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Norfolk Southern is 1st railroad to give all workers sick time as others negotiate with unions
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Norfolk Southern became the first major North American freight railroad with deals to provide paid sick time to all of its workers Monday, but the other railroads are making progress, with nearly 65% of all rail workers securing this basic benefit since the start of the year. ...
Rail service halted again because of landslides on coastal tracks between San Diego and Los Angeles
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (AP) — Rail service was suspended Monday for the second time this year along a section of Southern California coast where a crumbling hillside is dropping debris onto seaside tracks. Amtrak’s Pacific Surfliner, regional Metrolink commuter trains and freight...
Man dies while trying to board subway train in Boston, police say
BOSTON (AP) — A man died after falling under a Boston subway train early Tuesday, authorities said. The man apparently wanted to board a moving Green Line trolley at North Station at 12:18 a.m., Transit Police Superintendent Richard Sullivan said in a statement. As...
Mechanical sails? Batteries? Shippers forming 'green corridors' to fast-track cleaner technologies
It's among the world's busiest container shipping routes — a stream of vessels packed with furniture, automobiles, clothing and other goods, traversing the Pacific between Los Angeles and Shanghai. If plans succeed, this corridor will become a showcase for slashing planet-warming...
Police: 17-year-old boy arrested in stabbing of Los Angeles bus driver
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A 17-year-old boy was arrested Thursday on suspicion of stabbing a city bus driver in Los Angeles, the police chief said. The driver was stabbed after he and the suspect stepped off the Metro bus during an argument Wednesday in the Woodland Hills area,...
Train engineers deal with Union Pacific will improve schedules and address quality-of-life concerns
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Engineers who operate trains for Union Pacific will soon have much more predictable schedules that will allow them to plan when they are going to be off, a change addressing one of the key quality-of-life concerns that pushed the rail industry to the brink of a strike last...
Inspectors clear Michigan's Mackinac Bridge as safe after it was hit by crane
ST. IGNACE, Mich. (AP) — A crane being towed on a barge hit the main span of the Mackinac Bridge, although an official says inspectors found no significant damage to the span linking the Michigan’s lower and upper peninsulas. The incident happened May 7 to the 5-mile-long...
Mexico seizes part of part railway line, sending in marines to take over
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government sent in marines Friday to take over part of a private railway line in southern Mexico. It was not clear whether the seizure of the rail line on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec constituted an expropriation. The government said it...
Push for transit, walkable communities growing across US
ATLANTA (AP) — On the weekend in March when Brittany Glover would have turned 34, her mother stood on the same busy road in Atlanta where her daughter died six months earlier. Glover, a flight attendant with a passion for clothes, was coming from an entertainment venue during the...
Train engineers union reaches first sick-time deal with Norfolk Southern railroad
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The union that represents railroad engineers finally secured its first deal for paid sick time with Norfolk Southern, several months after other rail unions began reaching similar agreements with the major freight railroads. The Brotherhood of Locomotive...
