a jobs bill that's likely to come up for a vote this year. The AFL-CIO put House members on notice that...
Railroad shares mixed at the close of May 24 trading
(The Associated Press circulated the following on May 24, 2010.) NEW YORK — Shares of some top railroads companies were mixed at the close of trading: CSX fell $.62 or 1.2 percent, to $50.47. Canadian National rose $.34 or .6 percent, to $56.72. Canadian Pacific fell...
Amtrak’s intercity train a success in Virginia
(The following story by Uriah A. Kiser appeared on the News & Messenger website on May 24, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The new passenger train between Lynchburg and Boston is doing better than anyone thought it would. The Amtrak train that provides a one-seat ride...
VRE officials to meet today with Amtrak
(The following story by Uriah A. Kiser appeared on the News & Messenger website on May 24, 2010.) PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — Virginia Railway Express officials will sit down with Amtrak and two other rail companies to discuss the transfer of operations from Amtrak...
Remote control derailment in Louisiana spills 3,000 gallons of fuel
(The following report appeared at KTBS.com on May 21, 2010.) SHREVEPORT, La. — A train derailment in Caddo Parish led to the spill of approximately 3,000 gallons of diesel fuel after a locomotive fuel tank ruptured. The derailment happened just before 6 a.m. at...
Railroad Retirement Board 2010 informational conferences
CLEVELAND, May 21 — The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board will hold free informational conferences throughout 2010 for elected officers of all railroad labor unions. The following is a list of informational conferences that have been scheduled thus far for 2010....
Fates of Irish rail workers sealed in mass grave
(The following report appeared at NPR.org on May 24, 2010.) PHILADELPHIA — Almost two centuries ago, 57 Irish workers arrived in Philadelphia to build a part of Pennsylvania's Main Line Railroad. Less than two months later, they were all dead. For 170 years, ghost...
In Mexico, highway robbery is big business
(McClatchy-Tribune Information Services circulated the following story by Tim Johnson on May 23, 2010.) TEPOTZOTLAN, Mexico — Highway robbers and railway bandits are riding high in Mexico, pulling off brazen daylight heists and inflicting serious damage on the...
SEPTA cuts proposed fare hikes – slightly
(The following story by Paul Nussbaum appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on May 24, 2010.) PHILADELPHIA — With bus, subway, and train ridership starting to recover from the economic slump, SEPTA moved Thursday to reduce slightly some of the fare hikes it...
CSX executive discusses opportunities for women in the future of freight rail
(CSX issued the following on May 20, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today's freight rail industry offers great opportunities for women leaders to address critical challenges facing the nation, Lisa Mancini, CSX Corporation senior vice president, human resources and labor...
CP Rail wants clarity from feds, provinces
(The Canadian Press circulated the following story by Lauren Krugel on May 22, 2010.) CALGARY — Ottawa and the provinces need to do a better job of co-ordinating policy on issues ranging from the environment to tax reform, Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.'s top executive...
Norfolk Southern fights Wilmington assessment
(The Associated Press circulated the following on May 21, 2010.) WILMINGTON, Del. — Railroad company Norfolk Southern has gone to federal court in a legal battle with the city of Wilmington over stormwater utility fees. The city claims the Norfolk, Va.-based company...
Same train hits two people in nine hours
(Canwest News Service circulated the following on May 23, 2010.) TORONTO — It was a deadly weekend for train No. 63. The Amtrak train struck two people within a space of roughly nine hours, including a man in Toronto, who was killed on Saturday. Police say a man was...
Rule 1: Always expect a train
(The following story by Rodney Hard appeared on the Quincy Herald-Whig website on May 22, 2010.) QUINCY, Ill. — Here's a simple way to think about train safety -- whenever approaching railroad tracks, expect a train anytime, on any track, and from any direction....
Five years after “the wreck,” new business restoring hope to Graniteville
(The following story by Drew Stewart appeared at WISTV.com on May 21, 2010.) GRANITEVILLE, S.C. — There's a new chapter of hope for a South Carolina town in the tragic story of a train derailment in 2005 that changed Graniteville. Nine people died, and more than 550...
4 plans compete to provide LA-Vegas train service
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Daisy Nguyn on May 23, 2010.) LOS ANGELES — Competition to provide passenger train service between Southern California and Las Vegas is heating up, even though the last such effort to carry fun-seekers across the...
BNSF recalls Galesburg furloughs
(The following story by Eric Timmons appeared on The Register-Mail website on May 23, 2010.) GALESBURG, Ill. — BNSF, Galesburg’s biggest employer, has rehired all 122 of the employees the company furloughed locally in the wake of the economic downturn that began in...
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