BLET News
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.
Daily Headlines
Why CSX doesn’t want high-speed passenger trains on its tracks
(The following story by Eric Anderson appeared on the Albany Times-Union website on June 23, 2010.) ALBANY, N.Y. — Adding passenger trains traveling 110 mph to CSX tracks would cut the amount of freight traffic the railroad could handle, CSX Transportation officials...
NJ Transit returns $4 million from Hudson River tunnel study
(The following story by Mike Frassinelli appeared on The Star-Ledger website on June 22, 2010.) NEWARK, N.J. — A $4 million Trans-Hudson Midtown Corridor Study for NJ Transit appeared on a list of Federal Transit Administration earmarks that were introduced and...
DOT announces new Transit Rail Advisory Committee for Safety (TRACS)
(The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following on June 23, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood today announced members of the Transit Rail Advisory Committee for Safety (TRACS), a newly formed advisory committee that will...
CP Rail: Flood waters receding in southern Alberta and Saskatchewan
(Canadian Pacific Railway issued the following service bulletins on June 23, 2010.) CALGARY — We continued to make progress restoring the southern mainline affected by washouts from the severe flooding in southern Alberta and Saskatchewan. As water levels slowly...
$100 million pact could bring more trains to Boston’s western suburbs
(The following story by John Dyer appeared on the Boston Globe website on June 24, 2010.) BOSTON — The western suburbs of Boston wanted more commuter-rail trains. Now, they might get them. In their backyard. State and CSX officials say they are close to sealing a $100...
Union Pacific says EPA destroyed records it wanted
(The Associated Press circulated the following on June 23, 2010.) OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific Corp. asked a federal judge Wednesday to order the Environmental Protection Agency to stop destroying records the railroad requested about lead contamination in Omaha. The...
NS extends Heartland Corridor to Columbus-Cincinnati line
(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on June 23, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Norfolk Southern Railway’s long-awaited project to carve a double-stack intermodal train corridor through the Appalachian Mountains just got a bit...
Railroad Retirement Board 2010 informational conferences
CLEVELAND, June 21 — 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....
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...
CSX backs out of West Virginia festival; forces change of plans
(The following story by Kevin Spradlin appeared on the Cumberland Times-News website on June 23, 2010.) CUMBERLAND, Md. — An effort to celebrate 100 years of railroad in West Virginia lost steam when event organizers learned CSX had pulled its support from the...
