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Union Pacific to announce 4Q 2015 results on January 21, 2016
(Source: Union Pacific press release, December 22, 2015) OMAHA, Neb. — You are invited to listen to Union Pacific Corporation’s fourth quarter 2015 earnings release presentation that will be broadcast live over the Internet and via teleconference on Thursday, January...
Teamsters Canada launches brown beer bottle campaign
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, December 22, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Teamsters Canada has launched a new campaign to encourage the public to buy brown-bottled beer, instead of canned beer, for environmental and economic reasons. “The...
NS to idle Ashtabula Coal Pier in Ohio, shift operations to Sandusky Dock
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, December 22, 2015) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern announced on December 22 that it will consolidate operations of its coal docks located on Lake Erie in Northern Ohio. This change will streamline operations for customers while...
Lac-Megantic victim’s fund to begin payments without CP Rail
(Source: Reuters, December 22, 2015) NEW YORK — A $330.46 million (C$460 million) settlement fund for victims of the 2013 Lac-Megantic crude-by-rail disaster will begin disbursements this week without the participation of Canadian Pacific Railway, the monitor involved...
Amtrak demonstrates PTC safety system
(Source: CBS Philadelphia, December 22, 2015) PHILADELPHIA — Amtrak gave Eyewitness News a demonstration of a newly operational safety system they say forces trains to always travel under the speed limit. Full story and video: CBS Philadelphia
ACSES fully operational on the Northeast Corridor
(Source: Railway Age, December 22, 2015) NEW YORK — Amtrak activated its final segment of ACSES (Advanced Civil Speed Enforcement System), its version of Positive Train Control (PTC), along the Northeast Corridor on Dec. 18, 2015. ACSES is now fully functional on all...
CP-NS merger could impact W.Va. rail yard
(Source: Register-Herald, December 23, 2015) BECKLEY, W.Va. — Battles in two boardrooms, one in Canada, the other in Virginia, could directly affect the little town of Elmore in Wyoming County. Norfolk Southern Corp. board members are fighting a third takeover bid...
Norfolk Southern board of directors unanimously rejects CP’s Dec. 16 offer
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, December 23, 2015) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corporation (“the Company”) today announced that its board of directors has unanimously rejected Canadian Pacific’s Dec. 16, 2015, publicly disclosed, revised proposal to...
CSX land donation helps connect planned September 11th National Memorial Trail
(Source: Associated Press, December 21, 2015) CUMBERLAND, Md. — Plans for the September 11th National Memorial Trail are moving forward, with CSX Transportation planning to donate 130 acres to help connect the trail to the Great Allegheny Passage. Full story:...
Teamsters support omnibus spending bill that protects worker rights, health care
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, December 18, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Teamsters back a $1.1 trillion spending bill approved today by Congress for fiscal year 2016, saying it ensures workers retain their rights to organize on the job...
Opinion: Relocating CP Rail around Calgary easier said than done
(Source: Calgary Sun opinion column by Ricky Leong, December 21, 2015) CALGARY — Calgary’s history is undeniably linked with that of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Were it not for the surveyors who traced the route of this country’s first transcontinental rail link, a...
Newspaper report: Track defects cause about one-third of oil train accidents
(Source: Columbus Dispatch, December 20, 2015) MOUNT CARBON, W.Va. — Track defects caused fiery crude-oil derailments that forced 1,100 people from their homes in this Appalachian village this year and killed 47 people in a Canadian town in 2013. Full story: Columbus...
Suits filed on behalf of 6 more passengers in Amtrak train 188 crash
(Source: Associated Press, December 21, 2015) PHILADELPHIA — A law firm says it will be seeking punitive damages in lawsuits filed on behalf of six more passengers in the deadly May derailment of an Amtrak train in Philadelphia. Full story: The Republic
No injuries reported as UP train collides with semi in Nebraska, derails
(Source: The Sidney Sun-Telegraph, December 21, 2015) SIDNEY, Neb. — A Union Pacific train collided with a semi truck 10 miles west of Sidney early Monday morning. The train’s two crew members and the truck driver and a passenger were not injured. They exited the semi...
MBTA board sets stage for fare hikes
(Source: Associated Press, December 22, 2015) BOSTON — Boston-area residents could soon be paying more to take the T. The MBTA's fiscal control board on Monday approved a policy that allows fare hikes of up to 10 percent every two years, and officials say fares could...
Teamsters’ Ken Hall: West Virginians are better off without ‘right to work’
(Source: Opinion column by Teamsters General Secretary-Treasurer Ken Hall, December 20, 2015) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The people of West Virginia are being told by some elected officials and business leaders that so-called right-to-work legislation will boost jobs and pay...
NJ Transit police found nothing to substantiate threat
(Source: The Record, December 19, 2015) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. — New Jersey Transit police on Saturday evening said they have "found nothing" to substantiate a called-in threat that 20 armed men would come to Newark Penn Station, according to a spokesperson. Full story:...
Is Amtrak vulnerable to a terrorist attack?
(Source: Television station WCVB, December 21, 2015) BOSTON — Recent terror attacks in California and Paris have all of us talking about security in public places, but there is one vulnerable target in Boston and throughout the Northeast that is potentially being...
CP, NS credit ratings could suffer if merger goes through
(Source: Canadian Press, December 21, 2015) OMAHA, Neb. — Rating agency Moody's says Canadian Pacific and Norfolk Southern could face credit downgrades if the two railroads move forward with a proposed merger. Moody's said Monday that it hasn't taking any action on...
Life-saving PTC technology has been turned on for Amtrak trains in the NE; Other places have to wait
(Source: Washington Post, December 21, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Automatic-braking technology that would have prevented a deadly crash in Philadelphia this year has now been activated from Washington to New York, Amtrak said Monday, a significant milestone that also...
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