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German exports slightly lower on month in July
German exports dipped by 1.5 percent in July compared with the previous month but were still up a strong 18.7 percent over the same month last year, official data showed Wednesday.
8 Sep 2010, 8:26 am | click here to view more
Union ex-president sentenced for bribery
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A former president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen has been sentenced to 18 months in prison and ordered to pay back $10,000 after pleading guilty to bribery charges.
8 Sep 2010, 3:37 am | click here to view more
Smithsonian awards Frisco Museum rare Santa Fe train
Photo Courtesy of Museum of the American Railroad The Smithsonian Institution has donated a rare model PA-1 locomotive to the Museum of the American Railroad.
8 Sep 2010, 12:21 am | click here to view more
ST. LOUIS > Ex-union chief goes to prison
Edward W. Rodzwicz, a former national president of Brotherhoodof Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, was sentenced Tuesday to 18months in federal prison for seeking $20,000 in bribes from a St.Louis lawyer.
7 Sep 2010, 9:40 pm | click here to view more
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On September 7 at 11:30 loca time, a bomb exploded below a freight train on the railway haul Kizlyar-Ulanhol in Dagestan. The operation of trains stopped. According to preliminary reports, the explosion made six cars run off the rails, two of them overturned, and the locomotive was badly damaged.
7 Sep 2010, 9:35 am | click here to view more
Former union president sentenced for bribery
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A former president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen has been sentenced to 18 months in prison and ordered to pay back $10,000 after pleading guilty to bribery charges. The sentence for 64-year-old Edward W. Rodzwicz (Rodz-wick) was announced Tuesday in U.S. District Court in St. Louis. The union, which includes 55,000 members who are railroad employees ...
7 Sep 2010, 7:07 pm | click here to view more
Chicago's Eclipse Theatre Will Stage Three Works by Naomi Wallace in 2011
Eclipse Theatre, the Chicago company that presents one playwright over a single season, will gift the work of writer and poet Naomi Wallace in its 2011 schedule.
7 Sep 2010, 5:14 pm | click here to view more
Former union leader gets prison time for seeking bribes
The former national president of Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison Tuesday for seeking $20,000 in bribes from a St. Louis lawyer.
7 Sep 2010, 3:12 pm | click here to view more
2 burglars killed by train as they fled after stealing £40k of jackets
Trevor Davies, 20, and David Cooper, 24, were struck by a 68mph locomotive while escaping with a £40,000 haul of expensive Gore-Tex jackets.
7 Sep 2010, 2:11 am | click here to view more
Les Cockrell: Sanger rooted in railroad
Courtesy photo/Idaleene Scheu Fuqua A locomotive arrives in Sanger in 1939 at a brick platform, with the Sanger Cotton Gin on the east side of the tracks. In 1887, the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway connected its tracks with the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe in what is now Oklahoma, beginning many years of passenger service through Sanger.The dedication of a Texas Historical Marker ...
6 Sep 2010, 8:01 am | click here to view more