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Scandal at National Mediation Board
(The following story by Ari Shapiro appeared on the National Public Radio website on June 30. To listen, visit the National Public Radio website.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Office of Special Counsel's role is to investigate complaints from government workers who say...
New hazmat rules begin July 1
(The following appeared on the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review website on June 30.) WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration will begin enforcing a new rule Tuesday that seeks to minimize the chances of terrorists attacking freight trains carrying hazardous chemicals that can...
Opinion: McCain’s agenda on Amtrak
(The following column by Derrick Z. Jackson appeared on the Boston Globe website on July 1.) BOSTON — Train travel is finally becoming a third rail of politics. The first one to fry over it might be John McCain. For years, McCain, in the comfort of cheap gasoline for...
Benefit rate increase for railroad unemployment and sickness benefits
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on June 2.) CHICAGO — The maximum daily benefit rate payable for claims under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act increases to $61 from $59 in the new benefit year, which begins July 1, 2008. Benefits are...
Opinion: After one year, first female LIRR president is on the right track
(The following column by Pete Donohue appeared on the New York Daily News website on June 29.) NEW YORK — Long Island Rail Road President Helena Williams has been fixated on the "Jamaica Crawl." It's not a dance craze but the maddening deceleration of LIRR trains when...
Skateboarders lacked OK to build structure, railroad official says
(The following story by Jerry L. Gleason appeared on The Patriot-News website on June 28.) HARRISBURG, Pa. — Sometimes sneaky works. Sometimes it falls flat on its face. Carlos Baiza had an underground plan to bypass officials and slip a piece of Philadelphia's...
Opinion: Gee, why would I be suspicious of the railroad?
(The following column by Peter Callaghan appeared on the News Tribune website on June 29.) TACOMA, Wash. — What is it about 135 years of local history that makes me not trust the railroad? Besides all of it, I mean. Being from the town that was made and slowly broken...
Amtrak restores some service to Midwest
(The Associated Press circulated the following on June 26.) CHICAGO — Amtrak says it's restoring service along its Chicago-to-Los Angeles route that was suspended because of flooding in the Midwest. The rail company suspended service between Kansas City and Chicago on...
How the potash boom will help CP and CN Rail
(The following story by Jonathan Ratner appeared on the Financial Post websit eon June 26.) OTTAWA — The agriculture boom and growing demand for fertilizer may be doing great things for potash producers and their investors, but it should also provide a boost for...
Opinion: Charleston port officials should seek greater rail access
(The following story by Neal peirce and Curtis Johnson appeared on the Charleston Post Courier website on June 29. Neal Peirce of Washington D.C., and Curtis Johnson of Minneapolis, Minnesota, were the authors of the Citistates Report on the Charleston region...
