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2 hrs ago | The Papillion Times

Union Pacific specialty license plate named best in U.S.

The Omaha Library Board will discuss the potential closure of library branches and other service cuts Wednesday in response to budget cuts proposed by Mayor Jean Stothert.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Union Pacific Railroad, Union Pacific, Blog News

4 hrs ago | WNDU-TV South Bend

Riding along with Railroad Police: a look at anti-trespasser enforcement

It's illegal to trespass on railroad tracks in Indiana, a little known fact that the Railroad Police hope to share with the public in an "educational blitz."

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Related Topix: Transportation, Norfolk Southern, Mishawaka, IN

6 hrs ago | Empire State News

Comptroller releases agency audits

Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Bus Driver Licensing Article 19-A of the New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law was enacted to further highway safety by creating standards for the qualification of bus drivers.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Metropolitan Transportation Authority

10 hrs ago | KCTV5

FBI: Kansas City terrorist part of foiled Wall Street bomb plot

A convicted Kansas City terrorist was part of a foiled plot to bomb Wall Street, a deputy FBI director told members of Congress Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Terrorism, Transportation, Kansas City, MO, Kansas City Southern

12 hrs ago | Click2Houston

Train off tracks blocking crossings in southeast Houston

Officials said the Burlington Northern Santa Fe train had slightly tipped on its side and was off the tracks along the intersection of Leeland and Hughes.

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Related Topix: Burlington Northern Santa Fe

12 hrs ago | NY1

Effort Could Speed Up Citi Bike Access For G Train Riders

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the city Department of Transportation are in talks to speed up the expansion of the Citi Bike share program to reach Long Island City and Greenpoint.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Long-Island-City, NY

13 hrs ago | WOODTV.com

Doctor: Driver in Okla. traina

An investigator says the driver of a Union Pacific Railroad train that failed to comply with slow and stop signals before a deadly 2012 accident in the Oklahoma Panhandle had complained of failing eyesight in recent years.

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Related Topix: Train Disaster, Transportation, Union Pacific Railroad, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Government

17 hrs ago | Business Journal

CSX among best places to work in IT

CSX Corp. might be a rail giant, but it knows what it's doing in the IT department as well.

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Related Topix: CSX

21 hrs ago | Seeking Alpha

Why I Like Norfolk Southern Corporation

Norfolk Southern Corporation is a railroad company operating in the Eastern United States.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Norfolk Southern

Mon Jun 17, 2013

KTIV-TV Sioux City

Train ride shows local leaders the dangers around crossings

It's one of the oldest ways of getting around, but for drivers, railroad tracks can present a whole new set of dangers.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Union Pacific Railroad, South Sioux City, NE

CBS Local

Long Island Rail Road Train Derails After Leaving Penn Station

The 5:51 p.m. train was due in Hempstead at 6:46 p.m., Metropolitan Transportation Authority spokeswoman Marjorie Anders told WCBS 880.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Port Washington, NY

AmericanBankingNews.com

Union Pacific Earnings Estimates Boosted at Citigroup

The firm currently has a $180.00 price target on the company's shares. Citigroup's price objective points to a potential upside of 14.64% from the stock's previous close.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Union Pacific

Brandon Sun

Girl found dead near railway tracks

It is not confirmed if she was hit by a train, however, the RCMP are treating it as a train-pedestrian collision and Canadian Pacific Railway police are involved in the investigation.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Canadian Pacific Railway

Sacramento Bee Newspaper

LA County bus drivers complain over pesticides

The Los Angeles Times says more than 110 Metropolitan Transportation Authority drivers have signed a petition demanding a halt to the spraying, at least 14 are pursuing workers' compensation claims and a few are on medical leave or have quit.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Sun Jun 16, 2013

New York Post

Will next Mayor save the subway?

After crime, commuting is the top quality-of-life issue for the vast majority of New Yorkers.

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Related Topix: New York, Transportation, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Staten-Island, NY, New York, NY, Brooklyn, NY, Opinion

Seeking Alpha

Canadian National Railway Is Highly Undervalued

In this article, I suggest that Canadian National Railway -- a Quebec-based railroad company with operations in North America -- is an excellent low risk investment that will likely provide outsized returns over the long term.

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Related Topix: Canadian National Railway, Transportation, Union Pacific

SILive.com

Where's the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge toll relief for Staten Island?

Maybe because it was such an unpleasant episode, people around here seem to have forgotten that real toll relief for Staten Island Verrazano-Narrows Bridge users was at hand - and not so long ago.

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Related Topix: Staten-Island, NY, New York, NY, Transportation, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Andrew Cuomo, US Governors, Opinion

Sat Jun 15, 2013

TwinCities

Mississippi River trail plan in Dakota County could be derailed by Union Pacific's objections

The Mississippi River Regional Trail, which has been in the works since the late 1990s, now runs from South St. Paul through Inver Grove Heights and from Hastings into Nininger Township.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Dakota County, MN, Union Pacific Railroad, St. Paul, MN, South St. Paul, MN, Inver Grove Heights, MN, Hastings, MN

The Detroit News

Macomb sheriff seek to ID man struck by train between Gratiot and Grosbeck

Macomb County Sheriff Anthony Wickersham says police are working to identify the man who was struck by the Canadian National Railway train at 10 a.m. The train was traveling southbound on the tracks north M-59 between Gratiot and Grosbeck.

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Related Topix: Macomb, MI, Macomb County, MI, Canadian National Railway, Transportation

The Huffington Post

Bus Driver Takes Bizarre, Unexpected Detour

Some New Jersey bus commuters apparently have gotten an unexpected tour of the New York metro area they'd rather forget.

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Related Topix: Transportation, New Jersey Transit, Secaucus, NJ

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