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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...
UP reminds farmers to be careful near tracks
(The Associated Press circulated the following on August 17, 2009.) OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific wants to make sure farmers and other agricultural workers are careful around railroad tracks during harvest. UP public safety manager Bob Resch says the reminder is...
Driver ignores crossing arms, dies on tracks
(The following story by Kat Bergeron appeared on the Sun Herald website on August 17, 2009.) GULFPORT, Miss. — A 19-year-old driver who ignored warning bells and lowered railroad crossing arms got stuck between the arms, then was struck and killed Saturday night by a...
Train engineers traumatized by fatal collisions
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Michael Tarm on August 13, 2009. Charles R. Lough Jr. is a member of BLET Division 131 in Chicago. Vallorie O’Neil is a member of BLET Division 815 in Blue Island, Ill. Mike Bihun is a member of BLET Division 294...
Rail authority stands with landowners in DM&E dispute
(The following story by Gretta Becay appeared on the Post-Bulletin website on August 14, 2009.) ROCHESTER, Minn. — Landowners in Dodge County have found a government entity to stand with them against a proposed rail bypass: the Dodge County Regional Rail Authority. In...
Could Amtrak be on track to return to Montgomery?
(The following story by Jill Nolin appeared on the Montgomery Advertiser website on August 16, 2009.) MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The 21,100-mile web of Amtrak rails run to more than 500 destinations in 46 states -- and the Montgomery area would like to be one them. Local and...
Via Rail engine catches fire near Ottawa; passengers evacuated
(The Canadian Press circulated the following on August 17, 2009.) OTTAWA — About 300 people have to trek through the bush Sunday night when a fire broke out on a Via Rail passenger train near Ottawa. Police and firefighters were called to where the train stopped near...
Montreal, Maine & Atlantic mulls plan to abandon or sell Maine lines
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on August 14, 2009.) The Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway Ltd. (MMA) recently filed documents with the Surface Transportation Board seeking approval to sell or abandon about half its trackage in the...
Amtrak delays study on Ohio passenger train
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Matt Leingang on August 14, 2009.) COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Amtrak study on restoring passenger train service among Ohio's major cities will be delayed two weeks until mid-September, giving the state a tighter...
