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Strike Clock Ticking for Amtrak Machinists

November 2, 2007 Railfanning.org News Wire

WASHINGTON — The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) says its 500 Amtrak members can strike on Dec. 1 unless President Bush intervenes and appoints a Presidential Emergency Board (PEB). A 30-day countdown began when the National Mediation Board formally released the IAM and Amtrak from mediated negotiations on Oct. 31. “We expect and are prepared for a Presidential Emergency Board,” said IAM General Vice President Robert Roach, Jr. “Our attorneys and economists are primed to defend the fair and reasonable positions our negotiators have taken at the bargaining table.” Once empanelled, a PEB has 30 days to

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Amtrak and Cianbro Corp. Announce $76 Million Bridge Span Replacement at New London, Conn.

January 13, 2006 Railfanning.org News Wire

WASHINGTON – The nearly 100-year-old Thames River Bridge between New London, Conn., and Groton, Conn., will undergo a $76 million replacement of its aging bascule lift span under a construction contract between Amtrak and Pittsfield, Maine-based Cianbro Corp., the parties announced. The construction project will take two years to complete and is the largest single capital improvement Amtrak will make to the Northeast Corridor during this time. Work on the project begins this month on the installation of seven new underwater communications and signal submarine cables. In the most dramatic phase of the construction project to occur over 12 days

Winter Park, Florida

December 31, 2022 Railfanning.org

The South Florida Railroad was the first railroad to serve Winter Park, Florida. The railroad ran its first train from Sanford, Florida, to Orlando, Florida, on November 11, 1880, and it ultimately completed a line between Sanford and Tampa. The South Florida Railroad built the first Winter Park depot in 1882. The Plant System subsumed the South Florida Railroad, and the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (ACL) subsumed the Plant System. The ACL built new passenger and freight depots in Winter Park in 1913. The railroad used the freight depot until 1982 when the city purchased it. In 1962, the ACL

Orlando, Florida

December 31, 2022 Railfanning.org

The first railroad to reach Orlando, Florida, was the South Florida Railroad, which arrived in the 1890s. The Plant System bought the South Florida Railroad in 1893, and the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad took over the company in 1902. The South Florida Railroad built Church Street Station, also known as the Old Orlando Railroad Depot, in 1889 or 1890. The Tavares, Orlando & Atlantic Railroad and the Orlando & Winter Park Railway also used the station. In 1926, passenger operations moved to a new station that A.M. Griffin and W. T. Hadlow built for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. Amtrak

Railfanning Review for December 14, 2020

December 14, 2020 Railfanning.org

In this edition: New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy Optimistic About Gateway Money; Delaware Project Will Increase Capacity, Officials Say; Metrolink Awards Amtrak Contract to Operate Commuter Trains; NJ Transit Board Approves Funding Agreement for Portal North Bridge Replacement; and Did You Know? Newark Penn Station.

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HB 361 – SE Railway Museum; official state transportation history museum

May 12, 2020 Railfanning.org

HB 361 LC 21 5245 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT 1- 1 To amend Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 50 of the Official 1- 2 Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state symbols, so as 1- 3 to designate the Southeastern Railway Museum as the official 1- 4 state transportation history museum; to repeal conflicting 1- 5 laws; and for other purposes. 1- 6 WHEREAS, tourism and commercial recreation constitute an 1- 7 important industry in the economy of Georgia; and 1- 8 WHEREAS, the State of Georgia has recognized the importance 1- 9 of tourism