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AAR: Rail traffic continues to reflect the down economy
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following on August 14, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads today reported that rail traffic continues to reflect the down economy. For the week ended Aug. 8, 2009, U.S. railroads reported...
A look at deaths on US railroads
(The Associated Press circulated the following on August 13, 2009.) — Around 800 people died in collisions with trains in 2008, or an average of about two people a day. — Deaths in train-vehicle crashes fell to about 290 in 2008 from more than 1,000 a year in the...
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...
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...
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...
NS train cars derail at TVA’s Kingston ash-spill site; no injuries
(The following appeared on the Knoxville News-Sentinel website on August 13, 2009.) KINGSTON, Tenn. — A road was reopened this morning after two empty rail cars derailed near TVA’s Kingston Fossil Plant ash-spill site Wednesday night. Swan Pond Road reopened about...
County signs paperwork to acquire CSX line
(The following story by Eric Smith appeared on The Daily News website on August 13, 2009.) MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Shelby County Mayor A C Wharton Jr. was all smiles Wednesday afternoon as he signed the paperwork transferring the old CSX railroad line from the railroad to...
Amtrak routes now part of Google Transit
(The following appeared on the Albany Times-Union website on August 13, 2009.) ALBANY, N.Y. — The Google Transit program, which lets users map their routes to a destination using public transportation, now incorporates five Amtrak routes, including two through the...
Norfolk Southern line reopens after minor derailment
(The following appeared on the Huntsville Times website on August 13, 2009.) HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Norfolk Southern reopened its rail line through Huntsville about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday after the derailment of nine boxcars 12 hours earlier closed the line. No one was...
Track being upgraded for Pan Am’s Patriot Corridor
(The following story by Keith Whitcomb Jr. appeared on the Bennington Banner website on August 13, 2009.) POWNAL, Vt. — Work being done on the railroad tracks along Route 346 is part of a larger effort by Pan Am Railways to create the "Patriot Corridor" which would...
