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Michigan seeks $830 million to upgrade rails
(The following story by Chris Christoff appeared on the Detroit Free Press website on September 20, 2009.) DETROIT, Mich. — Fikre and Lakisha Prince of Detroit chose to take a train for their Chicago getaway -- their first train trip. At $58 each round-trip, they saw...
Opinion: Will Amtrak return to southern Idaho?
(The following column by Tim Woodward appeared on the Idaho Statesman website on September 20, 2009.) BOISE, Idaho — Restoring Amtrak's Pioneer train that once rolled through Boise would be expensive, but money well spent for communities across southern Idaho. A...
Amtrak study reviews Oregon, Idaho routes
(The following appeared on The East Oregonian website on September 20, 2009.) PORTLAND, Ore. — The four options in a long-awaited preliminary report on restoring the Amtrak Pioneer route include restarting rail passenger service to Eastern Oregon and Southern Idaho....
Big subsidies needed to restore Amtrak service to Idaho
(The following story by Erika Bolsgtad appeared on the Idaho Statesman website on September 19, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The train service through Idaho and neighboring states that stopped 12 years ago could be running within four years, say consultants asked by...
Lawsuit threat got Amtrak to disclose
(The following story by Paul Nussbaum appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on September 21, 2009.) PHILADELPHIA — Amtrak resisted for more than a year before making its bridge-inspection information public and yielded only when threatened with a federal...
Amtrak bridges troubled
(The following story by Paul Nussbaum appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on September 20, 2009.) PHILADELPHIA — The massive rail bridges over 52d Street in West Philadelphia are a portrait of neglect. Trees grow from their ramparts, water weeps through...
U.S. Class I workforce returns to shrinking ways in August
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on September 18, 2009.) After increasing in size a bit from June to July, the U.S. Class I workforce shrunk a tad from July to August. As of mid-August, the workforce stood at 150,064, down 0.2 percent...
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 spouse benefits
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on September 1, 2009.) CHICAGO — In addition to the retirement annuities payable to employees, the Railroad Retirement Act, like the Social Security Act, also provides annuities for the spouses of retired...
NS whistle-stop train delivers safety training to emergency responders in New York, Ohio, and West Virginia
(Norfolk Southern issued the following on September 17, 2009.) NORFOLK, Va. — A special train will travel to New York, Ohio, and West Virginia Sept. 22-26 to provide emergency preparedness training to first responders as part of the 2009 Norfolk Southern TRANSCAER...
