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Railroad Retirement Board 2010 informational conferences
CLEVELAND, July 15 — 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...
BNSF pulls out of grant process for proposed Willmar rail bypass
(The following story by Anne Polta appeared on the West Central Tribune website on July 14, 2010.) WILLMAR, Minn. — Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway has pulled out of the application process for federal stimulus money to help build a railroad bypass on the west...
Norfolk Southern balks at Charleston rail plan
(The following story by Allyson Bird appeared on The Post and Courier website on July 14, 2010.) CHARLESTON, S.C. — Norfolk Southern Corp. rejects North Charleston Mayor Keith Summey's plan to kick its trains out of key up-and-coming neighborhoods at the company's...
NJ Transit plans new quiet car policy
(The following story by Larry Higgs appeared on the Asbury Park Press website on July 14, 2010.) NEWARK — Switch off the cell phone, turn down the volume on the computer, and if you could keep that conversation to a whisper, that would be nice, too. Starting after...
Another fallen tree causes 90-minute Amtrak delay
(The following story by Janet Kelley appeared on the Intelligencer Journal website on July 14, 2010.) COATESVILLE, Pa. — For the second consecutive morning, storm damage caused a lengthy delay for Amtrak commuters Wednesday. Shortly after 6 a.m., a tree hit the...
Family of dancer killed by train files lawsuit
(The following story by Jon Hilkevitch appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on July 14, 2010.) CHICAGO — The family of a Chicago dance instructor who was killed by a train at an inoperative rail crossing in University Park three months ago filed a lawsuit Wednesday...
NTSB to meet on fatal 2009 collision of two D.C. Metro trains
(The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following on July 14, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a Board meeting on Tuesday, July 27, 2010, at 9:30 a.m. in its Board Room and Conference Center, 429 L'Enfant Plaza,...
KCSM needs more time to repair hurricane-damaged bridge
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on July 14, 2010.) Yesterday, Kansas City Southern announced it will take longer than expected to restore the Kansas City Southern de México S.A. de C.V.’s (KCSM) service over the Anahuac Bridge on a line...
