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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...
Buy-outs and Railroad Retirement Benefits
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on July 29, 2009.) CHICAGO — Railroad employees frequently ask the Railroad Retirement Board how the acceptance of a buy-out from a railroad employer affects their future eligibility for benefits under the...
Amtrak Silver Star ridership declines
(The following story by Ted Jackovics appeared on The Tampa Tribune website on August 21, 2009.) TAMPA, Fla. — Ridership in June on Amtrak's Silver Star, which serves Tampa on its daily northbound and southbound New York-Miami runs, declined 12.8 percent compared with...
UP trail derails near Galveston, spills plastic pellets
(The following story by T.J. Aulds appeared on The Daily News website on August 24, 2009.) ALGOA, Texas — Railroad crews worked through the night Saturday and this morning to clean up a load of plastic pellets that spilled from a Union Pacific train that derailed....
Opinion: Amtrak’s Auto Train leaves driving in dust
(The following column by Kevin Wiatrowski appeared on the Tampa Tribune website on August 23, 2009.) TAMPA, Fla. — The day before my family and I boarded Amtrak's Auto Train in Lorton, Va., my friend Jeff Carter told me something that gave me pause. "The last time I...
UP’s coal line to Wyoming mines turns 25 years old
(The Associated Press circulated the following on August 23, 2009.) OMAHA, Neb. — One of Union Pacific's most productive and profitable rail lines is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. The Omaha-based railroad says it carried its first coal train out of...
CSX prepares major bridge, track projects in Ohio
(The following story by Rick Armon appeared on the Akron Beacon Journal website on August 22, 2009.) AKRON, Ohio — CSX Transportation Inc. will raise and remove bridges, and lower railroad tracks throughout Northeast Ohio starting next year as part of its $840 million...
Patriot Rail takes wraps off new Texas short line
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on August 21, 2009.) Patriot Rail Corp. has launched its sixth short line. The holding company recently obtained a long-term license agreement from the city of Temple, Texas, to provide switching and other...
Cleaning up at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach
(The following story by Ronald D. White appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on August 23, 2009.) LOS ANGELES — The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are so busy that they move more cargo than the next five largest U.S. ports combined. They're so efficient that...
Opinion: The bottom line on top-speed trains
(The following column by Eric A. Morris appeared on the New York Times website on August 24, 2009.) NEW YORK —Edward Glaeser and I have been writing about high-speed rail (HSR) over the past couple of weeks; he just finished his cost-benefit analysis of a hypothetical...
