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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...
Railroad Retirement Board 2010 informational conferences
CLEVELAND, July 27 — 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....
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...
CSX wants new HQ sign in honor of anniversary
(The following story by Kevin Turner appeared on the Florida Times-Union website on July 26, 2010.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Corp. has applied to replace the signage on its downtown headquarters. The Downtown Development Review Board will discuss the change at its...
95% of trains are on time? Riders beg to differ
(The following story by Michael M. Grynbaum and Robert Gebeloff appeared on the New York Times website on July 27, 2010.) NEW YORK — By official accounts, 2009 was a banner year for the commuter railroads that serve New York City. Of all the trains that ran last year,...
Feds may fund study of rail route between El Paso and Las Cruces
(The following story by Steve Ramirez appeared on the Las Cruces Sun-News website on July 26, 2010.) LAS CRUCES, N.M. — It has to start with small steps by city leaders in Las Cruces and El Paso, but the goal is to someday provide commuter rail service between the...
Conn. governor calls for $260 million in bonds for rail
(The following story by Don Stacom appeared on the Hartford Courant website on July 26, 2010.) HARTFORD, Conn. — Gov. M. Jodi Rell is set to call today for one of the state's biggest bond issues in recent memory when she proposes selling $260 million in bonds to make...
Cashless customers hop rides on the LIRR
(The following story by Andrew Grossman appeared on the Wall Street Journal website on July 27, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — There are no ticket vending machines in Amagansett's tiny train station. And there are no credit cards accepted on Long Island Rail Road trains....
Fire crews fight fire inside Amtrak train in Calif.
(The following appeared on the Ventura County Star website on July 26, 2010.) CAMARILLO, Calif. — About 250 Amtrak passengers were ordered off a train Monday afternoon billowed from the locomotive, but no one was injured. A fire started in a small engine that provides...
Alstom strikes out on Amtrak contract
(The following story by Tom Tobin appeared on the Democrat and Chronicle website on July 27, 2010.) ALBANY, N.Y. — Amtrak's decision to award a railcar assembly contract to an Elmira company dealt a serious blow to Alstom Transportation Inc., a global firm with a huge...
