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Freight car leaking sulfur forces La. evacuations
(The Associated Press circulated the following on March 7, 2009.) PLAQUEMINE, La. — A freight train car carrying molten sulfur derailed and sprang a leak Saturday, dribbling stinking orange-and-yellow goop into Bayou Plaquemine and prompting evacuation of more than...
Unseen victims of train crashes get help
(The following story by John M. Guilfoil appeared on the Boston Globe website on March 7, 2009. Walter Nutter is a member of BLET Division 57 in Boston, Mass.) BOSTON — On an autumn night in 2000, Walter Nutter was at the controls of the No. 577 Commuter Rail train in...
Federal Income Tax and Railroad Retirement Benefits
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on February 9, 2009.) CHICAGO — The following questions and answers describe the tax statements issued by the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) each January for Federal income tax purposes. Railroad retirement...
13 things you probably didn’t know about Daylight Saving Time
(The following story by Ben Harder appeared on the U.S. News and World Report website on March 3, 2009.) Americans will set their clocks ahead by an hour this weekend, as daylight saving time begins Sunday (March 8 at 2 a.m.). "Springing forward" creates another hour...
Train traffic begins to increase on former EJ&E line
(The following story by Stewart Warren appeared on the Suburban Chicago News website on March 6, 2009.) JOLIET, Ill. — More trains are using the old Elgin, Joliet & Eastern rail line. And at some point, there will be even more. On Wednesday, a 30-day waiting period...
British cops pop in for rail terror program
(The following story by Pete Donohue appeared on the New York Daily News website on March 5, 2009.) NEW YORK — A contingent of English bobbies brought their rather more civilized style of policing to midtown Thursday. Sporting distinctive 19th century helmets, members...
New Jersey to get $524M for mass transit from federal stimulus spending
(The following story by Mark Mueller appeared on The Star-Ledger website on March 5, 2009.) NEWARK, N.J. — New Jersey will receive $524 million for mass transit projects from the federal stimulus package passed by Congress last month, the Obama administration...
A quicker train to St. Louis? Federal funds could make it possible
(The following story by Rick Montgomery appeared on The Kansas City Star website on March 6, 2009.) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — For decades in Tokyo, high-speed rail has meant 180 miles an hour. Years from now in Kansas City, it just might mean getting to St. Louis by train...
Florida Senate fights over state’s commuter rail project
(The following story by Jim Saunders appeared on the News-Journal website on March 5, 2009.) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The fate of a Central Florida commuter rail project could come down to one magic number: 21. Supporters and opponents of a plan to build the SunRail system...
Norfolk Southern plans intermodal facility in Pa.
(The following story by Jennifer Fitch appeared on The Herald-Mail website on March 5, 2009.) CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. — Norfolk Southern is poised to build southcentral Pennsylvania’s second major intermodal freight transport facility, the Franklin County Area Development...
