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Union Pacific says CN interfering with its track rights
(The following appeared on the Daily Herald website on December 16.) CHICAGO — Union Pacific Corp. told U.S. regulators that Canadian National Railway Co. is interfering with its track rights on a Chicago-area railroad that the Canadian company wants approval to buy...
Amtrak seeks to build new NE Corridor high-speed line
(The following story by Tom Ramstack appeared on the Washington Times website on December 16.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal transportation leaders announced Monday that the government is seeking contractors to build a $30 billion to $40 billion high-speed rail line...
Like Lincoln, Obama will ride the rails to D.C. for inaugural ceremonies
(The following story by Nikita Stewart and Michael E. Ruane appeared on the Washington Post website on December 16.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Barack Obama has evoked Abraham Lincoln ever since launching his campaign at the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Ill. Now he plans...
Locomotive Engineers & Trainmen News 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:...
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...
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...
Santa greeted warmly despite cold weather
(The following story by Michael Andersen appeared on The Columbian website on December 13.) COLUMBIA, Wash. — Santa Claus rolled into Vancouver’s Amtrak station Saturday morning, just ahead of a North Pole blast of chilly weather. The bearded gift-giver, who arrived...
NS to develop 3-D map of entire infrastructure
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on December 15.) By early 2011, Norfolk Southern Railway expects to begin using a three-dimensional, digital database of its entire infrastructure to better manage assets. The Class I has contracted a...
Opinion: Getting rail out of the station
(The following column by Jim Beamguard appeared on the Tampa Tribune website on December 14.) TAMPA, Fla. — The federal government is soon going to be allocating billions of dollars for cities to build rail projects, both as part of the new transportation bill and as...
