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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...
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...
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...
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...
KCS mines traffic from Mexican intermodal corridor
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on October 28, 2009.) Kansas City Southern’s newly rehabilitated Victoria-to-Rosenberg, Texas, line and new international intermodal service already are generating traffic in a corridor between Houston and...
Editorial: Minnesota region needs a commuter rail plan
(The following editorial appeared on the West Central Tribune website on October 29, 2009.) WILLMAR, Minn. — Another step in the long development road of returning commuter rail to the Willmar-Twin Cities corridor occurred Wednesday night. A coalition of local, state...
UP, CSXT introduce joint ‘RailChem Connect’ service
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on October 28, 2009.) A day after Union Pacific Railroad announced it launched an expedited chemical service with Norfolk Southern Railway, the Class I said it formed a new expedited chemical service with...
Northstar Line ready to roll: All aboard!
(The following story by Paul Levy appeared on The Minneapolis Star Tribune website on October 28, 2009.) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Gliding out of Big Lake at 79 miles per hour and avoiding rush-hour traffic as it approaches Target Field, the Northstar commuter rail line is...
Jury awards $1.3 million in Union Pacific sexual discrimination case
(The following story by Diane Stafford appeared on the Kansas City Star website on October 29, 2009.) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A jury on Wednesday awarded more than $1.3 million in a sex discrimination and retaliation case brought against Union Pacific Railroad in Kansas...
Norfolk Southern’s profit slides as traffic remains slow
(The following story by Robert McCabe appeared on The Virginian-Pilot website on October 28, 2009.) NORFOLK, Va. — Reflecting the continuing strain of the recession, Norfolk Southern Corp. announced Tuesday that its profit for the July-through-September quarter...
