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DOT announces $35 million in aid for Downeaster rail improvements
(The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following on July 6, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In January, President Obama announced that Maine was awarded $35 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds for the Northern New England Passenger Rail...
DM&E appeals dismissal of lawsuit
(The Associated Press circulated the following on July 7, 2010.) SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad is appealing the dismissal of its lawsuit seeking to keep former company president Kevin Schieffer from arbitrating a severance package. A...
FRA seeks researcher for train crew trauma study, orders 10 states to develop crossing safety plans
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on July 6, 2010.) Last week, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) issued an invitation to qualified researchers to apply for $50,000 in grant funding to initiate a study of Post Traumatic Stress...
House subcommittee cuts passenger-rail spending
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on July 6, 2010.) Last week, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development made changes to a fiscal-year 2011 spending bill. The subcommittee opted to increase...
Railroad shares down at the close of July 6 trading
(The Associated Press circulated the following on July 6, 2010.) NEW YORK — Shares of some top railroads companies were down at the close of trading: CSX fell $.22 or .5 percent, to $47.48. Canadian National fell $.13 or .2 percent, to $56.73. Canadian Pacific fell...
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...
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...
Railroad Retirement Board 2010 informational conferences
CLEVELAND, July 6 — 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....
Oldest living Pullman porter looks back
(The following story by Ann M. Simmons appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on July 5, 2010.) LOS ANGELES — When Lee Wesley Gibson began his new job as a coach attendant with Union Pacific Railroad in 1936, the country was in the grips of the Great Depression....
Amtrak attendant sells with dash of merriment
(The following story by Mike De Sisti appeared on the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel website on July 4, 2010.) MILWAUKEE, Wisc. — Some use it as a time to sleep. Others use it as a time to read the paper, catch up on e-mail or gaze out the window reflecting on a rather...
