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NTSB to review deadly California train crash
(The Associated Press circulated the following on March 3, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal safety investigators are expected to unveil more details Tuesday about text messages from the operator of a commuter train involved in a deadly collision last September 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...
Metra’s SouthWest Service adds Saturday trips
(The following story by Richard Wronski appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on March 1, 2009.) CHICAGO — Metra will begin running Saturday trains on its SouthWest line March 21, providing a long-sought mass-transit option to Southwest Side and suburban commuters,...
Short-line association stresses tax credit legislation at ‘Day on the Hill’
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on February 27, 2009.) On February 26, American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) members joined more than 300 representatives from other sectors of the rail industry at the Railroad...
Editorial: No windfall for Orlando without help for Tri-Rail
(The following editorial appeared on the Palm Beach Post website on March 1, 2009.) PALM BEACH, Fla. — When it comes to commuter rail service in Florida, what's in a name? About $1 billion. For SunRail, a proposed Orlando-area train service, the Legislature is...
US, British rail police to jointly patrol stations
(The Associated Press circulated the following on February 27, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — US and British rail police are to jointly patrol train stations in the Northeastern United States for their first major security and counterterrorism tactics exchange, Amtrak...
Nebraska high court rebuffs BNSF
(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on the Traffic World website on February 27, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Nebraska's Supreme Court dealt a setback to BNSF Railway, saying a lower court erred by rejecting the expert witness of a plaintiff who argued that his...
Amtrak chugs ahead in Loma Linda
(The following story by Stephen Wall appeared on the Redlands Daily Facts website on February 27, 2009.) LOMA LINDA, Calif. — The city has agreed to move forward with the next phase of a building an Amtrak train station in town. The council agreed in concept this week...
U.S. farmers cheer road, rail, river upgrade plans
(Reuters circulated the following story by Karl Plume on February 27, 2009.) GRAPEVINE, Texas — President Barack Obama's plan to inject billions of dollars into infrastructure projects is welcome news for the world of agriculture, transportation industry experts said....
Virginia’s big firms, including NS, lobby hard in D.C., recession or not
(The following story by Neil H. Simon appeared on the Richmond Times-Dispatch website on March 1, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ten of Virginia's top 20 revenue-producing public companies combined to spend more than $100,000 a day lobbying the federal government last...
