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Applying for a Railroad Retirement Annuity
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on September 9.) CHICAGO — Railroad employees who are planning to retire should be aware of what steps to take and what documents are required when applying for an annuity from the Railroad Retirement Board...
Opinion: Tracy should get back to its routes
(The following column by Nicholaus R. Buthmann appeared on the Tracy Press website on September 10. Mr. buthmann is a native and fifth-generation Tracy resident who also works in Tracy. TRACY, Calif. — Before everybody opens their mouths, before their brains engage on...
Man arrested in savage SEPTA hammer attack
(The following story by Sam Wood and Barbara Boyer appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on September 10.) PHILADELPHIA — A man suspected of attacking a SEPTA passenger with a hammer aboard the Broad Street subway line was taken into custody last night, a day...
Truck driver doesn’t cry over spilled milk
(The following story by J.D. Sumner appeared on the Albany Herald website on September 10.) TIFTON, Ga. — Ronald Harp had a great reason to cry over spilled milk Tuesday. It was, after all, the milk in his refrigerated tractor-trailer rig that was spilled on the...
Editorial: Is Yuma back on track for port rail line?
(The following editorial appeared on the Yuma Sun website on September 9.) YUMA, Ariz. — It looks like a proposed deep water port is back on track in Mexico and that has possible significant implications for our community. Some may recall that the port was at the...
Expensive gas, airfares push more people onto Amtrak
(The following story by Thomas Olson appeared on the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review website on September 10.) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Before Yankee Stadium gets torn down, the Gentile boys visited New York last weekend. Instead of flying, they chose to ride the rails. "This is...
Inland cities court Amtrak
(The following story by Dug Begley appeared on The Press-Enterprise website on Septebmer 9.) RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Amtrak trains speed three times a week through the heart of Loma Linda. Robert Ziprick wishes they would stop. Ziprick, a Loma Linda city councilman, and a...
Mock railroad collision tests Grand Forks’ emergency response
(The following story by James Johnson appeared on the Grand Forks Herald website on September 10.) GRAND FORKS, N.D. — An eastbound passenger train collides head-on with a westbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight train hauling six cars of hazardous materials....
Last call for alcohol on Metra trains
(The following story by Todd Shields appeared on the Pioneer Press website on September 10.) CHICAGO — Aboard a typical Metra train, row upon row, work-weary people read newspapers and listen to iPods in the library-like atmosphere. But there's one car where every one...
Downturn hitting trucking harder than railroads
(The following story by Jeff Brooks appeared on the Ocala Business Journal website on September 8.) OCALA, Fla. — People in the trucking industry are fond of saying how the United States runs on trucks and if the trucks ever shut down, so would the country. A quick...
