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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...
Shades of 1950: Phillies arrive in New York by train for World Series
(The following story by David Waldstein appeared on the New York Times website on October 27, 2009.) NEW YORK — Evoking a bygone era when rail travel was the main mode of transportation in baseball, the Philadelphia Phillies rolled into Penn Station on a chartered...
Editorial: Amtrak service through Bismarck-Mandan is wishful thinking
(The following editorial appeared on the Bismarck Tribune website on October 27, 2009.) BISMARCK, N.D. — Having passenger service for Bismarck-Mandan -- connecting to Dickinson, Glendive, Billings and Seattle to the west and Fargo, Minneapolis and Chicago to the east...
STB: NS is only “revenue adequate” Class I
(The following story by Leo King appeared on the Jacksonville Business Examiner website on October 26, 2009.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Only Norfolk Southern is “revenue adequate,” the Surface Transportation Board reported today. In a press release the STB stated,...
Union Pacific freight derails west of Elko
(The following appeared on the Reno Gazette-Journal website on October 27, 2009.) RENO, Nevada — Humboldt County officials are investigating the Monday morning derailment of a 9,000-foot Union Pacific freight train about 100 miles west of Elko. No injuries or...
Detroit-Chicago Amtrak train will stop in New Buffalo
(The following story by Ellen Creager appeared on the Detroit Free Press website on October 27, 2009.) DETROIT — New Buffalo in western Michigan has a new waterfront train station and new connections with Amtrak. Starting today, the Wolverine 355 and 354 trains...
Amtrak stops Redding to Medford bus service
(The Associated Press circulated the following on October 26, 2009.) REDDING, Calif. — Amtrak California has canceled its bus route from Redding to Southern Oregon because of low ridership. The canceled route is part of Amtrak California's Thruway bus service, which...
Railroads companies shares mixed at the close of trading
(The Associated Press circulated the following on October 26, 2009.) NEW YORK — Shares of some top railroads companies were mixed at the close of trading: Burlington Northern fell $.25 or .3 percent, to $78.87. CSX rose $.21 or .5 percent, to $43.53. Canadian National...
SEPTA, TWU officials meet for talks
(The following story by Paul Nussbaum appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on October 27, 2009.) PHILADELPHIA — Negotiators for SEPTA and its largest union met yesterday in an Old City hotel to try to prevent a strike that could halt bus, subway and trolley...
Amtrak, Congress in stalemate over guns on trains
(The following story by Brian Montopoli appeared at CBSNews.com on October 26, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Earlier this year, Mississippi Republican Sen. Roger Wicker attached an amendment to the Senate transportation bill mandating that Amtrak allow passengers to check...
