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Retiree earnings limits to rise in 2009
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on October 23.) CHICAGO — Those railroad retirement annuitants subject to earnings restrictions can earn more in 2009 without having their benefits reduced, as a result of increases in earnings limits indexed to...
Railroad Retirement announces benefit increases for 2009
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on October 23.) CHICAGO — Most railroad retirement annuities, like social security benefits, are scheduled to increase in January 2009 on the basis of the rise in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) during the 12...
CSX Santa Train festivities kick off annual journey through Appalachia
(The following story by Kelly Cales appeared on the Briston Herald Courier website on November 20.) KINGSPORT, Tenn. — Boxes of school supplies, food and holiday toys were piled high in the Food City parking lot – a conveyor belt down the middle. And 200-plus...
Amtrak begins using Gateway Center in St. Louis
(The following appeared on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch website on November 19.) ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Amtrak trains began using the new Gateway Transportation Center in downtown St. Louis early today, marking the end to the "temporary" buildings passengers used for 30...
Insiders: CP Rail CEO buys shares
(The following story by David Pett appeared on the National Post website on November 19.) OTTAWA — Canadian Pacific Railway Limited president and CEO Fred Green bought 5,000 company common shares at prices ranging from $40.81 to $41.25 on Nov. 17, 2008, bringing these...
New York MTA said to plan 23% increase in fare and toll revenue
(The following story by William Neuman appeared on the New York Times website on November 19.) The Metropolitan Transportation Authority will seek to increase fare and toll revenues by 23 percent next year to plug a yawning budget gap, according to a person briefed on...
Highway Trust Fund revenue falls $3 billion as Americans drive less
(The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following on November 19.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Highway Trust Fund, the federal government’s primary source for financing highway, bridge and transit projects, took in $3 billion fewer in Fiscal Year 2008 as...
Railroad crew fired at eight times in California
(The following appeared on the Stockton Record website on November 19.) STOCKTON, Calif. — Eight shots were fired at a railroad crew working on tracks in Stockton on Monday evening. The crew was working on the tracks near the intersection of Golden Gate and East...
Baltimore police arrest MARC passenger carrying a rifle, believed bound for D.C.
(The following story by Justin Fenton appeared on the Baltimore Sun website on November 20.) BALTIMORE, Md. — Baltimore police arrested a man carrying a semiautomatic rifle aboard a train yesterday morning after a cabdriver flagged down officers and said the man was...
Customers claim railroads illegally “fixed” prices
(The following story by Frank Graham appeared on the North Platte Bulletin website on November 20.) NORTH PLATTE, Neb. —More than two-dozen customers of Union Pacific Railroad and the next four largest U.S. railroad companies claim in a lawsuit the railroads made...
