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Nine LIRR trains canceled after mishap
(The following story by Bill Mason appeared on the Newsday website on February 6, 2009.) NEW YORK — Thousands of Long Island Rail Road commuters were delayed getting home last night after a New Jersey Transit train problem set in motion a wave of cancellations,...
Virginia Beach inches closer to light rail goal of $40 million
(The following story by Deirdre Fernandes appeared on The Virginian-Pilot website on February 6, 2009.) NORFOLK, Va. — The city may get some federal money to help buy the Norfolk Southern right of way, the most likely route for a light-rail line. A committee of the...
Florida governor makes pitch for commuter rail
(The following story by Lindsay Peterson and Catherine Dolinski appeared on the Tampa Tribune website on February 5, 2009.) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Charlie Crist threw his support behind the Central Florida commuter rail project on Wednesday, even as it appeared the...
Port’s case vs. KCS and Tex Mex closer to ruling
(The following story by Fanny S. Chirinos appeared on the Corpus Christi Caller-Times website on February 6, 2009.) CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A decision might come as early as next week in the Port of Corpus Christi's lawsuit against railroad companies Kansas City...
Some Chicago-area officials not finished fighting against EJ&E purchase
(The following story by Kim Smith and Janet Lundquist appeared on the Plainfield Sun website on February 6, 2009.) CHICAGO — Though the Canadian National Railway has closed on the deal to purchase the Elgin Joliet & Eastern Railway, it could bequite a while before...
Obama’s stimulus plan tests all sides
(The following story by Janet Hook appeared on the Orlando Sentinel website on February 6, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Senate struggled to finish work Thursday evening on President Barack Obama's economic recovery plan, after a weeklong debate that has increased the...
Senate Committee cancels vote on Labor Secretary nominatio
(The following story by Mark Schoeff Jr. appeared at Workforce.com on February 6, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Hilda Solis will have to wait a while longer for her nomination as the next secretary of labor to come before the full Senate after a committee postponed...
598,000 jobs lost as jobless rate hits 7.6% in January
(The following story by Edmund L. Andrews appeared on the New York Times website on February 6, 2009.) WASHINGTON — The country moved into its second year of uninterrupted job losses last month, with companies shedding another 598,000 jobs and the unemployment rate...
AAR: Rail traffic down sharply in January
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following on February 5, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. rail carload traffic fell 17.2 percent (221,426 carloads) to 1,067,548 carloads in the first four weeks of 2009 compared with the first four weeks of 2008, the...
RRB implementing next phase of new toll-free service project
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on January 12, 2009.) CHICAGO — The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) announced that an additional 18 field offices will be added to its nationwide toll-free telephone service by the end of January 2009. A...
