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RRB: Medicare for railroad families
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on August 12.) CHICAGO — The Federal Medicare program provides hospital and medical insurance protection for railroad retirement annuitants and their families, just as it does for social security beneficiaries....
As final pillars of Septa’s El come down, the end of disruption appears near
(The following story by Paul Nussbaum appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on August 20.) PHILADELPHIA — The last remnant of the old Market Street Elevated, a fixture in West Philadelphia for 100 years, is gone, its pillars toppled last week like dominoes. An...
NS ups train speeds 5 mph through Greenville, S.C.
(The following story by Bill Jones appeared on The Greeneville Sun website on August 20.) GREENVILLE, S.C. — Freight trains passing through Greeneville will begin moving five-miles-per-hour faster than in the past about Monday, Sept. 8, according to a Norfolk Southern...
BNSF reopens Chicagoland rail-served terminal
(BNSF Railway issued the following on August 19.) FORT WORTH, Texas — BNSF Railway Company today announced the reopening of a rail-served building materials transload facility under the management of Partners Warehouse, LLC, at Eola, Ill. Operating as Partners...
Work begins on train from Bull Mountain coal mine
(The following story by Clair Johnson appeared on the Billings Gazette website on August 20.) BILLINGS, Mont. — Construction of a long-anticipated railroad to carry coal from a mine near Roundup to Eastern and Western markets has begun near Broadview as Yellowstone...
Railroad workers replacing fallen bridge in N.C.
(The following story by Sue Book appeared on the Sun Journal website on August 19.) JACKSONVILLE, N.C. — Norfolk-Southern Railway employees were at work today replacing a 100-foot trestle over Scotts Creek in James City. The steel bridge sank about four feet at 10...
Delays of MARC service increase irk Maryland residents
(The following story by Stephanie Samuel appeared on the Montgomery County Sentinel website on August 19.) ROCKVILLE, Md. — Plans to delay extended weekend and daytime service on the Penn and Camden lines of the MARC commuter train are bad news for Prince George's...
New cars may ease MARC crowding
(The following story by Michael Dresser appeared on the Baltimore Sun website on August 19.) BALTIMORE — The O'Malley administration plans to announce Wednesday that it has negotiated the purchase of 13 double-decker rail cars from a Virginia railroad as part of an...
Rural Virginia site chosen for NS shipping yard
(The Associated Press circulated the following on August 19.) SALEM, Va. — Virginia officials have chosen a rural Montgomery County community for a new Norfolk Southern shipping yard. The state Department of Rail and Public Transportation announced Tuesday that...
Port industry looks at Canadian rail service
(The following story by Michelle Porter appeared on the Telegraph-Journal website on August 20.) SAINT JOHN — A faster, more efficient rail system is key to the growth of Canadian ports, said leaders in the industry at a conference of port authorities Tuesday. "It's...
