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Short line traffic hits fastest pace since April
(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on September 2, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — North America's small railroads saw freight traffic for the week ending Aug. 28 rise to the highest level since late April, continuing a volume...
AAR: Weekly rail traffic continues to set records
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following on September 2, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported weekly rail traffic continues to set records with U.S. railroads posting their highest numbers for 2010 in...
Sec. Hilda Solis: Fight for workers this Labor Day
(The following column by Labor Secretary Hilda Solis appeared on the Huffington Post website on September 3, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — For most people, Labor Day marks the end of summer or back to school and for many an election season. For me, Labor Day has always...
Railroad Retirement Board 2010 informational conferences
CLEVELAND, September 2 — The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board will hold free informational conferences throughout 2010 for elected officers of all railroad labor unions. The following is a list of informational conferences that have been scheduled thus far for 2010....
Credit for military service under the Railroad Retirement Act
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on July 23, 2010.) CHICAGO — Many railroad employees have at some time served in the Armed Forces of the United States. Under certain conditions, their military service may be credited as rail service under the...
RRB: Summary of annual financial report to Congress
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on August 3, 2010.) CHICAGO — The Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) is required by law to submit annual reports to Congress on the financial condition of the railroad retirement system and the railroad...
Steamtown’s Railfest on the right track
(The following story by Nikki M. Mascali appeared on the Times Leader website on September 1, 2010.) SCRANTON, Pa. — Nothing sounds like a train. From its whistle and clanging bell to the screech of its wheels on the track, it’s a sound unlike any other. It’s the...
French railway faces criticism in US for WWII role
(The Associated Press circulated the following on September 1, 2010.) ORLANDO, Fla. — The French national railway's hope to bid on the first high-speed tracks in the United States is running into resistance from Holocaust survivors because of the company's role in...
BNSF railroad yard’s health impacts studied
(The following appeared on the Indland News Today website on September 2, 2010.) SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — The BNSF rail yard has been deemed by the California Air Resources Board to pose the worst health risk among the state’s 18 rail yards. A $1 million AQMD grant...
Firefighters have BNSF tie fire under control
(The following appeared on The Spokesman-Review website on September 1, 2010.) SPOKANE, Wash. — The Spokane Fire Department has a fire in the BNSF Railway yard under control. The fire started in some railroad ties on BNSF’s Yardley yard east of Havana, north of the...
