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Via Rail Canada on strike
(The Associated Press circulated the following on July 24, 2009.) TORONTO — Locomotive engineers at Via Rail Canada are on strike, shutting down the bulk of the national passenger-rail service across Canada. The union representing 340 engineers say workers walked off...
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...
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...
Amtrak report offers three routes to restore service
(The following story by Jay Felsberg appeared at EmeralcCoast.com on July 22, 2009.) CRESVIEW, Fla. — Amtrak service for Crestview ended in 2005 when the Sunset Limited was suspended east of New Orleans due to damage from Hurricane Katrina and the costs associated...
NTSB issues update on investigation into San Francisco municipal light rail collision
(The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following on July 22, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In its continuing investigation of the collision between two San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) light rail trains on Saturday, injuring more than 40...
Opinion: Mousse, Chardonnay at 83 mph give Amtrak’s Acela edge
(Bloomberg News circulated the following column by Jim O’Connell on July 23, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — It started as a review of the fastest U.S. restaurant on land: the first-class cabin on Amtrak’s high-speed Acela train. It ended with shouting, a threatened arrest...
Special UP train focuses on rail safety enforcement
(Union Pacific issued the following on July 21, 2009.) Denver, Colo. — There is no such thing as luck when it comes to trying to beat a train. Federal Railroad Administration statistics attribute nearly 2,400 crashes every year to driver behavior, which often involves...
Passenger rail service may return to Greeley as Amtrak looks at bringing back route
(The following story by Nate A. Miller appeared on the Greeley Tribune website on July 23, 2009.) GREELEY, Colo. — Passenger rail service may make a comeback in Greeley after a 12-year absence. Amtrak is in the process of compiling a report to determine the...
BNSF looks to Edgerton after Gardner vote
(The following story by Elvyn Jones appeared on the De Soto Explorer website on July 22, 2009.) DE SOTO, Kan. — Earlier this year in a farsighted move, the Edgerton City Council hired the community’s first city administrator so that it could take advantage of...
N.Y. town plans to ticket stopped CSX trains
(The following story by Matt Akins appeared on the Watertown Daily News website on July 23, 2009.) NORWOOD, N.Y. — Village officials say local law enforcement is prepared to ticket the engineers of CSX trains if they continue to stop the trains in the middle of the...
