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CN begins Rail Safety Week
(The following story by Jenny Yuen appeared on the Toronto Sun website on April 28, 2009.) TORONTO — Canadian National Railway police have their sights set on the number zero -- as in zero tolerance. CN's Rail Safety Week kicked off yesterday with officers handing out...
DM&E Trains across the Midwest pause for Day of Mourning
(The Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad issued the following on April 27, 2009.) SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Dakota, Minnesota, and Eastern Railroad (DM&E) employees will join their counterparts at Canadian Pacific and pause to honor workers who have perished or have been...
Amtrak pressing vigilance of swine flu
(The Associated Press circulated the following on April 27, 2009.) CHICAGO — Amtrak in Illinois say they're working with crew and other employees on identifying and reacting to passengers with possible symptoms of swine flu. The Washington-based passenger rail has...
TCI quits fight for CSX with share sale
(The following story by Robert Wright appeared on the Financial Times website on April 27, 2009.) LONDON — The Children’s Investment Fund, the controversial activist investor, has pulled out of the last of the companies where it has fought high-profile battles for...
CSX to cut 250 workers in Buffalo, union says
(The following story by George Pyle appeared on the Buffalo News website on April 27, 2009.) BUFFALO, N.Y. — In what a local union leader calls the culmination of years of "lies and false hopes" - and a bet against Buffalo's industrial future - CSX Transportation...
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 1, 2009 Ashland, Neb. Eugene T. Mahoney State Park, 7840 W....
RRB: One-time economic recovery payments
(The Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on April 6, 2009.) CHICAGO — The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) was signed into law by President Obama on February 17, 2009. The Recovery Act contains a number of provisions that affect...
Steam training day in New York
(The following story by Ken Springirth appeared on the Erie Times website on April 26, 2009.) ERIE, Pa. — About 40 miles from Buffalo in scenic Wyoming County, you'll find the picturesque village of Arcade along Route 39. It is the home of the Arcade and Attica...
Opinion: BNSF causes railroad anxiety
(The following column by Kellyn Brown appeared on the Flathead Beacon website on April 24, 2009.) KALISPELL, Mont. — Burlington Northern Sante Fe is up to something. The railroad giant has approached property owners in Whitefish and Somers, offering to buy their land....
Crews clear tracks after CSX derailment in Va.
(The following story by Anna L. Mallory appeared on the Roanoke Times website on April 26, 2009.) ROANOKE, Va. — Cleanup crews were working Saturday on a stretch of train track in Eagle Rock where 23 train cars derailed Friday afternoon, a spokesman for CSX said...
