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BLET member testifies at rail crossing hearing in North Dakota
(The following story by Amanda Tetlak appeared at KFYRTV.com on March 1, 2010. Ron Huff is Legislative Representative of BLET Division 746 in Mandan, N.D.) BISMARCK, N.D. — During the last legislative session, lawmakers passed a bill that doesn`t require train...
Last Run for BLET member Marty Deloach
(The following story by Calli Arnold appeared on the Effingham Herald website on March 1, 2010.) RINCON, Ga. — Family and friends gathered beside the railroad tracks with banners, cameras and a shiny steam engine bell in downtown Springfield last Wednesday as Marty...
Federal income tax and Railroad Retirement benefits
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on February 3, 2010.) CHICAGO — The following questions and answers describe the tax statements issued by the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) each January for Federal income tax purposes. Railroad retirement...
House gets stuck on CSX railroad tracks
(The following appeared on The Tennessean website on February 26, 2010.) NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A portion of Stones River Road in La Vergne was shut down early Friday morning after a house became stuck on the CSX railroad tracks. La Rue Moving Company purchased the...
Opinion: Stopping on tracks a bad idea
(The following column by Ben Wear appeared on the Statesman website on March 1, 2010.) AUSTIN, Texas — Not to go all father figure on you here, but: Hey, stay off the dang railroad tracks! This admonition is about to take on added urgency this morning , as Capital...
Union Pacific derailment disrupts Amtrak service
(The Associated Press circulated the following on February 26, 2010.) WILMINGTON, Ill. — A freight train derailment has caused delays in Amtrak passenger service between Chicago and St. Louis. Union Pacific spokesman Mark Davis says three freight cars filled with...
Madera train derailment cleared
(The following appeared on The Fresno Bee website on February 28, 2010.) FRESNO, Calif. — A railroad track closure caused by the derailment of a Union Pacific train in Madera on Saturday morning has been cleared. The derailment occurred about 8:45 a.m. Saturday at the...
Rail is Virginia’s transportation future, officials say
(The following story by Peter Bacque appeared on the Richmond Times-Dispatch website on March 1, 2010.) RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia's future is on rails. "Whether you like rail or not, it is the future," said Thelma Drake, the new director of the Virginia Department of...
KC’s struggling Union Station makes switch to new track
(The following story by Eric Adler and Matt Campbell appeared on The Kansas City Star website on February 27, 2010.) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It may not be as much fun. It’s not what was promised. But it will be open, and that’s undoubtedly a success. A decade after voters...
Tax credit bills top of mind in D.C. at annual ‘Day on the Hill’
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on February 26, 2010.) Yesterday, more than 500 rail industry representatives descended on Washington, D.C., to lobby for rail-related legislation and policy pursuits during the annual “Railroad Day on...
