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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...
Logjam removed after cleanup pause
(The following story by JJ Velasquez appeared on the Victoria Advocate website on October 21, 2009.) VICTORIA, Texas — A 500-yard-long logjam on the San Antonio River at the Victoria-Refugio county line has been removed, and water is now flowing downstream, Raquel...
Union Pacific defends chamber chief Tom Donohue
(The following story by Joe Ruff appeared on the Omaha World-Herald website on October 21, 2009.) OMAHA, Neb. — An environmental group has questioned whether U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Thomas Donohue can serve on the board of Union Pacific Corp. and fairly...
BNSF’s Kansas training center sets high-water mark for engineer evaluations
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on October 21, 2009.) BNSF Railway Co.’s Technical Training Center in Overland Park, Kan., reached a new locomotive engineer training milestone earlier this month. On Oct. 8, the facility trained and...
Metra wants to raise one-way, weekend fares
(The following story by Richard Wronski, Angie Leventis Lourgos and Rick Pearson appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on October 17, 2009.) CHICAGO — As Metra unveiled plans Friday to raise some of its commuter rail fares, Gov. Pat Quinn indicated that he supports...
Heavy hitters discuss factors around future trade, transportation
(The following story by David Chapman appeared on the Jacksonville Daily Record website on October 21, 2009.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Members of the public and private sector received a peek into the present and future of trade and transportation Tuesday from officials...
Study supports new Metra line to southeast Chicago suburbs
(The following story by Lynda Hemmerling appeared on the Southtown Star website on October 22, 2009.) CHICAGO — A recent study by the SouthEast Commuter Rail Development Board confirms what Crete Mayor Michael Einhorn said he's known for years - that commuter rail...
Editorial: The future of Florida’s high-speed rail rests with its Legislature
(The following editorial appeared on the Orlando Sentinel website on October 21, 2009.) ORLANDO, Fla. — SunRail's back on track. Now it's a question of whether it gets where it needs to go. Gov. Charlie Crist and Senate President Jeff Atwater helped right the project...
CN orders 70 new high-horsepower locomotives from GE and EMD
(CN issued the following on October 21, 2009.) MONTREAL — CN announced today orders for 70 new high-horsepower locomotives from GE Transportation, a unit of General Electric Co. (GE), and Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc. (EMD). CN will acquire 35 ES44DC locomotives from GE...
Judge finds BNSF railroad guilty of misconduct
(The following story by Mandy Moran Froemming appeared on the Coon Rapids Herald website on October 21, 2009.) COON RAPIDS, Minn. — Last week’s court ruling found that Burlington- Northern Santa Fe Railroad manipulated evidence in an attempt to cover up its role in a...
