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Railroad Retirement Board 2010 informational conferences
CLEVELAND, July 26 — 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...
RRB: Benefit rate increase for Railroad Unemployment and Sickness benefits
(The Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on June 29, 2010.) CHICAGO — The maximum daily benefit rate payable for claims under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act increases to $66 from $64 in the new benefit year, which begins July 1, 2010. Benefits are...
Union Pacific No. 844 readies for trip to Cheyenne
(The following story by Dick Kreck appeared on The Denver Post website on July 24, 2010.) DENVER, Colo. — With two blasts from its whistle and a cloud of steam, the Union Pacific's historic locomotive 844 departs Denver Union Station this morning at 7, pulling the...
Land is being cleared, leveled for new BNSF bypass in Vancouver
(The following story by Erik Robinson appeared on The Columbian website on July 25, 2010.) COLUMBIA, Wash. — Excavators are eating into a slope above BNSF Railway’s main line in the Fruit Valley neighborhood. The work is to prepare the site for a 3.2-mile-long set of...
Major trail, rail corridors get boost Norfolk Southern
(Norfolk Southern issued the following on July 23, 2010.) NORFOLK, Va. — Employees of Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) are teaming up with the Appalachian Trail Conservancy and local trail-maintaining clubs in a one-day "Spruce-It-Up" campaign to clean and...
Kansas City Southern to announce 2Q results in July 27 webcast
(Kansas City Southern issued the following on July 23, 2010.) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Southern (NYSE: KSU) announces the following Webcast: What: Second Quarter 2010 Earnings Release Webcast & Conference Call When: July 27, 2010 @ 8:30 AM Eastern Where:...
North Carolina considering high-speed rail route options
(The Associated Press circulated the following on July 26, 2010.) RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina is working on ideas to close roads and build bridges for a high-speed rail line that would carry trains at speeds up to 110 mph. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported...
GATX profit rises 69 percent despite rail slide
(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on July 23, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rail equipment leasing giant GATX depended partly on a pickup in its shipping operations to post a 69 percent profit jump to $21.5 million in the...
Amtrak Cascades reports highest second-quarter ridership since 1994
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on July 23, 2010.) Yesterday, Amtrak Cascades reported its highest second-quarter ridership mark since 1994 at 214,641 passengers. Ridership jumped 12 percent vs. second-quarter 2009, according to the...
