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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...
Boulder officials support Amtrak’s Pioneer line
(The following story by Heath Urie appeared on the Daily Camera website on May 19, 2009.) BOULDER, Colo. — A Northwest passenger rail line being considered for revival should run through Boulder, city officials urged Tuesday. The Boulder City Council late Tuesday...
South Carolina town ups ante against port rail line
(The following story by Schuyler Kropf appeared on The Post and Courier website on May 20, 2009.) CHARLESTON, S.C. — Gov. Mark Sanford on Tuesday vetoed the Legislature's effort to open the northern end of the former Navy base to railroad lines, while more than 300...
Editorial: Move forward on “MOM lite”
(The following editorial appeared on the Asbury Park Press website on May 19, 2009.) ASBURY PARK, N.J. — The ongoing metaphorical train wreck that is the Monmouth-Ocean-Middlesex commuter rail line shows no signs of getting up and running anytime soon. Advertisement...
Mich. Central Station’s fate uncertain as new international rail tunnel proposal stews
(The following story by Justin Miller appeared on the Michigan Messenger website on May 20, 2009.) DETROIT — A proposal to build a new railroad tunnel linking Michigan with Canada is making waves in a part of the city already grappling with the abandoned Michigan...
Firefighters battle smoky fire in Norfolk Southern boxcar
(The following report appeared on the Reading Eagle website on May 19, 2009.) READING, Pa. — A Norfolk Southern crew towed a burning boxcar from an inaccessible area in the city Tuesday afternoon to a rail spur in Cumru Township, where firefighters battled the flames...
Railroad safety message hits the street
(The following story by Christy Mullins appeared on The Herald website on May 20, 2009.) ROCK HILL, S.C. — Tuesday was a “simple reminder” for Rock Hill drivers that the railroads they cross every day can be deadly. Rock Hill Police, Norfolk Southern Railroad police...
27 CSX employees to be furloughed
(The following story by Sean Bailey appeared on the Times Tribune website on May 20, 2009.) CORBIN, Ky. — Twenty-seven employees of the CSX locomotive shop in Corbin learned Monday they would be furloughed for an indefinite amount of time. CSX spokesperson Garrick...
New high-speed Canadian trains touted to match U.S. vision
(Canwest News Service circulated the following story by Mike De Souza on May 19, 2009.) OTTAWA — A multibillion-dollar Canadian high-speed rail project could inject new life into the domestic steel industry and allow the country to keep pace with a "visionary" plan...
Miss. community officials hail CN rail sale
(The following story by Adam Northam appeared on the Daily Leader website on May 20, 2009.) BROOKHAVEN, Miss. — Brookhaven's industrial recruitment efforts stand to benefit from a recent change of ownership of the east/west railroad line that crosses Linbrook Business...
