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In the NARP December Newsletter:* Amtrak’s Downeaster inaugurates service to Freeport and Brunswick, Maine* Sandy Devastates NYC-area Rails* Federal Railroad Deputy Administrator Karen Hedlund addresses NARP Council in Milwaukee* NARP Chairman Bob Stewart on the shortage of commercial airline pilots* Roundup of November 6 election results relevant to trains Click here to read the full newsletter.
Read moreA Trailer Train Company (TTX) Railcar was delivered to the TCU/IAM Training Center in San Marcos Texas. The Gary TCU/IAM Training Program is now able to boast of true hands-on training for the Carmen program. The railcar was donated by TTX and will be a first for any Carmen training program in the country not
Read moreAmtrak carried more than 31.2 million passengers in Fiscal Year 2012 ending September 30, marking the highest annual ridership total since Amtrak started operations in 1971 and the ninth ridership record during the last ten years. A comparison of FY 2012 to FY 2011 shows ridership grew 3.5 percent to a new record of 31,240,565
Read moreTCU President Bob Scardelletti Addresses IAM Convention More than 100 TCU delegates arrived at Toronto’s massive Convention Center on Sunday, September 9 eager to participate in their first ever IAM Grand Lodge Convention. By Convention’s close on the following Friday, after a non-stop agenda of action on the issues facing American workers, the TCU delegation
Read moreDane County Wisconsin Judge Juan Colas has struck down nearly all of the state law championed by Gov. Scott Walker that effectively ended collective bargaining rights for most public workers. In his ruling, Colas said Walker’s law violated union members’ freedom of speech and association and equal protection under the law because Walker’s bill subjected
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