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Norfolk hub to have berms near school
(The following story by Michael Tomberlin appeared on the Birmingham News website on August 18, 2009.) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Preliminary designs of Norfolk Southern's $112 million cargo-loading rail hub call for 15-foot berms next to McAdory Elementary School and a...
Opponents of McCalla rail project jam Norfolk Southern meeting
(The following story by Michael Tomberlin appeared on the Birmingham News website on August 18, 2009.) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — More than 300 residents packed into the Bessemer Civic Center today seeking answers from Norfolk Southern at the railroad's first public meeting...
U.S. agencies team up with Mexican authorities to thwart drug, weapon smuggling
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on August 18, 2009.) The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), other federal agencies and the Mexican government recently agreed to develop a coordinated and intelligence-driven response to...
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...
Bagpiper practices along the railroad tracks
(The following story by Vik Jolly appeared on The Orange County Register website on August 18, 2009.) IRVINE, Calif. — If you listened closely, the notes from Ralph Bates' bagpipes could be heard in the distance from the Irvine Transportation Center. The lone man cut...
Old Texas rail tunnel home to millions of bats
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Michael Graczyk on August 15, 2009.) FREDERICKSBURG, Texas — When the sunlight begins to fade at the ends of an abandoned Texas railroad tunnel as long as a football field, up to three million inhabitants begin...
The Pioneer Zephyr: It changed the way everyone viewed railway travel
(The following appeared at AutoSpeed.com on August 18, 2009.) The debut in 1934 of the Pioneer Zephyr was one of the turning points in railroad travel. For underneath the Zephyr’s brilliant silver exterior lay a revolutionary two-cycle diesel engine that would soon...
Train officials promote crossing, pedestrian safety
(The following story by Joyce Lobeck appeared on the Yuma Sun website on August 17, 2009.) YUMA, Ariz. — Union Pacific officials were in Yuma Monday morning with a message: Don't try to beat an oncoming train. That could be a fatal error in judgment, noted Jorge...
UP train derailment causes fuel spill in NW Houston
(The following report appeared on the Houston Chronicle website on August 17, 2009.) HOUSTON — Crews worked overnight to clean up a diesel fuel spill resulting from a train derailment in northwest Houston. The spill happened around 8 p.m. Sunday when a slow-moving...
