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Wisconsin lawmakers OK no-bid, $47M rail contract
(The Associated Press circulated the following on August 4, 2009.) MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin lawmakers on Tuesday approved a $47 million no-bid contract to buy two passenger trains from a Spanish company under a plan to jump-start high-speed rail service in the state....
Amtrak Pere Marquette service celebrates 25th year
(The Associated Press circulated the following on August 5, 2009.) GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Amtrak is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its Pere Marquette service between Grand Rapids and Chicago with a special run. Events are planned at stations in Grand Rapids,...
Momentum still building in Central Canada for high-speed rail
(Canwest News Service circulated the following story by Mike De Souza on August 5, 2009.) WINDSOR — A train trip from downtown Montreal to downtown Toronto, with a stop in the nation's capital, in two hours and 18 minutes is a far cry from the options travellers...
Minnesota officials seek $50 million to fund study of high-speed rail line
(The following story by Mark Sommerhauser appeared on the Winona Daily News website on August 4, 2009.) WINONA, Minn. — Minnesota officials want $50 million in federal funds to design a high-speed rail line that may go through Winona en route from the Twin Cities to...
Railroad projects gain steam across Chicago area
(The following story by Richard Wronski appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on August 5, 2009.) CHICAGO — A motorist often needs two hours to travel from one end of the Chicago area to the other, but it can take two days for a freight train, slowed by a...
UP reaches six-month high for southern PRB coal loadings in July
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on August 4, 2009.) Last month, Union Pacific Railroad loaded 1,013 coal trains in the southern Powder River Basin (SPRB) — the most since January. However, train loadings dropped 14 percent compared with...
MRL workers in Laurel-Billings area on emergency furlough while tunnel is repaired
(The following story by Ed Kemmick appeared on The Billings Gazette website on August 4, 2009.) BILLINGS, Mont. — About 90 Montana Rail Link employees in the Laurel-Billings area are on emergency furlough because of the slowdown in train traffic caused by a tunnel...
Trumka vows tougher labor politics
(The following story by Jonathan Martin and Jeanne Cummings appeared at Politico.com on August 3, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Richard Trumka admits that unions were outmaneuvered on a key element of the Employee Free Choice Act — a bill making it easier for workers to...
Amtrak IG’s severance raises questions
(The following story by Eamon Javers appeared on Politico.com on August 5, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The strange story of the sacking of Amtrak’s inspector general is getting even stranger. When Fred Weiderhold Jr. suddenly retired this summer, POLITICO has learned,...
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...
