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Railroad Retirement Board Informational Conferences
CHICAGO — The following are informational conferences conducted by the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board. All informational conference registrations begin at 8:00 a.m., with the programs beginning promptly at 8:30 a.m. and ending at 12:30 p.m. NOVEMBER Friday, November...
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...
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...
NJ Transit can send alerts to cell phones, computers
(The following appeared on the Jersey Journal website on November 14.) JERSEY CITY, N.J. — NJ Transit customers can now receive updated travel information on their computer home pages, cell phones and e-mail accounts through up-to-the-minute feeds, the agency...
Attorney ‘teary-eyed’ over victory for injured railroad worker
(The following story by Bob Shallit appeared on the Sacramento Bee website on November 12.) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A local attorney is celebrating an eye-popping jury award he received for an injured Union Pacific Railroad employee. The judgment: $48.5 million. "I'm...
Genesee & Wyoming October traffic up 20.6 percent
(The Associated Press issued the following on November 13.) NEW YORK — Freight railroad operator Genesee & Wyoming Inc. said Thursday that October traffic rose 20.6 percent because of acquisitions the company made. However, without the railroads acquired in the past...
Central Oregon railroad may lose $7.7 million grant
(The Associated Press issued the following on November 12.) EUGENE, Ore. — Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad could lose a $7.7 million grant for a new rail yard in Winchester because the railroad shut down a 111-mile line between Eugene and Coos Bay. The grant was the...
Port, railroad company feud over price
(The following story by Mateusz Perkowski appeared on the Capital Press website on November 14.) SALEM, Ore. — The federal Surface Transportation Board has opened the way for a coastal Oregon port to buy an important timber and lumber shipping rail line, but the final...
Surface Transportation Board to hold EJ&E hearing
(The following story by Guy Tridgell appeared on the Southtown Star website on November 12.) CHICAGO — Towns on the EJ&E Railroad should find out next week if they need to brace for more trains. The Surface Transportation Board, the federal agency that regulates...
CSX, Norfolk Southern launch ads to help get government funding
(The following story by Mark Szakonyi appeared on the Jacksonville Business Journal website on November 13.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Corp. is taking a different approach to the government. For years, the railroad industry wanted to keep government out of its affairs....
