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Metrolink names new chief executive
(The following story by Dan Weikel appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on April 3, 2010.) LOS ANGELES — Metrolink's board of directors on Friday hired a former railroad vice president with broad transportation experience to replace David R. Solow, the embattled...
Beech Grove to get 108 Amtrak jobs
(The following appeared at wthr.com on April 2, 2010.) BEECH GROVE, Ind. — Federal stimulus money is helping Amtrak workers in Indiana. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood toured the Amtrak maintenance facility in Beech Grove Friday. Amtrak used $32 million from the...
Natural gas fuels rejuvenation of the Lehigh Valley railroad system
(The following story by Steve Reilly appeared on the Morning-Times website on April 3, 2010.) SAYRE, Pa. — The Lehigh Valley Railway defined social and economic life in the Valley for the first half of the 20th century, employing thousands of residents and bringing in...
Amtrak service returning to normal in Northeast
(The Associated Press circulated the following on April 5, 2010.O PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Amtrak service to the Northeast is returning to normal. Amtrak officials say they have resumed near full Northeast Regional and Acela Express service for Monday. Service between New...
Coroner’s office identifies Union Pacific maintenance worker
(The following story by Rong-Gong Lin II appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on April 4, 2010.) LOS ANGELES — A Union Pacific maintenance worker who was killed in a collision with a Metrolink train has been identified as Roberto Ramirez, 56, of Visalia. Ramirez...
Pedestrian deaths by train remain steady
(The following story by appeared on the USA Today website on April 5, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Anna Marie Stickel, 14, missed the school bus that morning. So she took a shortcut along some railroad tracks that made her trek to school about 10 minutes; going the long,...
BLET engineer Dave Lahner cleans up Iowa’s railroad tracks
(The following story by Jennifer Meyer appeared on the Ames Tribune website on April 2, 2010.) AMES, Iowa — David Lahner enjoys the beauty of Iowa’s changing seasons and river wildlife from the cabs of the Union Pacific trains he engineers. What he saw traveling the...
AAR: Carloads at highest weekly level since November ’08
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following on April 1, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Freight traffic on U.S. railroads is continuing to show solid signs of recovery with carload freight volume hitting its highest level since November 2008 during the week...
Benefits under Railroad Retirement and Social Security
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on March 3, 2010.) CHICAGO — Employers and employees covered by the Railroad Retirement Act pay higher retirement taxes than those covered by the Social Security Act, so that railroad retirement benefits remain...
Railroad Retirement Board 2010 informational conferences
CLEVELAND, March 12 — 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....
