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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...
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....
Via Rail again offers free tickets to soldiers, vets
(The Canadian Press circulated the following on April 24, 2009.) OTTAWA — Via Rail will offer free basic rail travel for military personnel and veterans again this summer. The company says the free tickets will be offered in July to all serving and former members of...
UP freight train derails in rural East Texas
(The Associated Press circulated the following on April 24, 2009.) OAKWOOD, Texas — Clean-up work and investigation continue at the scene of the derailment of four locomotives of a 50-car Union Pacific freight train into an East Texas creek. The train derailed about...
Union Pacific CEO: US economy may have “flattened out”
(Reuters circulated the following on April 23, 2009.) CHICAGO — Although it is difficult to tell how long it will take before a recovery begins for the U.S. economy, the pace of decline appears to have slowed, the top executive of No. 1 U.S. railroad Union Pacific...
Special trip marks LIRR’s 175th anniversary
(The following story by Alfonso A. Castillo appeared on the Newsday website on April 23, 2009.) NEW YORK — As Long Island has evolved from farmlands and horse carriages to housing developments and congested highways, one piece of infrastructure has stood the test of...
Soft track conditions hamper North Dakota railroads
(The following story by Stephen J. Lee appeared on the Grand Forks Herald website on April 24, 2009.) GRAND FORKS, N.D. — The unusually wet spring has meant lots of problems for railroads in the region, from flooding rivers blocking rail bridges from Minnesota to...
CP Rail gets repayment after court ruling
(Reuters circulated the following on April 23, 2009.) SASKATOON, Sask. — A Canadian appeals court ordered a grain research foundation on Thursday to repay more than C$400,000 ($328,000) to Canadian Pacific Railway (CP.TO), after it ruled the carrier exceeded its grain...
SEPTA’s new Silverliner railcars delayed
(The following story by Paul Nussbaum appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on April 24, 2009.) PHILADELPHIA — Don't expect to climb aboard a new SEPTA Silverliner V railcar until at least May 2010. That's a year later than called for in the contract SEPTA...
Union Pacific, BNSF railroads report drop in profits
(The following story by Dan Piller appeared on the Des Moines Register website on April 24, 2009.) DES MOINES, Iowa — The two largest railroads serving Iowa, Union Pacific Corp. and BNSF Corp., both reported first-quarter earnings below last year because of the...
