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ARLINGTON, Va., Nov. 4, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- BNA Books, a division of specialized news and information publisher BNA, announced today the publication of the 2010 Cumulative Supplement to The Railway Labor Act, Second Edition. This treatise and its supplement are published by BNA Books, a division of BNA, in cooperation with the Committee on Railway and Airline Labor Law of the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Labor and Employment Law. (Logo:...

RALEIGH, N.C., Oct. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- The recent flooding that resulted from the remnants of Tropical Storm Nicole have risked homes and businesses in Eastern North Carolina, bringing record rainfall in several areas. Along the North Carolina Railroad (NCRR), flooding impacted freight movement as well due to a number of washouts on the track. But, within 36 hours trains were rolling again, moving commerce on the 317-mile railroad which runs from Charlotte to Morehead City. Washouts...

NEW YORK, Oct. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Turner Construction Company, the nation's leading general builder, is providing construction management services for the Transbay Transit Center in San Francisco, Calif., designed to be the "Grand Central Station of the West." The project is estimated to create more than 48,000 jobs in its first phase of construction. Construction is scheduled for completion in 2017. Replacing a terminal constructed in 1939, the 1.3 million square foot regional...

Language Will Prohibit Airlines from Breaking Contracts, Dumping Pensions on PBGC and Taxpayers WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a major victory for organized labor, airline employees and American taxpayers, the House Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law has adopted language of an amendment into H.R. 4766 that will preclude U.S. airlines that are in bankruptcy from abrogating labor agreements and dumping pensions onto the Pension Benefit and Guarantee...

WILMERDING, Pa., Aug. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- MotivePower, a unit of Wabtec Corporation (NYSE: WAB), has signed a contract with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) to supply 20 next-generation HSP46 passenger locomotives to be delivered in 2012-2013. The order is valued at $114.63 million including training, manuals and spare parts. The EPA Tier 3-compliant locomotives will be manufactured in Boise, Idaho with major components supplied by GE Transportation of Erie, Pa. GE...

LONDON, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Eurostar, the high speed rail service between the UK and mainland Europe, has reported a 6% rise in passenger numbers and an 18% increase in revenue during the first six months of 2010. This growth is due in part to the impact of the ash cloud disruption* but also reflects a strengthening of the business market and an underlying increase in both business and leisure travellers during the period. Over the last six months there has been a notable increase in...

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- L.B. Foster Company (Nasdaq: FSTR) of Pittsburgh, PA was awarded a $5.3 million contract by the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority (NNEPRA) to supply 5,561 tons of rail for the Downeaster-Portland North Project. NNEPRA is using a $35 million grant from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to help fund the project's 26.4 mile track rehabilitation and expansion between Portland and Brunswick, Maine. The new Downeaster line will...

LOS ANGELES, June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- America's high-speed rail future will draw from the expertise of potential international partners, and evolving high-speed rail projects in China, Germany and Spain will be among those featured at the U.S. High Speed Rail Association Conference in Los Angeles beginning June 17. Across the globe, international governments and private companies are designing, building and successfully operating and expanding high-speed rail systems, and exporting that...

OKLAHOMA CITY, June 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The U.S. Conference of Mayors today released a new report (www.usmayors.org/highspeedrail) positively assessing the economic impact of high-speed passenger rail along proposed HSR corridors in the United States. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20070904/SIEMENSLOGO ) The report examined job creation, the effects of improved market access, greater connectivity, travel time savings, as well as increased income and business sales....

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., June 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- RailAmerica, Inc. (NYSE: RA) today reported that its total freight carloads for the month ended May 31, 2010 were 70,293, up 9.1% from 64,418 in May 2009. These results exclude the discontinued Ottawa Valley Railway operation. The Company had increased shipments in May 2010 in eight out of twelve commodity groups compared to May 2009. Much of the increase was due to shipments of Metallic Ores and Metals, Chemicals, and Waste and Scrap...