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In this July 30, 2018 file photo, New Mexico Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Pearce speaks to business leaders in Albuquerque, N.M. Pearce owns two companies that actively lease oilfield equipment to undisclosed customers even as he campaigns to regulate a booming petroleum sector and expand an oil-dependent economy.
Republican gubernatorial candidate and U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce owns two companies that actively lease oilfield equipment to undisclosed customers even as he campaigns to regulate a booming petroleum sector and expand an oil-dependent economy. A spokesman for Pearce's campaign confirmed this week that the congressman's businesses, Trinity Industries and LFT, provide oilfield equipment rentals after The Associated Press found corporate registration documents that describe the activities.
Emergency responders examined the valves as a trainer pointed to cracks where chlorine could leak from the railcar. Their first task, should they be called to a leak, would be tightening these valves.
A proposed Canadian class action that alleged secret cost-saving design changes made to a highway safety guardrail had in fact turned the barrier into a potentially lethal spear has been settled, court documents show. This week's settlement of the $500-million action filed by the City of Stratford in February 2015 will see Trinity Industries pay $400,000 - without any admission it did anything wrong.
As they begin to probe the circumstances of the fatal wreck in South Carolina, officials have already settled on one thing: that the crash between a passenger train and a freight car could have been prevented with technology already installed in parts of the U.S. It's been a decade since Congress approved a law mandating the GPS-based system called "positive train control," which is designed to prevent two trains from traveling on the same track at the same time. That's what happened early Sunday in Cayce, South Carolina, when a locked switch sent a New York-to-Miami Amtrak passenger train onto a side track where an empty CSX Corp. freight train was parked.
In this undated photo provided by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, stand-off explosion detection units, left, are deployed in a corridor at The Metro in Los Angeles. U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-NY, wants the Transportation Security Administration to speed up plans to equip transit hubs with the screening devices that can detect suicide vests like the one that exploded in a New York City subway tunnel on Dec. 11, 2017.
Screening devices that detect suicide vests like the one that exploded in a New York City subway tunnel are being tested in a Los Angeles transit station, but U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer said Sunday the Transportation Security Administration should speed up plans to deploy the technology nationally. "The fact that we have this new, potentially life-saving technology at our fingertips - an ability to detect concealed explosives worn by cowards looking to do us harm - demands the federal government put both the testing and the perfecting of this technology on the fast-track," Schumer said.
New Jersey gubernatorial nominee Phil Murphy celebrates while speaking to supporters during his election night victory party at the Asbury Park Convention Hall, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017, in Asbury Park, N.J. Minneapolis has elected a black transgender woman to its city council in what advocacy groups say is a national first. Minneapolis has elected a black transgender woman to its city council in what advocacy groups say is a national first.
Investigators survey the damage on a compact coupe after a crash test at Karco Engineering LLC safety testing facility in Adelanto, California. Trinity Industries Inc. won't have to pay a $663 million judgment that was awarded in a whistle-blower lawsuit alleging the company defrauded the U.S. government with a faulty highway guardrail safety system.
PHOTO: ANDREW HARRER/BLOOMBERG NEWS - Much of the blame is aimed at Hunter Harrison, the 72-year-old railroad-industry veteran who became CSX's president and chief executive in March as part of a shake-up led by an activist investor. He promised to run the company's 21,000-mile network
PULSE ANNOUNCE AG OUTLOOK FORUM May 22, 2017 Source: joint organization news release The Agricultural Business Council of Kansas City and Agri-Pulse Communications announce plans to present an Ag Outlook Forum on September 28th in Kansas City. This year has already proven to be very challenging for farmers, agribusiness and rural America.
Sen. Charles Schumer says the stampede that injured 16 people at New York's P... . FILE - In this Friday, April 14, 2017 file photo, New York City police officers detain a passenger from a disabled New Jersey Transit train who became belligerent and sparked a stampede among passengers leaving the overc... .
Train traffic in Borderland is expected to increase with the addition of a terminal along the Canadian National Railway line. The Koochiching Economic Development Authority Board Monday discussed the change, noting Canadian National Railway and Duluth Cargo Connect officially announced its intermodal terminal last month as the first CN train cars carrying shipping containers rolled onto the Clure Public Marine Terminal in Duluth.
's stock had its "buy" rating reaffirmed by analysts at Barclays PLC in a research note issued on Tuesday. They presently have a $177.00 price target on the stock.
The current closure at College Avenue and Mulberry Street is the only remaining long-term closure, said City Manager Mark Peterson - and that intersection is expected to re-open next month, though it will close again temporarily in the spring. "There will be some short-term closures on some of the other crossings while they're finishing the signal work," he said.
Several other equities analysts have also recently weighed in on the stock. Zacks Investment Research cut shares of Canadian Pacific Railway from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a research note on Monday.
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. VP Peter John Edwards sold 15,300 shares of Canadian Pacific Railway stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, November 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $149.60, for a total transaction of $2,288,880.00.
Hillary Clinton said Sunday that the spate of gun violence in the United States should call the nation to do more to protect "all of God's children." Federal data shows New Jersey Transit trains have been involved in more than 150 accidents that caused more than $4.8 million in damage to tracks or equipment since 2011, and the commuter rail has paid more than... New Jersey Transit trains have been involved in more than 150 accidents that caused more than $4.8 million in damage to tracks or equipment since 2011, and the commuter rail has paid more than $500,000 to settle safety... Here's what is known about the investigation into a commuter train crash that killed one person and injured more than 100 others Thursday in Hoboken, New Jersey.