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CSX gets a favorable draw in Florida Senate committee assignments
(The following story by Aaron Deslatte appeared on the Orlando Sentinel website on December 3.) ORLANDO — State Senate President Jeff Atwater named two Central Florida lawmakers who are stong backers of the region's commuter rail dreams to key committee chairmanships...
Moline City Council accepts recommendation for Amtrak Station
(The following story by Thomas Geyer appeared on the Quad City Times website on December 2.) DAVENPORT, Iowa — The Moline Committee of the Whole unanimously agreed Tuesday to accept Moline Centre Station as the Quad-Cities Amtrak Station, according to a news release...
Man pleads guilty to shooting at Metra engineer in murder-for-hire plot
(The following story by Natasha Korecki appeared on the Chicago Sun-Times website on December 3.) CHICAGO — A man who shot at a Metra train engineer last summer as part of a murder-for-hire plot said he was given another choice of where to carry out the killing — a...
Metrolink engineer killed by blunt force trauma, coroner says
(The following story by Steve Hymon appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on December 3.) LOS ANGELES — The engineer driving the Metrolink commuter train involved in the deadly Sept. 12 collision with a freight train was killed by "multiple blunt force injuries,"...
Watco wants to buy Norfolk Southern line between Grand Rapids and Indiana
(The following story by Alex Nixon appeared on the Kalamazoo Gazette website on December 3.) KALAMAZOO, Mich. — A Kansas-based railroad operator, which last year tried to buy a Michigan rail line used by Amtrak, has asked the federal government to OK the sale of a...
Economic study supports rail bypass, civic group says
(The following story by Richard Wronski appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on December 3.) CHICAGO — The Chicago area's economy would grow by more than $60 million a year, freight traffic gridlock would ease, and hundreds of jobs would be created if the Canadian...
CN and Amtrak reach agreement on passenger railroad’s continued access to Chicago rail line
(CN issued the following on December 3.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — CN announced today an agreement with Amtrak that will ensure Amtrak continued, cost-effective access to the St. Charles Air Line route for its passenger trains between Chicago's Union Station and downstate...
Empty rail cars left on tracks sign of times
(The following story by Richard Degener appeared on the Press of Atlantic City website on December 3.) ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The great train mystery has been solved. Residents in rural sections of Dennis and Middle townships were wondering why two miles of railroad...
BNSF train hauling oatmeal derails in Illinois
(The following story by Jodi Pospeschil appeared on the Peoria Journal Star website on December 2.) COLCHESTER, Ill. — A train car hauling oatmeal derailed early Tuesday west of Colchester, damaging the city's three railroad crossings and rerouting traffic for several...
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...
