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FRA to revise locomotive engineer certification rule, increase civil penalties for safety rule violations
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on January 2.) The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) proposes to revise a regulation governing locomotive engineer qualification and certification. The revision would prohibit a railroad from...
BLET National Division observes New Years holiday
CLEVELAND, December 30 — In observance of the New Year holiday, the BLET National Division office will be closed December 31-January 2. Regular office hours will resume on Monday, January 5, 2009. BLET National President Ed Rodzwicz extends best wishes for a safe and...
Three Class Is to further drop fuel surcharges in January
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on December 30.) With diesel prices continuing to decline, CSX Intermodal’s monthly fuel surcharge will drop again in January. On Monday, CSXI will begin to implement a 14.5 percent fuel surcharge vs....
RRB: Medicare Part B Premiums for 2009
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on November 20.) CHICAGO — The standard Medicare Part B monthly premium will be $96.40 in 2009, the same as the Part B premium for 2008. Until 2007, all beneficiaries paid the same basic premium amount for...
Railroad Retirement Board appeals procedure
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on December 2.) CHICAGO — Persons claiming retirement, disability, survivor, unemployment or sickness benefits from the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) have the right to appeal unfavorable determinations on...
Year 2009 Railroad Retirement and Unemployment Insurance Taxes
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on December 3.) CHICAGO — The amounts of compensation subject to railroad retirement tier I and tier II payroll taxes will increase in 2009. However, the tier I tax rate on employees and employers remains...
Obituary: Railroad founder and CEO Kent Shoemaker
(The following story by Ben Cohen appeared on the Minneapolis Star Tribune website on December 28.) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Kent Shoemaker of Minneapolis, the founder, former CEO and chairman of the Twin Cities & Western Railroad and the Red River Valley & Western...
Cause of BNSF yard derailment under investigation amid cleanup
(The following story by David Pittman appeared at Amarillo.com on December 30.) AMARILLO. Texas — Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway says a cleanup crew has finished clearing fuel that spilled from a train that derailed in an Amarillo yard late Saturday night....
BNSF derailment affects 3,000 Amtrak passengers
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Len Iwanski on December 29.) HELENA, Mont. — Holiday travel for more than 3,000 Amtrak rail passengers was disrupted when 16 rail cars carrying new automobiles derailed over the weekend in northwestern Montana....
Train sparks fires along CSX track in Lake Placid
(The following appeared on the News Sun website on December 29.) LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — Firefighters from six different departments kept a series of brush fires along the CSX railroad tracks in Lake Placid from damaging any buildings Monday afternoon. The fires stretched...
