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SEPTA approves $1.13 billion budget
(The following story by Paul Nussbaum appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on May 29, 2009.) PHILADELPHIA — SEPTA approved a $1.13 billion operating budget and a $418 million capital budget yesterday, with none of the drama that often has accompanied budget...
CSX derailment causes temporary evacuation in N.C.
(The following story by Josh Boatwright and Sabian Warren appeared on the Asheville Citizen-Times website on May 28, 2009.) BAKERSVILLE, N.C. — A Mitchell County road closed by a train derailment has reopened, emergency personnel said this morning. N.C. 197, which...
Altoona locomotive shop honored for safety record
(The following appeared on the Altoona Mirror website on May 28, 2009.) ALTOONA, Pa. — State Rep. Rick Geist, R-Altoona, today will present the employees of the Juniata Locomotive Shop with a copy of a House resolution honoring them for working 1 million man-hours...
Canadian Pacific CEO says company will reinvent as a result of recession
(The Canadian Press circulated the following story by Brenda Bouw on May 23, 2009.) VANCOUVER, B.C. — Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. (TSX:CP) said it has lived through 10 economic downturns in its 128-year history and that the current recession will likely mean a...
Amtrak’s CEO says rail system will change slowly
(The following story by Peter Bacque appeared on the Richmond Times-Dispatch website on May 29, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Passenger trains could speed travelers from Richmond to Washington at 135 mph, Amtrak's president and CEO says. But, said Joseph Boardman: "Don't...
CN cost-cutting blamed for deadly derailment
(The following story by Ian Bailey appeared on the Globe and Mail website on May 29, 2009.) VANCOUVER, B.C. — The federal Transportation Safety Board is blaming a 2006 derailment that killed two workers and seriously injured a third on a decision by Canadian National...
Senator backs off support for rail antitrust bill
(Dow Jones Newswires circulated the following story by Brent Kendall on May 28, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A senator who co-sponsored legislation to strip the railroad industry of antitrust exemptions wants the U.S. Senate to delay action on the bill while he presses...
Fight brewing between Senate committees over repeal of rail antitrust exemption
(The following story by Leah Nylen appeared on the Congressional Quarterly website on May 28, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A jurisdictional squabble between two Senate committees could derail passage of a measure aimed at repealing an antitrust exemption for freight...
AAR: Rail freight traffic down from a year ago
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following on May 28, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Freight traffic on U.S. railroads during the week ended May 23 remained down in comparison with last year, although it did show an increase from the previous week this...
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. May 29, 2009 Little Rock, Ark. Holiday Inn Airport, Kittyhawk...
