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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...
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...
Canadian Pacific Holiday Train coming to Minot
(The following story by Dan Feldner appeared on the Minot Daily News website on December 11, 2009.) MINOT, N.D. — The 2009 Canadian Pacific Holiday Train is fast approaching and promises another night of festive family fun, even if the temperatures stay well below...
Yet another SUV swiped from NYS&W delivery lot
(The following appeared on the Hudson Reporter website on December 10, 2009.) HOBOKEN, N.J. — Since July, nine Mercedes-Benz SUVs have been stolen from North Bergen railroad parking lot, where they are kept after a train drops them off to be delivered to a dealership....
CP Rail police union ratifies three-year contract
(Reuters circulated the following on December 10, 2009.) OTTAWA — Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd (CP.TO) (CP.N) said on Thursday its unionized railway police have ratified a new three-year labor contract. The agreement with Canada's second-biggest railroad provides a...
Editorial: Governor, Legislature put rail squarely in Florida’s future
(The following editorial appeared on the Miami Herald website on December 11,2 009.) MIAMI, Fla. — Leadership won the day in Tallahassee with Tuesday's passage of the rail funding bill. That leadership will keep Florida in the running for $2.5 billion in federal...
BNSF says lives weren’t worth $6 million each
(The following story by Paul Levy appeared on the Star Tribune website on December 10, 2009.) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Did an Anoka County court overestimate the value of four young people's lives lost in a 2003 car-train crash when a jury awarded the surviving families...
Residents question CSX creosote plans
(The following story by Karen Nelson appeared on the Sun Herald website on December 11, 2009.) BILOXI, Miss. — CSX railroad presented maps and drawings at a public hearing Thursday night to show how the company proposes to contain creosote in the sediment near the...
Via rail cars moving again between Edmonton, Winnipeg after derailment
(The Canadian Press circulated the following on December 10, 2009.) EDMONTON — Via Rail is getting its cars back on track after a train derailment in Saskatchewan stranded some of its passengers. The company says service has been restored between Edmonton and Winnipeg...
UP train car derails in Colorado, falls 25 feet to road
(The Associated Press circulated the following on December 10, 2009.) GOLDEN, Colo. — A freight train derailed near the foothills west of Denver on Thursday, sending one rail car down to the highway about 25 feet below. There are no reports of injuries. The 94-car...
