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Tremendous Rail Strike Causes Widespread Losses Across States
The four day rail strike by about 8,000 Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers members idled over 200,000 workers in 38 states, costing carriers millions daily. Major lines like Union Pacific and Pennsylvania Railroad reported vast wage losses and disrupted schedules, with autos and agriculture hit hard as mail and freight backed up nationwide.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers
Union Pacific Railroad
Illinois Central
Pennsylvania Railroad
Penn Station
Pittsburgh
Grand Trunk Western
Detroit
Grand Trunk
Seaboard Air Line
Seaboard
St. Louis
Missouri Pacific
Boston & Maine Railroad
Maine Central Railroad
South Portland
Maine Central