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Underprivileged kids ride rails on BNSF Santa Claus Express
(The following story by Darrell R. Santschi appeared on the Press-Enterprise website on December 20, 2009. Rudy Borrego is Local Chairman of BLET Division 662 in Los Angeles, Calif.) RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Four hundred underprivileged Inland children and their parents...
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...
CP Rail Holiday Train spreads cheer through Minot
(The following story by Dan Feldner appeared on the Minot Daily News website on December 18, 2009.) MINOT, N.D. — The Canadian Pacific Holiday Train rolled into Minot Thursday night at the Main Street crossing, bringing not only flashing lights and thumping music, but...
Niantic bridge replacement will take 3 years
(The following story by Amy Renczkowski appeared on The Day website on December 17, 2009.) EAST LYME, Conn. — Amtrak told local and state officials Thursday that replacing the Niantic River bridge will take three years and work on the much smaller Miamicock Bridge...
Airline unions ask House panel for changes in bankruptcy law
(The following story by Sholnn Freeman appeared on the Washington Post website on December 17, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A group of unions representing airline workers is seeking changes to U.S. bankruptcy laws that would make it harder for airlines to scrap labor...
Alliance pushes high-speed train corridor through Las Vegas
(The following story by Richard N. Velotta appeared on the Las Vegas Sun website on December 18, 2009.) LAS VEGAS — A newly created alliance of local transit agencies will try to persuade federal authorities that stimulus money should be used on high-speed rail...
Opinion: Some Amtrak passengers to travel in lock boxes?
(The following column by Chad Pergram appeared at FoxNews.com on December 16, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Harry Houdini made a career escaping from locked boxes. So did David Copperfield and Doug Henning. And now you can add Amtrak passengers packing heat in their...
Railroad shares down at the close of Dec. 17 trading
(The Associated Press circulated the following on December 17, 2009.) NEW YORK — Shares of some top railroads companies were down at the close of trading: Burlington Northern fell $.07 or .1 percent, to $98.40. CSX fell $1.36 or 2.7 percent, to $48.46. Canadian...
Rail regulatory overhaul clears Senate panel
(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on December 17, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A landmark revamping of federal rail regulations cleared the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, but some tough issues...
