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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...
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...
Railroad Museum to celebrate all things Conrail
(The following story by Larry Alexander appeared on the Intelligencer Journal website on May 30, 2009.) LANCESTER, Pa. — The days of Conrail will come alive again this weekend at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg. The museum, in conjunction with the...
Historic locomotive rolls from Toronto site to roundhouse development
(The following story by Ian Robertson appeared on the Toronto Sun website on May 31, 2009.) TORONTO — The only City of Toronto-owned steam locomotive will soon be leaving the stationary tracks it has sat on for almost a half-century. Saved from scrappers months after...
Mechanicvlle: Always a rail town
(The following story by Kathy Bowen appeared on the Daily Gazette website on May 30, 2009.) MECHANICVILLE, N.Y. — When a new railroad company prepares a high-tech rail yard in southern Saratoga County, it will be building on land that has held tracks for 174 years. It...
CSX Intermodal, UP to increase fuel surcharges in June
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on May 29, 2009.) Just as gasoline prices are creeping back up, CSX Intermodal's monthly fuel surcharge will rise slightly in June. On Monday, the company will implement a 13.5 percent fuel surcharge for...
Illinois House passes EJ&E resolution
(The following appeared on the Naperville Sun website on May 31, 2009.) CHICAGO — The Illinois House unanimously adopted a resolution Saturday introduced by state Rep. Darlene Senger (R-Naperville) which will protect the interests of communities impacted by Canadian...
If two senators have their way, train service could return to Idaho
(The following story by Cynthia Sewell appeared on the Idaho Statesman website on May 31, 2009.) BOISE, Idaho — Trains were such a part of Boise's beginning that Downtown was basically designed around the grand station that offered the first welcome to most people who...
‘Transloading’ system eases flow of goods
(The following story by John Henderson appeared on the Rocky Mount Telegram website on May 31, 2009.) ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. — A tract of land next to the railroad tracks in Nashville has been set aside for businesses to drop off products for rail shipment all over the...
Longmont endorses effort to bring back long-lost Pioneer rail line
(The following story by Scott Rochat appeared on the Longmont Times-Call website on June 1, 2009.) LONGMONT, Colo. — After a 12-year absence, the Pioneer passenger rail line may have a chance to get back on track. That’s what supporters are hoping, anyway — that they...
