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Railroad Retirement Board financial reports
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on July 3, 2009.) CHICAGO — The Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) is required by law to submit annual financial reports and triennial actuarial valuations to Congress on the financial condition of the railroad...
Passenger rail now reality at the Meadowlands
(The following appeared on the Newark Star-Ledger website on July 27, 2009.) NEWARK, N.J. — For the first time since Giants Stadium opened more than 30 years ago, thousands of fans took advantage of a new rail service yesterday to arrive at the Meadowlands Sports...
Lawyer hopes suit over 2007 CSX train derailment may become class action
(The following story by Patrick O’Donnell appeared on the Cleveland Plain Dealer website on July 25, 2009.) PAINESVILLE, Ohio — The lawsuit against the CSX railroad company for the train derailment and chemical explosion in a Painesville field in October 2007 might...
Union Pacific: Some idled rail cars back in service
(Dow Jones Newswires circulated the following story by Bob Sechler on July 23, 2009.) OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific Corp. (UNP) has begun returning to service some of the thousands of freight cars and locomotives that it idled in the slow economy, a sign of the...
Iowa optimistic that trains are in state’s future
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Nigel Duara on July 26, 2009.) IOWA CITY, Iowa — The days of the Corn Belt Rocket are long gone, but state officials and railroad supporters are optimistic that passenger trains could soon crisscross Iowa again....
LIRR campaign aims to stop ‘suicide by train’
(The following story by Alfonso A. Castillo appeared on the Newsday website on July 23, 2009.) NEW YORK — The Long Island Rail Road has launched a public campaign to directly address a tragic problem that for years was a taboo topic - suicide by train. LIRR president...
Florida’s own passenger rail plan is stalled
(The following story by Dave Hodges appeared on the Tallahassee Democrat website on July 26, 2009.) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A commuter rail line winding 61 miles through Central Florida, SunRail is the state's proposal for providing its own passenger service....
Rail service could return for Tallahassee residents under Amtrak proposal
(The following story by Dave Hodges appeared on the Tallahassee Democrat website on July 25, 2009.) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The train made perfect sense for Tallahassee retiree Shadow Hibbard’s regular trips to Arizona. “I go to Arizona and work on a Nature Conservancy...
Amtrak may return passenger service to South Florida’s most eastern tracks
(The following story by Michael Turnbell appeared on the South Florida Sun-Sentinel website on July 25, 2009.) FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — It's been 41 years since passenger trains last rolled down Henry Flagler's old railroad between West Palm Beach and Jacksonville. But...
Antitrust chief hits resistance in crackdown
(The following story by Stephen Labaton appeared on the New York Times website on July 26, 2009.) WASHINGTON — President Obama’s top antitrust official and some senior Democratic lawmakers are preparing to rein in a host of major industries, including airline and...
