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Weekly rail shipments fall 0.1 percent last week
(The Associated Press circulated the following on August 14.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Shipments carried by U.S. railroads fell 0.1 percent last week compared with a year earlier, a major industry trade group reported Thursday. The Association of American Railroads said...
CN requests STB approval for revised procedural schedule and new approach to EJ&E acquisition
(CN issued the following on August 15.) CHICAGO — CN said today that it has asked the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to take a new approach to CN’s proposed acquisition of the major portion of the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Company (EJ&E). CN has asked the...
Deadline is August 18 for Teamster Disaster Relief assistance in Missouri
CLEVELAND, August 14 — The Teamsters Disaster Relief Fund is accepting applications for assistance from members in the state of Missouri after severe storms and flooding caused major damage in the following counties: Clark, Lewis, Lincoln, Marion, Pike, Ralls and St....
RRB: Medicare for railroad families
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on August 12.) (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...
Discover the evolution of train travel at Steamtown’s Lackawanna Railfest
(The following story by Josh McAuliffe appeared on the Times-Tribune website on August 14.) SCRANTON, Pa. — Rail travel might not be the most popular mode of transportation nowadays, but that doesn’t mean railroads are stuck in the past. That continuing evolution of...
Opinion: How to put Rochester on rails
(The following column by Paul Scanlon appeared on the Post Bulletin website on August 13. Mr. Scanlon, a local physician, is a Rochester native and former member of the school board.) ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Rochester needs a unified solution to rail issues. The proposal by...
NJ Transit, SEPTA enter joint ticketing agreement
(The following story by Paul Nussbaum appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on August 14.) PHILADELPHIA — NJ Transit and SEPTA will sell tickets to all of each other's stations, as part of a joint ticketing operation announced yesterday. Tickets to SEPTA and...
Train stock rally hits the brakes
(The following story by Tom Reese and Paul Rubillo appeared at Forbes.com on August 13.) NEW YORK — We have recently removed CSX, Burlington Northern Santa Fe and Union Pacific from our recommended list. We are still recommending Norfolk Southern, but that may change....
Virginia family files FELA suit in Madison County
(The following story by Steve Gonzalez appeared on the Madison County Record website on August 13.) CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The estate of a Charlottesville, Va., man filed a Federal Employers' Liability Act complaint in Madison County Circuit Court against CSX...
NJ Transit to offer admin. workers early retirement
(The following story by Larry Higgs appeared on the Asbury Park Press website on August 14.) NEWARK, N.J. — Following the state's lead, NJ Transit's board of directors approved its own early retirement plan Wednesday and a two-year hiring freeze of administrative...
