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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...
Rails Aid N.J. Homes
(The following story appeared by Joseph De Avila appeared Wall Street Journal website on July 30, 2010.) New Jersey — We’re getting a first look at what the Amtrak Station in Moline will look like. Leaders are branding the Amtrak green line to Chicago, to the Great...
Railroad shops demolition marks end of an era in Springfield MO
(The following story by Mike Landis appeared on the KY3 News website on July 30, 2010.) SPRINGFIELD, MO — From the North Kansas Expressway viaduct, you can see the remains of a different era crumbling to the ground. Rusted train tracks and piles of rubble litter the...
Plans unveiled for Amtrak Station in Moline
(The following story appeared on the CBS4 website on July 30, 2010.) Chicago — We're getting a first look at what the Amtrak Station in Moline will look like. Leaders are branding the Amtrak green line to Chicago, to the Great Lakes, Great River Connection. "Our...
Norfolk Southern Completes $21 Million Worth of Track Work in Seven Days in Southwestern Pennsylvania
(The following story appeared on the Wall Street Journal Market Watch website on July 30, 2010.) NORFOLK, Va. — Maintenance of Way and Structures Department completed $21 million in track, signal and bridge work in seven days on one if its primary coal lines in...
Large new railcar tour map installed at museum
12 foot long by 7 foot high map/poster details all 5 current and 4 future tours, and other community heritage experiences (The following story appeared on the Cranbrook Daily Townsman website on July 30, 2010.) Cranbrook, BC — We’re getting a first look at what the...
Derailment causes minor problems in Albia
(The following story by Pat Shaver appeared on the Ottumwa Courier website on July 30, 2010.) ALBIA, IA — Residents in Albia woke up to a headache Thursday morning. At about 4:30 a.m., 20 cars from a Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight train partially detrained from...
City Council advised, by 8-1, to push Norfolk Southern tracks for fast-trains path
(The following story by Bruce Siceloff appeared on the News Observer website on July 29, 2010.) RALEIGH, NC — A citizen task force on passenger rail service voted 8-1 today to endorse the Norfolk Southern Railway corridor, on the west side of Capital Boulevard, as the...
Cashless Hop Rides on the LIRR
(The following story appeared by Andrew Grossman appeared Wall Street Journal website on July 30, 2010.) New York — We’re getting a first look at what the Amtrak Station in Moline will look like. Leaders are branding the Amtrak green line to Chicago, to the Great...
Senate panel OKs $2.5M for East Lansing Amtrak station
(The following story by Melissa Domsic appeared on the Lansing State Journal website on July 29, 2010.) EAST LANSING, Mich. — Plans to redevelop the East Lansing Amtrak station are chugging along as the city continues to seek project funding. The U.S. Senate...
