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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 5, 2009 Fargo, N.D. Best Western Kelly Inn, 3800 Main...
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...
RRB: Benefit rate increase for railroad unemployment and sickness benefits
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on May 18, 2009.) CHICAGO — The maximum daily benefit rate payable for claims under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act increases to $64 from $61 in the new benefit year, which begins July 1, 2009. Benefits...
Man accused of spreading feces on light rail train
(The following story by Maria Polletta appeared on The Arizona Republic website on June 2, 2009.) PHOENIX, Ariz. — A light-rail train was stopped Tuesday morning and passengers were asked to exit after a homeless man boarded a car with a box of feces that he...
Tagged-up BNSF rail cars anger California officials
(The following story by Nathan McIntire appeared on the Pasadena Star-News website on June 2, 2009.) DUARTE, Calif. — City officials blasted a railroad company Tuesday for dragging its feet in cleaning up graffiti from unused railcars sitting idle on the Gold Line...
BNSF train ride fundraiser to benefit Boys & Girls Club of Wichita Falls
(The following story by Judith McGinnis appeared on the Times Record News website on June 3, 2009.) WICHITA FALLS, Texas — Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad will offer a special ride June 12 to raise funds for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Wichita Falls. More than 140...
Stock analysts put CSX, NS and UP in ‘buy’ category
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on June 2, 2009.) Stifel Nicolaus Co. Inc. now has a “buy” rating on CSX Corp., Norfolk Southern Corp. and Union Pacific Corp., with NS and CSX representing “the best values in the space at current...
Union Pacific wreck cleanup continues in Oregon
(The following story by Chris Collins appeared on the Baker City Herald website on June 1, 2009.) BAKER CITY, Ore. — Union Pacific employees and contract workers continued their efforts today cleaning up the remains of a Friday morning train wreck just south of Haines...
Plan to add second Seattle-to-Vancouver passenger train stalled by Canadian border agency fees
(The Canadian Press circulated the following story by James Keller on June 2, 2009.) VANCOUVER, B.C. — The Canadian border agency says it will charge an American passenger rail service more than half a million dollars in fees to add another train between Seattle and...
Trains with toxic waste may cross Abilene
(The following story by Doug Myers appeared on the Abilene Reporter-News website on June 3, 2009.) ABILENE, Texas — Two and a half million cubic yards of toxic sludge is being dredged from the Hudson River in New York, and soon it will be transported via rail to a...
