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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...
Mooning student gets bum’s rush from train
(The following appeared at Canada.com on October 12, 2009.) A German man mooning at railway staff in a departing train got his trousers caught in a carriage door and ended up being dragged half naked along the platform, out of the station and onto the tracks. The...
Ohio steam railroad museum to sell its trains
(The following story by Malcolm Hall appeared on the Canton Repository website on October 12, 2009.) MINERVA, Ohio — Hulking train cars, which once were among the village’s tourist attractions, likely will be sold later this week. Yielding to the rising cost of...
“Father of the railways” Stephenson remembered on the 150th anniversary of his death
(The following story by Nicola Fifield appeared on the York Press website on October 13, 2009.) YORK — A legendary train engineer was remembered at York’s National Railway Museum as visitors marked the 150th anniversary of his death by learning more about his life....
Historic Baltimore train viaduct showing signs of age
(The following story by Arthur Hirsch appeared on the Baltimore Sun website on October 13, 2009.) BALTIMORE, Md. — The stone bridge project left several laborers dead and injured, Patapsco River floods occasionally stopped the work and once a trestle collapsed,...
Lives depend on observing caution when crossing rails
(The following story by April Diodato appeared on the Dunkirk Observer website on October 13, 2009.) POMFRET, N.Y. — The utmost importance of heeding warnings at a railroad crossing has been underscored by the fatal accident that took the lives of three Dunkirk men on...
Victims in train accident may have thought gates malfunctioned
(The following story by Gene Warner appeared on the Buffalo News website on October 12, 2009.) BUFFALO, N.Y. — A mistaken assumption -- that the crossing gates and warning lights were malfunctioning at a Chautauqua County railroad crossing -- may have led to the...
Are noisy CN/EJ&E trains derailing lives?
(The following story by Amy Lee appeared on the Southtown Star website on October 13, 2009.) CHICAGO — An influx of nighttime train traffic on the old Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Co. tracks has Ken Kemp questioning his sanity. "We're all going crazy. It startles...
Norfolk Southern offers text message alerts on rail car shipments
(Norfolk Southern issued the following on October 12, 2009.) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern customers now can receive text messages notifying them of the status of shipments with Railcar Event Alerts. Using a simple application on the company’s e-commerce site,...
Police arrest Oklahoma City man after fake bombs found at railroad
(The following story by Michael Kimball appeared at NewsOK.com on October 13, 2009.) OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — Police arrested Chadwick Everett Baker, 33, in connection with a bomb hoax Sunday evening near railroad tracks in south Oklahoma City, a spokesman said. Local,...
