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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...
Locomotive Engineers & Trainmen News for December available online
CLEVELAND, December 15 — The December 2008 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:...
Union Pacific builds sand fence to address safety issues in California
(Union Pacific issued the following on December 17.) ROSEVILLE, Calif. — Sand and Off-Highway Vehicles (OHVs) may go hand in hand; however, those same recreational vehicles mixed with railroad tracks can be an equation for disaster. Every year, more than 1,800 people...
Port Authority spending $3.3B on improvements
(The following story by Judy Rife appeared on the Times Herald-Record website on December 18.) NEW YORK — The Port Authority will spend a record $3.3 billion next year on its airports, tunnels, bridges, ports and transit systems in an effort to bolster the region's...
Rutland’s only passenger rail likely safe until at least January
(The following story by Stephanie M. Peters appeared on the Rutland Herald website on December 17.) RUTLAND, Vt. — Amtrak's Ethan Allen Express, the lone passenger rail service in the western corridor of the state, will likely be safe from the state's budgetary cuts...
Law firm wants out-of-state asbestos claims heard in W.Va.
(The following story by John O'Brien appeared on the West Virginia Record website on December 17.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Pittsburgh firm is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that West Virginia courts should open their doors for out-of-state visitors with asbestos...
Metra reports ridership increasing
(The following story by David Gialanella appeared on the Courier News website on December 18.) ELGIN, Ill. — Susan Bauernfeind isn't entirely sure why she's seeing more faces on the Metra commuter train as she rides to her job at a downtown Chicago insurance company....
SEPTA, Transport Workers Union begin contract negotiations
(The following story by Paul Nussbaum appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on December 18.) PHILADELPHIA — SEPTA and its largest union began contract negotiations yesterday, hoping to avert a repeat of a seven-day strike that crippled bus and subway service...
Wyoming avoids major railroad layoffs
(The Associated Press circulated the following on December 17.) CASPER, Wyo. — U.S. railroads are laying off workers in response to seasonal fluctuations and the economic downturn. But the two main railroad companies operating in Wyoming say their cuts will have...
