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Stranded Northeast travelers flock to Amtrak
(The following story by Gretchen Gailey appeared at FoxNews.com on February 7, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — With Washington, DC area airports still closed or having very limited service, travelers across the region have been left stranded after this weekend’s record...
Cleaning up after a snowstorm as another one looms
(The following story by Matthew L. Wald appeared on the New York Times website on February 7, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Road crews, power company workers and plain old homeowners with shovels struggled in gleaming sunshine on Sunday to clean up from a weekend of...
Obama’s money trains
(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on February 8, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — More than half of high-speed rail grants will go into freight corridors to build up inter-city passenger service It took nearly a year and a...
Railroad shares down at the close of February 4 trading
(The Associated Press circulated the following on February 4, 2010.) NEW YORK — Shares of some top railroads companies were down at the close of trading: Burlington Northern fell $.38 or .4 percent, to $99.43. CSX fell $1.68 or 3.8 percent, to $42.33. Canadian...
Federal income tax and Railroad Retirement benefits
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on February 3, 2010.) 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 beneficiaries...
Verizon names former DOT Secretary Rodney Slater to its board
(The Associated Press circulated the following on February 4, 2010.) NEW YORK — Verizon Communications Inc. said Thursday that it has named a former U.S. secretary of transportation who served under President Bill Clinton to its board. Rodney Slater will join...
Union Pacific to give historic Katy railroad bridge to Mo. city
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by David A. Lieb on February 4, 2010.) BOONVILLE, Mo. — A rusty Missouri River railroad bridge that came to symbolize the battle between historical tourism and modern transportation has been saved from demolition...
Montreal, Maine & Atlantic short line files abandonment notice
(The Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway issued the following on February 4, 2010.) BANGOR, Maine — Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway (MMA) said today that it has filed a “Notice of Intent " with the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to abandon certain of its lines....
Amtrak’s Empire Builder ridership down 10 percent during 2009
(The following appeared on The Daily Inter Lake website on February 5, 2010.) KALISPELL, Mont. — Amtrak ridership took a hit last year, with about 10 percent fewer passengers riding the Empire Builder through Montana in 2009. The total number of passengers was 148,019...
Union Pacific declares quarterly dividend of 27 cents per share
(Union Pacific issued the following on February 4, 2010.) OMAHA, Neb. — The Board of Directors of Union Pacific Corporation has declared a quarterly dividend of 27 cents per share on its common stock, payable April 1, 2010, to stockholders of record February 26, 2010....
