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New York MTA approves massive fare hikes
(The following story by Alfonso A. Castillo appeared on the Newsday website on March 25, 2009.) NEW YORK — With time having run out to balance the MTA's budget amid an unprecedented fiscal crisis, the MTA board reluctantly voted Wednesday morning to approve massive...
Amtrak to honor Pullman porters
(The following story by Martin Finucane appeared on the Boston Globe website on March 27, 2009.) BOSTON — "They are a part of America's history," Darlene Abubakar of Amtrak said in a statement. "Amtrak wants to find these extraordinary gentlemen and honor them." The...
Driver rescued from oncoming CSX train by college students
(The following story appeared on the Newark Post website on March 26, 2009.) NEWARK, Del. — A number of University of Delaware students saved a Newark resident, whose car was in the path of a train. Newark Police reported that on Wednesday March 25 at 9:02 p.m., a...
Amtrak to put $130 million into work on Connecticut bridges
(The following story by Don Stacom appeared on The Hartford Courant on March 27, 2009.) HARTFORD, Conn. — Amtrak will pump about 10 percent of its entire $1.3 billion stimulus aid into repairing or replacing bridges along the eastern Connecticut shoreline. Two weeks...
CN sues aboriginal protesters over blockades
(The following story by Kirk Makin appeared on the Globe and Mail website on March 27, 2009.) TORONTO — In an aggressive response to a series of train-track blockades in 2007, Canadian National Railways is suing three aboriginal activists for disrupting its flow of...
AAR: Rail freight traffic continues to reflect slow economy
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following on March 26, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Freight traffic on U.S. railroads continued to reflect the nation’s economic slowdown during the week ended March 21, the Association of American Railroads reported...
2009 Railroad Retirement Board Informational Conferences
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. March 27,...
Benefits under Railroad Retirement and Social Security
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on March 10, 2009.) CHICAGO — Employers and employees covered by the Railroad Retirement Act pay higher retirement taxes than those covered by the Social Security Act, so that railroad retirement benefits remain...
Bones may be from grave of 57 Irish rail workers
(The following story by Kristin E. Holmes appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on March 26, 2009.) PHILADELPHIA — Clues to the mysterious deaths of 57 Irish immigrants came first from a secret file that had been locked in a vault until 1970. The men, who...
Most SEPTA trains to have a Quiet Ride car
(The following story by Paul Nussbaum appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on March 26, 2009.) PHILADELPHIA — Shhhhhh! Starting April 6, most SEPTA Regional Rail rush-hour trains will have a car on which cell-phone conversations and loud talking will be...
