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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...
BNSF freight train derails on main line near Gillette
(The Associated Press circulated the following on December 9, 2009.) GILLETTE, Wyo. — A freight train has derailed 35 miles east of Gillette on a heavily traveled stretch of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad. No one was injured in the derailment which occurred...
Union Pacific names several to new assignments
(Union Pacific issued the following on December 9, 2009.) OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific today announced several executive assignments effective January 1, 2010: * Dennis J. Duffy, currently executive vice president - Operations, will become vice chairman - Operations of...
Snow plow driver killed in collision with CP Rail train
(The following story by Paul Post appeared on The Saratogian website on December 10, 2009.) GANSEVOORT, N.Y. — Winter’s first major snowstorm resulted in tragedy on Wednesday when a town of Northumberland employee was killed when the snow plow he was riding in...
CN signs voluntary mitigation agreement with Village of Plainfield, Ill.
(CN issued the following on December 9, 2009.) CHICAGO — CN announced today it has reached a voluntary mitigation agreement (VMA) with the Village of Plainfield, Ill., located 35 miles southwest of Chicago, addressing the municipality’s environmental issues with CN’s...
NJ Transit awards tunnel contract amid protests
(The following story by Larry Higgs appeared on the Asbury Park Press website on December 10, 2009.) NEWARK, N.J. — The first of three tunnel-drilling contracts for the second Hudson River rail tunnel, which would begin work under the streets of Manhattan, was awarded...
Illinois officials reach high-speed rail agreement with Springfield
(The following story by Kurt Erickson appeared on the Bloomington Pantagraph website on December 9, 2009.) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — State and local officials say they've removed a potentially troublesome roadblock in Illinois' bid for high-speed passenger rail service. The...
UP’s coal train loadings lag again in November
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on December 9, 2009.) In November, Union Pacific Railroad loaded 939 coal trains in the Powder River Basin (PRB) vs. 1,141 trains in November 2008. The Class I also loaded 245 coal trains in the...
Report: Berkshire to be sued over BNSF purchase
(The following report by Mark B. Solomon appeared on the DC Velocity website on December 9, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A class-action lawsuit is being readied challenging Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s proposed $100 a share, $44 billion acquisition of the Burlington...
Canada calls for warnings at steep rail crossings
(Canwest News Service circulated the following story by Dean Tester on December 9, 2009.) OTTAWA — The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has called for national standards to prevent collisions at steep railway crossings, in a report released Wednesday. The report...
