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Obama says economic ‘disaster’ requires focus on middle class
(Bloomberg News circulated the following on January 30, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Barack Obama said the state of the U.S. economy is “a continuing disaster” for families and said urgent action is needed to revive growth. The president cited a Commerce...
White House doors finally open to labor unions
(The following story by Joe Davidson appeared on the Washington Post website on February 3, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — After being shut out for eight years, the leaders of federal employee unions felt good to be among those invited into the fold by the new...
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...
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...
Riding the rails to history
(The following story by Lynda La Rocca appeared on The Pueblo Chieftain website on February 1, 2009.) HANDLER, Ariz. — There’s something magical about trains. Whether fictional like Harry Potter’s Hogwarts Express or as real as America’s first transcontinental...
MBTA commuter trains to get defibrillators
(The following appeared on the Boston Globe website on February 2, 2009.) BOSTON — Automated external defibrillators, life-saving equipment used to revive cardiac arrest victims, will be available to aid passengers on the commuter rail system, the Massachusetts Bay...
Mayor says Jacksonville could be rail center
(The following story by Larry Hannan appeared on the Florida Times-Union website on February 1, 2009.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A glorious future for train travel in Jacksonville sounded feasible. The city's political elite turned out Friday to welcome RailAmerica, a...
CSX train derails, minor injury reported
(The following report by Leslie Cebula appeared at WTAP.com on February 1, 2009.) PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — A train carrying over 11,000 tons of coal derailed on its way to a plant in Waterford Sunday morning. Sgt. Randy Stackpole of the Washington County Sheriff's Office...
Opinion: Passengers suffering from Amtrak’s winter woes
(The following column by Jon Hilkevitch appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on February 2, 2009.) CHICAGO — Perhaps nobody is more eager for winter to end than the people running Amtrak—and their passengers in the Midwest. Railroads used to be a reliable...
BNSF says most layoffs completed
(The following story by John R. Pulliam appeared on the Galesburg Register-Mail website on January 31, 2009.) GALESBURG, Ill. — Although the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. reported Jan. 21 plans to reduce its workforce by about 2,500 employees during the first...
