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NAFTA trade volume climbed 4.6 percent in June
(The following story by Joseph Bonney appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on August 31, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Trade using surface transportation between the United States and Canada and Mexico rose 4.6 percent in value in June from May and increased 37.6...
Worker awarded $160,000 over Amtrak injury, retaliation
(The following story by Mike Lindblom appeared on the Seattle Times website on August 31, 2010.) SEATTLE — Amtrak has been ordered to pay a Seattle cleaning worker more than $160,000, after a judge found that supervisors retaliated against her for reporting an...
Editorial: Supporting the high-speed rail issue in Wisconsin
(The following editorial appeared on the Watertown Daily Times website on August 30, 2010.) WATERTOWN, Wisc. — Today we're going to jump back on the high-speed rail issue for a bit. Boy, it sure has heated up in recent weeks, no doubt because the primary election for...
Railroad shares up at the close of August 31 trading
(The Associated Press circulated the following on August 31, 2010.) NEW YORK — Shares of some top railroads companies were up at the close of trading: CSX rose $.78 or 1.6 percent, to $49.89. Canadian National rose $.14 or .2 percent, to $61.02. Canadian Pacific rose...
Freight railroads object to Ohio plan for faster high-speed rail trains
(The following story by James Nash appeared on The Columbus Dispatch website on August 31, 2010.) COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio's transportation director asserted today that passenger trains eventually will reach speeds of 110 mph across the state, even as freight railroads...
DOT announces new, uniform high-speed rail design standards
(The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following on August 31, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced the first-ever uniform technical standards for the manufacture of high-speed intercity passenger rail cars, a...
Lawmaker questions liability cap on train crash
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Daisy Nguyen on August 31, 2010.) SIMI VALLEY, CALIF. — A Southern California congressman whose district includes dozens of commuter train passengers involved in a catastrophic collision wants to challenge a...
BNSF worker struck, killed by Northstar train in Minnesota
(The following appeared at WCCO.com on September 1, 2010.) FRIDLEY, Minn. ― A rail worker was killed after being struck by a Northstar Commuter Rail train headed into the Twin Cities Wednesday morning. The train struck a BNSF Railroad employee in between the Northstar...
Railroad Retirement Board 2010 informational conferences
CLEVELAND, August 31 — 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....
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...
