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2009 Railroad Retirement Board Informational Conferences
CHICAGO — The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board holds free information conferences for railroaders. Conference registration begins at 8 a.m., with the programs beginning promptly at 8:30 a.m. and ending at 12:30 p.m. The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board holds free...
Railroad Retirement and survivor benefits
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on October 7, 2009.) CHICAGO — Monthly benefits may be payable under the Railroad Retirement Act to the surviving widow(er), children, and certain other dependents of a railroad employee if the employee was...
RRB: Medicare Part B Premiums for 2010
(The Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on October 27, 2009.) CHICAGO — The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has announced that the standard monthly Part B premium will be $110.50 in 2010. However, most Medicare beneficiaries will not see an...
No Railroad Retirement benefit increase in 2010; Most retiree earnings limits remain at 2009 levels
(The Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on October 16, 2009.) CHICAGO — Railroad retirement annuities, like social security benefits, will not increase in January 2010 as there was no increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) from the third quarter of...
Portland’s steam locomotives will get new $3.5 million home
(The following story by Mark Larabee appeared on The Oregonian website on November 1, 2009.) PORTLAND, Ore. — It's musty, cold and damp inside the old Brooklyn Roundhouse in the Southeast Portland rail yards. The roof leaks, metal scrap is everywhere and the smell of...
Amtrak makes fewer trips to Glenwood Springs in last year
(The following story by John Stroud appeared on the Post Independent website on November 1, 2009.) GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. — About 7,100 fewer people were destined for Glenwood Springs via Amtrak for the fiscal year just ended, according to Amtrak regional officials....
Pittsburgh councilman pushes north-south city rail system
(The following story by Diana Nelson Jones appeared on the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette website on November 2, 2009.) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — It usually takes 20 to 30 minutes to drive to Carnegie Mellon University from the former LTV site in Hazelwood. That commute could take...
No injuries reported in Northbrook as freight trains collide
(The following story by Todd Shields appeared on the Northbrook Star website on November 1, 2009.) CHICAGO — Under a full autumn moon, freight car trains lay splayed and crushed early Sunday night on both sides of Shermer Road in Northbrook near the Glenview border....
Amtrak ridership, on-time performance on the rise
(The following story by Mike Elswick appeared on the Longview News-Journal website on November 1, 2009.) LONGVIEW, Texas — Robin Burns said a recent jaunt to Dallas on Amtrak's Texas Eagle offered her a pleasant surprise. "I was really shocked at the affordability,"...
Safe Crossing Week in the U.S. teaches lifesaving skills to children about trains and railroad crossings
(CN issued the following on November 2, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — With unintentional injuries as the leading cause of death and disability for children ages 1 to 14 in the United States, Safe Kids USA and CN, one of the largest railroads in North America, are working...
