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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...
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...
Florida ordered to come up with plan to reduce crossing accidents
(The following story by Michael Turnbell and Dana Williams appeared on the Sun Sentinel website on July 21, 2010.) FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Federal officials have ordered Florida to reduce railroad crossing accidents, even as the number of collisions between trains and...
CAW members approve new Via Rail contract
(Reuters circulated the following on July 21, 2010.) OTTAWA — The Canadian Auto Workers union said Wednesday that its members voted 88 percent in favor of a new, three-year contract with Via Rail. The two sides reached a tentative agreement late last month after...
STB releases speaker list for coal dust public hearing
(The Surface Transportation Board issued the following on July 21, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Surface Transportation Board announced today a schedule of speakers’ appearances and their time allocations for the Board’s July 29, 2010 public hearing on a case...
Amtrak, Concur to provide business travelers with access to nationwide rail content
(Amtrak and Concur issued the following on July 22, 2010.) REDMOND, Wash. — Concur (Nasdaq: CNQR), the world's leading provider of on-demand Employee Spend Management services, and Amtrak, America's railroad, today announced that Concur® Travel & Expense and Concur®...
Worcester board endorses zoning change as neighbors resist CSX expansion
(The following story by Nick Kotsopoulos appeared on the Telegram & Gazette website on July 22, 2010.) WORCESTER, Mass. — CSX Corp.’s plan to expand its freight yard between Shrewsbury and Franklin streets gained more momentum after the Planning Board last night...
Opinion: Amtrak offers more than just a way of getting there
(The following column by Bruce Dorries appeared on the News Leader website on July 22, 2010.) STAUNTON, Va. — To paraphrase a sage of the silver screen and a deceased Second Amendment activist, "They can take my car when they pry my cold, dead fingers from the...
Amtrak to help communities develop stations for new service
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on July 21, 2010.) Amtrak is offering guidance on station development to communities in Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin where new state-supported Amtrak service is slated to begin in the next three years. As...
With help from BLET members, Operation Lifesaver seeks to eliminate deadly train accidents
(The following story by Nash Armstrong appeared on the Knoxville News Sentinel website on July 22, 2010. B.L. Inman is a member of BLET Division 239 in Knoxville, Tenn.) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — After 31 years as a Norfolk Southern Corp. train engineer, B.L. Inman has seen...
