The switchman lifted his head from the rail, blew his nose, brushed the dirt off his clothes, and adopted a serious, dignified expression.
The head of the rail company, SNCF, offered an immediate pay increase of 0.7% with an additional 0.5% later in the year as well as a pause in the restructuring.
"This research gives the lie to the argument that bosses can't afford to contribute to decent pension schemes - they'd just prefer to keep them to themselves, " said the head of the Rail Maritime Transport Union (RMT), Bob Crow.
He knelt down and crawled from the switch rails to the frog of the crossover, sliding his hand along the running surface and the head of the rail and feeling for possible corrugations or dents, or burrs shaved off by the wheels of the locomotives.
"When cables are stolen it affects our signalling system, " said rail authority head Mosenngwa Mofi.
Since Navarri took over as head of Bombardier's rail business in 2004, he's executed a turnaround that also has focused on cost-cutting, more disciplined bidding for contracts and better manufacturing practices.
The theft of cables used for signalling, compounded by human error, caused the crash, said the head of South Africa's rail authority.
John Prideaux was the first head of Union Railways, set up by British Rail to push through the Channel Tunnel rail link.
Bill Richardson, one of America's most experienced politicians, does believe there is a head of steam growing up once again behind the idea of expanding rail travel in America.
Ian McAllister, a former head of Ford Britain, chairs the firm that now owns Britain's rail network.
"We expect construction spending will continue to grow modestly in 2013, and rail equipment spending will see a faster rebound in 2013, " Richard Wei, head of Asia transport research at UBS, wrote in a research report.
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