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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...
Locomotive Engineers & Trainmen News for January available online
CLEVELAND — The January 2009 issue of the Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen News is now available on the BLET website. Past issues of the official BLET monthly publication dating to 1997 are also on the BLET website. The current issue is available here as a PDF:...
NS names Wheeler VP Transportation
(Norfolk Southern issued the following on January 29, 2009.) NORFOLK, Va. — Michael J. Wheeler has been named vice president transportation for Norfolk Southern Corporation, effective Feb. 1, with headquarters in Norfolk. He will report to Mark D. Manion, executive...
Opinion: Railroads’ brakes beginning to screech
(The following column by Christopher Barker appeared on the Motley Fool website on January 29, 2009.) Like a snowball rolled from an alpine peak, evidence is gathering at breakneck speed suggesting a brisk reversal of fortune on tap for North America's beloved railway...
Fatal accident brings back terrible memories for ex-railroader
(The following story by Liz Dorland appeared on the Action 3 News website on January 29, 2009.) OMAHA, Neb. — When Graig Lang, a Union Pacific worker, died in a local train accident Wednesday, it brought back terrible memories for Wes Franks. His life changed forever...
Quincy Amtrak ridership increases 10%
(The following report by Chad Douglas appeared on the Connecticut Tri States website on January 29, 2009.) QUINCY, Ill. — Amtrak is off to a record start in 2009, and the two Quincy routes are some of the most ridden in the state of Illinois. The Illinois Zephyr and...
Grain growers, BNSF strike deal on handling future rate complaints
(The following story by Jo Dee Black appeared on the Great Falls Tribune website on January 30, 2009.) GREAT FALLS, Mont. — Montana farmers who feel the railroad rates they pay to ship their grain are unfair now have an affordable avenue to pursue to make their case....
Union Pacific turns rail yard training into a virtual reality
(Union Pacific issued the following on January 29, 2009.) OMAHA, Neb. — How does a 147-year-old railroad company reach out to its modern-era new employees? One answer has turned out to be video simulation that mimics the virtual world of today's video games. "Video...
AAR: Down week for freight traffic on U.S. railroads
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following on January 29, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Freight traffic on U.S. railroads continued to trend downward during the third week of 2009, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported today. Carload...
