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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...
Opinion: NJ Transit on right track in serving Shore-area residents
(The following column by Richard Sarles appeared on the Asbury Park Press website on August 18, 2009. H is executive director of NJ Transit.) ASBURY PARK, N.J. — NJ Transit agrees that more transit service for Monmouth and Ocean counties would continue a positive...
North Charleston vs. CSX, Round 2
(The following story by Schuyler Kropf appeared on The Post and Courier website on August 19, 2009.) CHARLESTON, S.C. — North Charleston's feud with the CSX railroad line got a little hotter this week when an employee cited during a sign-removal dispute last month...
Federal decision leaves SEPTA short of cash
(The following story by Paul Nussbaum appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on August 19, 2009.) PHILADELPHIA — After two years of prosperity, SEPTA officials are returning to a familiar lament: We need more money. Without income that was expected from new...
Canadian Pacific downgraded at National Bank
(The following story by Scott Deveau appeared on the National Post website on August 18, 2009.) OTTAWA — Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. was downgraded Tuesday to a “sector perform” by David Newman, National Bank Financial analyst, after a recent run-up in its stock...
Watco launches Alabama Warrior line
(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on August 18, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Short line operator Watco Transportation Services got its new Alabama Warrior Railway in operation this month in and around Birmingham, Ala. The...
Menlo Park resident sues Caltrain, California High-Speed Rail Authority to stop bullet trains
(The following story by Jessica Bernstein-Wax appeared on the San Jose Mercury-News website on August 18, 2009.) SAN JOSE, Calif. — A Menlo Park resident has sued the California High-Speed Rail Authority and Caltrain, alleging that the two cannot retrofit existing...
Amtrak service on the horizon for St. Augustine, Fla.
(The following story by Peter Guinta appeared on the St. Augustine Record website on August 18, 2009.) ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — Perhaps you want to see Fort Lauderdale or Miami without driving on the 12-lane madhouse that's Interstate 95. Or perhaps you want to sit...
Group tries to build steam for Orlando-Tampa rail link
(The following story by Dan Tracy appeared on the Orlando Sentinel website on August 19, 2009.) ORLANDO, Fla. — A group of Central and South Florida business, political and civic leaders are banding together to lobby the federal government for $2.5 billion to build a...
Study to analyze Lamar freight corridor
(The following story by Eric Smith appeared on The Daily News website on August 19, 2009.) MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Thanks to an expanded BNSF Railway Co. intermodal terminal, direct access to the Southeastern U.S. and the bulk of the city’s warehouses and distribution...
