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New benefit year for railroad unemployment and sickness benefits
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on June 21, 2010.) CHICAGO — A new benefit year under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act begins July 1, 2010. Administered by the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB), this Act provides two kinds of benefits for...
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...
Enthusiasts enjoy riding railroad tracks in old motorcars
(The following story by Kevin Bonham appeared on the Grand Forks Herald website on July 13, 2010.) DAHLEN, N.D. — Allan and Barbara Wiens and their children are seeing the United States and Canada in a rather unusual way — rolling along in a railroad motorcar just...
Thieves charged with stealing copper wires from above Amtrak tracks
(The following story by John Henrehan appeared at MyFoxDC.com on July 14, 2010.) NEW CARROLLTON, Md. —Two local men have been indicted for stealing copper wires from the towers that run above Amtrak's right-of-way in Prince George's County. Amtrak officials say the...
Crews work to determine cause of UP derailment in Industry
(The following story by Jessica Donnelly appeared on the Whittier Daily News website on July 13, 2010.) INDUSTRY, Calif. — Union Pacific crews are investigating why a freight train ran off its tracks Monday night, damaging three intersections and two miles of track....
Speakman to retire from Railroad Retirement Board
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on July 13, 2010.) Long-time Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) Labor Member V. M. “Butch” Speakman Jr. recently announced plans to retire. “I intend to retire once my replacement has been confirmed by the...
B.C. ports drive upgrade to CN performance
(The following story by Scott Deveau appeared on the Financial Post website on July 14, 2010.) OTTAWA — British Columbia’s ports were in part responsible for an upgrade of Canadian National Railway Co. Wednesday by Raymond James analyst Steve Hansen. Volumes at the...
$9.7M released for NS rail yard expansion in Toledo, Ohio
(The following story by David Patch appeared on the Toledo Blade website on July 14, 2010.) TOLEDO, Ohio — A state agency has given a green signal to a $12.3 million expansion of a Norfolk Southern Railway rail yard in South Toledo, a project intended to boost the...
Genesee & Wyoming June traffic tp 15.4 percent
(The following appeared at DailyMarkets.com on July 13, 2010.) GREENWICH, Conn. — Railroad operator Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (GWR) Wednesday said that traffic for June rose 15.4% from the same month last year, and traffic for the second quarter grew 16.8%. The...
RailAmerica says June shipments rose 11.8 percent
(The Associated Press circulated the following on July 13, 2010.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Short line freight railroad RailAmerica Inc. said Tuesday that shipments last month rose 11.8 percent over June 2009. The company said shipments increased in nine out of 12...
