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High-speed rail picks up speed in Illinois
(The following story by Cindy Wojdyla Cain appeared on the Joliet Herald News website on April 1, 2010.) JOLIET, Ill. — Illinois Secretary of Transportation Gary Hannig will meet with Union Pacific Railroad officials today in Omaha, Neb., to talk about using the...
Ports climbing out of shipping slump
(The following story by Kristopher Hanson appeared on the Long Beach Press-Telegram website on April 1, 2010.) LONG BEACH, Calif. — Maybe there was nowhere to go but up. After suffering through their worst two-year stretch in history, local ports have begun climbing...
DOT stimulus payouts hit $10 billion
(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on the Journal of Commerce website on March 31, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of Transportation has paid out $10 billion to states for highway repairs and other transport project work completed under last year’s...
FRA to grant $115 million for rail construction
(The Federal Railroad Administration issued the following on March 31, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Funds Complement President Obama’s $8 Billion Down Payment to Enhance Passenger Rail in America The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) this week will begin accepting...
CTA says it has beefed up security
(The following appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on April 1, 2010.) CHICAGO — The CTA has heightened security on buses and trains in light of the subway attacks this week in Moscow that killed 39 people, officials said. CTA officials say more uniformed and...
Hundreds of cops flood Penn Station, Grand Central for terror drill
(The following story by Murray Weiss, Larry Celona and Katherine Romero appeared on the New York Post website on April 1, 2010.) NEW YORK — Call it a surge, Big Apple-style. Hundreds of cops flooded Penn Station, Grand Central and Herald Square yesterday in a...
4,200 workers furloughed, but UP CEO’s compensation was $11.2 million in 2009
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Josh Funk on March 31st, 2010.) OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific Corp. Chairman and CEO Jim Young’s compensation fell less than 5 percent last year because the railroad’s board felt he kept the company on track in a...
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....
Famous UP locomotive to steam through Lawrence, Kan.
(The following story by Mark Fagan appeared on the Lawrence Journal-World website on March 30, 2010.) LAWRENCE, Kan. — The last steam locomotive built for Union Pacific Railroad will be chugging through the area Sunday. The 66-year-old No. 844 engine will be expected...
