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Calif. looks to feds for more bullet train funding
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Steve Lawrence on December 11.) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California is looking to the federal government to pick up a bigger share of the cost of building an 800-mile high-speed rail system that would link the...
CN’s Hunter Harrison forecasts rail consolidation
(The following story by Mark Wilson appeared on the Traffic World website on December 11.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Hunter Harrison, president and CEO of Canadian National, said the likely future for North American railways is that two über railways will replace Union...
BNSF sets PRB joint line coal tonnage record in November
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on December 11.) Last month, BNSF Railway Co. loaded 15.3 million tons of coal on the joint line in the Powder River Basin (PRB), setting a new monthly record. The previous high-water mark of 15.2 million...
IHB railroad cuts 30 jobs as business slows
(The following story by Keith Benman appeared on the Northwest Times website on December 12.) MUNSTER, Ind. — The Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad is laying off 30 employees due to a sharp drop in shipping by steel mills, automakers and major railroads. Union officials...
Union Pacific complains CN is bossing EJ&E around
(The following story by Marni Pyke appeared on the Daily Herald website on December 12.) CHICAGO — A railroad that has indirectly supported CN in the past in its bid to buy the EJ&E Railway is complaining to federal regulators that the Canadian company is jumping the...
Slightly fewer people on U.S. Class Is’ payroll in October
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on December 11.) In October, the U.S. Class I workforce decreased on a month-over-month basis for the third-straight time. But on a year-over year basis, the workforce grew, and all employment segments...
AAR: Rail freight traffic down from last year
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following on December 11.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Freight traffic on U.S. railroads was down during the week ended December 6 in comparison with the corresponding week last year, the Association of American Railroads (AAR)...
Chatsworth crash’s roots lie 20 years in Metrolink’s past
(The following story by Ted Rohrlich appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on December 12.) LOS ANGELES — The roots of the worst passenger rail disaster in modern California history go far deeper than whether a Metrolink engineer ran through a red stop light and...
December BLET News online
CLEVELAND, December 12 — 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:...
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...
