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BNSF, UP pay nearly $1M to relocate California drinking water well
(The Environmental News Service issued the following on February 4, 2009.) SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — The Union Pacific Railroad and BNSF Railway have agreed to pay nearly $1 million in cleanup costs at a Superfund site in the town of Arvin, California, the U.S. EPA...
No serious injuries reported as Amtrak train hits tractor-trailer
(The following story by Kevin Cary appeared on the Charlotte Observer website on February 5, 2009.) CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A tractor-trailer broke into three pieces when the Amtrak Piedmont passenger train hit it Wednesday morning in Harrisburg, scattering bricks and other...
BLET Auxiliary Legislative Update
(The BLET Auxiliary issued the following on February 5, 2009.) Economic Stimulus Package Includes Increased Funding for Transit The big news this month is H.R. 1, The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2008, otherwise known as the $825 Billion Economic Stimulus...
RRB customer service plan update
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on January 12, 2009.) CHICAGO — The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board’s Customer Service Plan promotes the principles and objectives of customer-driven quality service agency-wide. The RRB’s revised plan, effective...
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...
Rock-thrower pleads no-contest to 40 charges
(The following story by Bobby Kerlik appeared on the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review website on February 3, 2009.) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — A Scott man accused of throwing rocks and bricks from an overpass onto cars on the Parkway West pleaded no contest this week to 40 criminal...
Fla. State Senator urges Governor to force new CSX deal
(The following appeared on the Lakeland Ledger website on February 3, 2009.) LAKELAND, Fla. — State Sen. Paula Dockery has sent an open letter to Florida Gov. Charlie Crist urging him to step in and force the renegotiation of CSX Transportation's commuter rail/freight...
New York’s Schumer pushes for more transit spending in stimulus
(Bloomberg News circulated the following story by Chris Dolmetsch on February 2, 2009.) NEW YORK — New York Senator Charles Schumer is pushing to add another $6.5 billion for mass transit to the $819 billion U.S. economic stimulus package, calling buses, subways and...
96 percent of Amtrak trains now are on time
(The following story by Brad Cooper appeared on The Kansas City Star website on February 3, 2009.) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Amtrak trains in Missouri turned in extraordinarily high on-time performance numbers in January that are almost unheard of in recent years. Trains...
New Amtrak chairman has big goals for rail service
(The following story by Melissa Shriver appeared at ConnectTriStates.com on February 3, 2009.) QUINCY, Ill. — Amtrak Board Chairman Thomas Carper says the rail service faces many challenges in the coming days. He should know. He became Amtrak board chairman last week....
