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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...
Opinion: New website honors long-ignored Chinese who built CP Rail
(The following column by Stephen Hume appeared on the Vancouver Sun website on August 28, 2010.) VANCOUVER, B.C. — Perched in a wooden lift-top desk with working ink well, at first in a two-room schoolhouse and then in a recently vacated army hut, I was initiated into...
STB to hold oral argument in Entergy routing case
(The Surface Transportation Board issued the following on August 30, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Surface Transportation Board will hold an oral argument on Tuesday, Oct. 26 on the case Entergy Arkansas, Inc. and Entergy Services, Inc. v. Union Pacific Railroad and...
Track work will disrupt St. Louis-Chicago Amtrak service
(The following story by Greg Jonsson appeared on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch website on August 30, 2010.) ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Track work on the rail corridor used by Amtrak between St. Louis and Springfield, Ill., will mean closures on the line off and on for the next...
CN signs mitigation agreement with Long Grove
(The following appeared on the Chicago Daily Herald website on August 28, 2010.) CHICAGO — The Canadian National Railway reached a deal with Long Grove Friday over the impact of the company's takeover of the EJ&E Railroad. The mitigation agreement means CN will...
BNSF derailment to inconvenience Fort Worth passenger rail commuters
(The following story by Gordon Dickson and Bill Miller appeared on the Fort Worth Star-Telegram website on August 31, 2010.) FORT WORTH, Teas — Some Trinity Railway Express passengers can expect at least modest delays in their morning commute until early Wednesday...
NTSB commends Operation Lifesaver for reducing highway-rail grade crossing accidents
(The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following on August 30, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a speech today at the Operation Lifesaver, Inc. (OLI) Symposium in Baltimore, Md., National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Deborah A.P. Hersman commended...
LIRR back on track after fire knocks out service for a week
(The following story by Michael M. Grynbaum appeared on the New York Times website on August 29, 2010.) NEW YORK — After a week of spoiled dinners, missed recitals and frustrating delays, riders on the Long Island Rail Road are to be greeted on Monday morning with the...
Raleigh’s FivePoints neighborhood turns against high-speed rail route
(The following appeared on the Raleigh News Observer website on August 31, 2010.) RALEIGH, N.C. — Nancy Mullin fears the worst. Her fears about a plan for high-speed trains are spreading fast through her handsome, leafy neighborhood near Raleigh’s Five Points. The...
Opinion: High-speed rail plan will test California
(The following column by Jonathan Weber of the Bay Citizen appeared on the New York Times website on August 29, 2010.) NEW YORK — The Bay Area has a reputation as a place where it’s hard to get things done, but you’d never know it from all the recent progress on...
