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Rail advocates’ day in Rochester is coming
(The following story by Jim Stinson appeared on the Democrat and Chronicle website on May 30, 2009.) ROCHESTER, N.Y. — While high-speed rail for Rochester seems years away, June 17 is shaping up to be a big day for its local advocates. That's the day the federal...
Panama Canal expansion is chugging along
(The following story by Chris Kraul appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on June 1, 2009.) REPORTING FROM PANAMA CITY —The economic downturn has stalled big construction projects across the globe, but here in Panama, smoke-belching steam shovels and dredges work...
Train advocates eye experimental Amtrak route between Chicago and Green Bay
(The following story by Steve Wideman appeared on the Green Bay Gazette website on June 1, 2009.) APPLETON, Wisc. — Local passenger rail advocates want Amtrak to establish an experimental passenger train route between Chicago and Green Bay. Advertisement Bringing...
Amtrak’s VP of security leaving railway
(The Associated Press circulated the following on May 29, 2009.) DALLAS — Amtrak's vice president for security strategy has left the passenger-rail service. Amtrak says William Rooney's duties will be handled on a temporary basis by the railway's police chief, John...
Four senators urge colleagues to vote against rail antitrust act
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on May 29, 2009.) Earlier this week, Sens. John Rockefeller (D-W.Va.), Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.), John Thune (R-S.D.) and Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) sent a letter to their colleagues urging them to...
Opinion: They rode the rails in style
(The following column by Stuart Ferguson appeared on the Wall Street Journal website on May 27, 2009.) NEW YORK — Seeing Henry Morrison Flagler and John Ringling's private railroad cars -- their interiors, furniture and opalescent glass skylights gleaming from recent...
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: 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...
Train yard manager keeps things moving
(The following story by Dug Begley appeared on the Press-Enterprise website on May 28, 2009.) RIVERSIDE, Calif. — When most people say they make the trains run on time it's a cliché, but when Joe Dickerson says it, he's describing his job. As terminal manager for the...
