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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...
Railroad Retirement Board 2010 informational conferences
CLEVELAND, August 4 — 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...
Proposed rules would mandate electronic payments for RRB beneficiaries still receiving paper checks
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on July 12, 2010.) CHICAGO — Paper checks may be a thing of the past for U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) beneficiaries who still receive them, under a recent initiative announced by the Department of the...
UP freight cars derail, delaying Amtrak in Oakland
(The following story by Jill Tucker appeared on the San Francisco Chronicle website on August 4, 2010.) OAKLAND, Calif. — Four Union Pacific freight train cars derailed in Oakland Tuesday afternoon, closing the tracks in both directions and cutting off Amtrak service...
CP Rail train derails near Calgary
(The following story by Renato Gandia appeared on the Edmonton Sun website on August 3, 2010.) AIRDRIE, Alberta — Thirty rail cars -- some carrying agricultural chemicals headed to Calgary -- derailed north of Calgary on Tuesday, leaving emergency crews scrambling to...
Calif. high speed rail arguments get more heated
(The following story by Andrew S. Ross appeared on the San Francisco Chronicle website on August 4, 2010.) SAN FRANCISCO — Arguments over California's high-speed rail just got a whole lot more heated. Last week, the head of the Bay Area Council took an epistolary...
FivePoints route favored for Raleigh high speed rail
(The following story by Sarah Ovaska appeared on the News Observer website on August 3, 2010.) RALEIGH, N.C. — The best and safest way for fast-speed rail service to roll into downtown Raleigh is to hop onto tracks being used by Norfolk Southern Railroad, both a...
STB to establish advisory committee on toxic by inhalation hazards
(The Surface Transportation Board issued the following on August 3, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The federal Surface Transportation Board announced today its decision to form an advisory committee to study and suggest ways to safely move toxic cargo like chlorine in a...
DOT chief LaHood touts Detroit light-rail plan
(The following story by Matt Helms appeared on the Detroit Free Press website on August 4, 2010.) DETROIT — Even the feds know how crucial Woodward is to Detroit’s heritage, with U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood touting the route as “sacred ground” soon after...
