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RRB issuing statements of service
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on May 14, 2009.) CHICAGO — Each year, the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) prepares a “Certificate of Service Months and Compensation” (Form BA-6) for every railroad employee who received creditable...
2009 Railroad Retirement Board Informational Conferences
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. June 19, 2009 Tinley Park, Ill. Holiday Inn Select Hotel and...
Opinion: Empire Builder Ride always special
(The following column by Tom Hintgen appeared on The Daily Journal website on June 8, 2009.) FERGUS FALLS, Minn. — Long before the days of Amtrak, I enjoyed traveling along railroad tracks aboard the Empire Builder passenger train. In 1971 Amtrak assumed operations of...
Pocono rail link clears EPA hurdle
(The following article appeared at PoconoNews.net on June 9, 2009.) PITTSTON, Pa. – A plan to restore commuter rail service between the Poconos and New York City has a favorable ruling from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA issued a Finding of No...
Railroad lawsuit against Missouri town continues
(The following appeared on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch website on June 8, 2009.) ST. LOUIS, Mo. — The question remains over what agency is responsible for a 2008 train accident in which a locomotive slammed into a bulldozer parked on a pair of Collinsville rail...
Opinion: Railroad stocks on a faster track
(The following column appeared at MoneyShow.com on June 9, 2009.) Bellwether Canadian carrier CN Railway is looking good, if not quite as good as Burlington Northern, writes Tom Slee in the Internet Wealth Builder. Canadian National Railway (TSX: CNR, NYSE: CNI) is...
Work to start on $8.7 billion NY-NJ tunnel
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Victor Epstein on June 8, 2009.) NORTH BERGEN, N.J. — Construction began Monday on the nation's largest transportation project, an $8.7 billion tunnel that's expected to double the number of rail commuters it can...
San Antonio firefighter academy receives 196-ton gift from railroad
(The following story by Matt Woolbright appeared on the San Antonio Express-News website on June 8, 2009.) SAN ANTONIO, Texas — A 392,000-pound gift to the San Antonio Fire Department’s training academy was hoisted onto a 138-wheel flatbed trailer Monday and driven...
Payout reversed in Castle Rock train wreck that injured teen
(The following story by Joey Bunch appeared on The Denver Post website on June 8, 2009.) DENVER, Colo. — The Union Pacific Railroad will get a new trial to bring up the role a 16-year-old girl and her boyfriend might have played when her stalled car was hit in a...
Federal Railroad Administrator: Who is Joe Szabo?
(The following story by Noel Brinkerhoff appeared at AllGov.com on June 9, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Joe Szabo, the first union official ever to lead the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), was confirmed on April 29, 2009. Until his appointment, he worked since the...
