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Barack Obama’s inauguration is one for the history books
(The following story by Kenneth T. Walsh appeared on the U.S. News and World Report website on January 20, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — "A New Birth of Freedom" was the theme for Barack Obama's inauguration today—a reference to one of Abraham Lincoln's most memorable...
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:...
CP Rail freight train derails on Chicago’s Northwest Side
(The following appeared on the Chicago Sun-Times website on January 20, 2009.) CHICAGO — The engineer and the conductor of a freight train were not injured when 14 cars and the locomotive they were inside derailed late Monday on the Northwest Side. At 11:40 p.m., 14...
Opinion: All hail to rail, Conn. DOT commissioner says
(The following column by Rick Green appeared on the Hartford Courant website on January 20, 2009.) HARTFORD, Conn. — I knew we might have a different sort of transportation commissioner on our hands when I bumped into Joseph Marie in the fleece aisle at REI. Then, a...
UP continues derailment clean up in Grant Park
(The following story by Jon Krenek appeared on the Kankakee Daily-Journal website on January 19, 2009.) GRANT PARK, Ill. — Clean up began today following Sunday's derailment of a CSX Corp. freight train in Grant Park. Crews worked to remove dangerous contaminants,...
Amtrak protects facilities with high-tech surveillance
(The following story by Joel Griffin appeared at SecurityInfoWatch.com on January 19, 2009.) Looking to take a more proactive approach to security at two of their California maintenance yards, passenger rail carrier Amtrak recently implemented a new video surveillance...
BNSF engine catches fire near Ferryville, Wisc.
(The following appeared at WXOW.com on January 19, 2009.) FERRYVILLE, Wisc. — Firefighters put out a fire onboard a railroad engine near Ferryville tonight. The fire was called in by the crew of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad engine shortly after 5 p.m....
Amtrak rally draws 200 people in Vermont
(The Peter Hirschfeld and Stephanie M. Peters appeared on the Rutland Herald website on January 20, 2009.) RUTLAND, Vt. — Amtrak passengers struggled Monday afternoon to maneuver ski bags and bulky suitcases through a throng of more than 100 people gathered in the...
Joe Biden’s unlikely path to Washington
(The following story by Christina Bellantoni appeared on the Washington Times website on January 19, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Joseph R. Biden Jr. is finally coming to Washington. For all his years serving as Delaware's U.S. senator - he was sworn into his seventh...
