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Union Pacific North Line Metra rider: Train ‘like a sardine can’
(The following story by Mary Wisniewski appeared on the Chicago Sun-Times website on August 26, 2010.) CHICAGO — Five minutes before the 5:21 p.m. Metra train to Kenosha was set to depart Wednesday, every seat was filled. Disgruntled commuters stood in the aisles on...
Metra considers schedule fixes on packed trains
(The following story by Mary Wisniewski appeared on the Chicago Sun-Times website on August 25, 2010.) CHICAGO — While delays are down on the Union Pacific North Line, some trains in the early morning and evening rush hour continue to have standing-room only...
Greenbrier gets $130 million railcar deal, shares rise
(Reuters circulated the following on August 25, 2010.) Greenbrier Cos Inc (GBX.N) said it received about $130 million worth of new railcar and refurbishment orders and plans to add jobs at its plant, in a sign that the nascent recovery in the railcar market is on...
Task force turns up suspicious container on train
(The following story by David Tewes appeared on the Victoria Advocate website on August 26, 2010.) BLOOMINGTON, Texas — A task force looking for contraband on trains passing through the rail yard here may or may not have come up with something. "We found one container...
Western RRs key as stuffed US grain elevators brace for huge harvest
(Reuters circulated the following story by Christine Stebbins on August 25, 2010.) CHICAGO — U.S. grain handlers, already burdened with big wheat inventories, are bracing for a mammoth corn and soybean harvest that starts in a few weeks across America's heartland....
Metrolink offers $200 million settlement in Chatsworth rail disaster
(The following story by Rich Connell appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on August 26, 2010.) LOS ANGELES — Metrolink and its former train operating contractor on Wednesday offered to pay $200 million to victims of the 2008 Chatsworth rail disaster that killed...
Railroad Retirement Board 2010 informational conferences
CLEVELAND, August 25 — 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...
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...
Union Pacific upgrading Wisconsin track segment
(The following story by Joe Taschler appeared on the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel website on August 24, 2010.) MILWAUKEE, Wisc. — Union Pacific Railroad said Tuesday it will spend more than $9 million to improve the rail line from Milwaukee to near Lebanon in...
