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Buffalo Success Turns Into Nationwide Campaign

October 20, 2015 Reprinted with permission from Tom Campbell, WNY Labor Today. Buffalo-Headquartered Sheet Metal Workers Local 71 is being credited and hailed with starting a successful organizing drive in Western New York that led to transportation crew members for North America’s largest r [...]

DOT releases draft national freight strategic plan

October 20, 2015 SEATTLE – Because the future of our economy rests on a strong transportation system to move materials and products, today, U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx released the draft National Freight Strategic Plan, which offers specific policy proposals and solutions to ad [...]

Tags Anthony Foxx, DOT, freight, Grow America Act, MAP 21, U.S. DOT, U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx

Former CSX executive suffers heart attack

October 19, 2015 United Continental Holdings Inc’s new chief executive officer has suffered a heart attack, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday, barely a month after he took on the job of improving the airline’s profitability and reputation. The board at United ̵ [...]

Tags CEO, CSX, Munoz, Oscar Munoz, United Airlines

Amtrak gets insurance for natural disasters

October 19, 2015 Amtrak has obtained $275 million in insurance protection against natural disaster damage to its Northeast Corridor infrastructure, the railroad announced. The railroad used a catastrophe bond to secure the coverage, which lasts just under three years and helps protect against [...]

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FRA's Feinberg hosts transportation forum

October 19, 2015 NEW ORLEANS – Federal Railroad Acting Administrator Sarah Feinberg and New Orleans Deputy Mayor and Chief Administrative Officer Andy Kopplin hosted the eighth of 11 nationwide regional forums on the Beyond Traffic draft framework at the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority [...]

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Sit tight at crossings as coal train lengths double

October 16, 2015 Motorists’ wait time at U.S. rail crossings may double as CSX Corp. hooks trains together to boost efficiency amid plunging demand for coal shipments. Bulk cargo is the latest focus in CSX’s effort to improve productivity. Getting more cars behind the locomotives is one way t [...]

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Ohio Senate introduces two-person crew bill

October 15, 2015 Ohio State Senators Joe Schiavoni (D – Dist. 33) and Kenny Yuko (D – Dist. 25) have introduced Senate Bill 229 – a bill calling for two-person crews on locomotives – in the state. The bill has bi-partisan support and has been co-sponsored by nine state [...]

Saving ruins of railroad era in Cleveland

October 15, 2015 CLEVELAND – Buried under the rust, the decades of peeling paint jobs, the thousands of miles, the dirt and the gunk is a golden era. It was a time when today’s industrial wastelands employed most of America, and the railroad was the country’s lifeline. [...]

Tags Midwest Railway Preservation Society, railroad era

CSX to reduce operations in Erwin, Tenn.

October 15, 2015 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – As CSX works to match its resources to a changing business environment, the company today announced the reduction of train operations at Erwin, Tennessee. The decision, the result of significantly reduced coal traffic through the region, includes cl [...]

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Palmetto GBA: when a doctor’s notes are not readable

October 15, 2015 We all know the joke: if you have poor penmanship, you should become a doctor. Unfortunately, poor penmanship on patient notes and records can lead to claim denials, because if Medicare can’t read what the doctor wrote, we can’t know if the services were reasonable and neces [...]

Tags Medicare, Medicare Summary Notice, Palmetto GBA