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Longevity of Railroad Retirement Beneficiaries
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on December 1, 2009.) CHICAGO — Every three three years, the Railroad Retirement Board’s Chief Actuary conducts a study of the longevity of its annuitants, as part of a valuation of future revenues and benefit...
Longevity of Railroad Retirement Beneficiaries
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on December 1, 2009.) CHICAGO — Every three three years, the Railroad Retirement Board’s Chief Actuary conducts a study of the longevity of its annuitants, as part of a valuation of future revenues and benefit...
Year 2010 Railroad Retirement and Unemployment Insurance Taxes
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on December 1, 2009.) CHICAGO — The amounts of compensation subject to railroad retirement tier I and tier II payroll taxes and the tier I and tier II tax rates on employees and employers remain unchanged in...
Best passenger train trips for beginners in the U.S., Canada
(The following story by Daniel Machalaba appeared on the Wall Street Journal website on December 19, 2009.) NEW YORK — Claude Scales, a lawyer and blogger in Brooklyn, N.Y., dreams of traveling across the U.S or Canada by train. For now, he's settling for the...
Steel company sued over rail death in Plant City mill
(The following story by Shelley Rossetter appeared on the St. Petersburg Times website on December 19, 2009.) TAMPA — A national steel company with a location in Plant City was sued last week by the wife of a former employee who died while on the job. Micah Gilbert...
Editorial: Narrow rules are no excuse to withhold rail money
(The following editorial appeared on the Boston Globe website on December 21, 2009.) BOSTON — The Federal Railroad Administration says it was just following the law in requiring a major environmental review before Amtrak can seek money for improvements on its...
Study shows interest in reviving Amtrak route through Yakima
(The following story by Leah Beth Ward appeared on the Yakima Herald-Republic website on December 18, 2009.) YAKIMA, Wash. — A new study by Amtrak has found that reviving an old route between Chicago and Seattle -- including a stop in Yakima -- would be popular with...
Vermont travelers ride rails for holidays
(The following story by Matt Ryan appeared on The Burlington Free Press website on December 21, 2009.) ESSEX JUNCTION, Vt. — Champlain College sophomore Rodney Van Deusen usually flies home to Connecticut, but Sunday morning he decided to ride the rails. Van Deusen,...
CSX to speed up work for double-stack trains on its National Gateway project
(The following story by James E. Casto appeared on The State Journal website on December 17, 2009.) HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — With a goal of speeding freight between East Coast ports and the Midwest, CSX Transportation has undertaken what it calls the National Gateway...
BNSF derailment stops Amtrak trips in Ill., Mo.
(The following story by Bev Darr appeared on the Hannibal Courier-Post website on December 21, 2009.) HANNIBAL, Mo. — As many travelers were stranded in airports closed by the weekend’s blizzard, hundreds of travelers closer to Hannibal also had an unexpected change...
