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Virginia Railway Express’s on-time performance slips
(The following story by Jennifer Buske appeared on the Washington Post website on August 20, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The on-time performance record for the Virginia Railway Express tumbled this summer as weather, mechanical issues and a rocky transition to a new...
House Speaker applauds budget surplus being spent on transportation
(The following story by Anita Kumar appeared on the Washington Post website on August 19, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Speaker Bill Howell (R-Stafford) welcomed the news Thursday that $32.7 million of the budget surplus for the fiscal year that ended June 30 will...
Truckers say freight plan would shortchange road projects
(The following story by Kathryn A. Wolfe appeared on the Congressional Quarterly website on August 19, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Lawmakers are proposing a national freight policy designed to encourage multimodal development and reduce congestion, but the trucking...
NS completes major Crescent Corridor improvements
(Norfolk Southern circulated the following on August 19, 2010.) RICHMOND, Va. — A critical choke point on Norfolk Southern’s Crescent Corridor has been eliminated with a reconfigured rail junction near Front Royal, Va. This was the final and most complex of six...
Railroad shares down at the close of August 19 trading
(The Associated Press circulated the following on August 19, 2010.) NEW YORK — Shares of some top railroads companies were down at the close of trading: CSX fell $1.42 or 2.7 percent, to $50.29. Canadian National fell $1.37 or 2.2 percent, to $61.04. Canadian Pacific...
AAR: Total weekly rail intermodal volume sets 2010 record
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following on August 19, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported rail intermodal volume on U.S. railroads for the week ending Aug. 14, 2010 was the highest of 2010, with...
Railroad Retirement Board 2010 informational conferences
CLEVELAND, August 19 — 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...
Deaths of Irish workers in 1832 may be murder, researchers say
(The following story by Kristin E. Holmes appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on August 19, 2010.) PHILADELPHIA — Before his research team's latest discovery, historian William Watson only suspected that something sinister had happened in Chester County when...
