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Longevity of Railroad Retirement beneficiaries
(The Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on March 29.) Every three years, the Railroad Retirement Board's Chief Actuary conducts a study of the longevity of its annuitants, as part of a valuation of future revenues and benefit payments. The following...
TWU members at SEPTA approve contract
(The following story by Frederick Cusick appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on March 27.) PHILADELPHIA -- SEPTA workers overwhelmingly approved a new one-year contract yesterday. The vote was 1,787-479 in favor of the contract, said officials of Transit...
U.S. rail crunch could snarl Asia trade
(The following story by Don Phillips appeared on the International Herald Tribune website on March 29.) NEW YORK -- Freight congestion has spread across the Union Pacific Railroad system, especially in Southern California and the southwestern United States, raising...
Suicide suspected in death on tracks
(The following story by Bonita Brewer appeared on the Contra Costa Times website on March 29.) PLEASANTON, Calif. -- A 21-year-old man who was struck and killed by a freight train Saturday night may have intentionally lain across the tracks, according to Pleasanton...
Trio charged in Amtrak money loss
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on March 27.) SACRAMENTO -- Two Sacramento-area Amtrak conductors were indicted Thursday on federal embezzlement charges, while a third has agreed to plead guilty, prosecutors said. Robert B. Hellam, 42, of...
Metra trains bump, send 18 to hospital
(The following story by Maudlyne Ihejirika appeared on the Chicago Sun-Times website on March 27.) CHICAGO -- A collision between a commuter train and a locomotive sent 18 people to area hospitals with minor injuries Friday. The accident occurred at 9 a.m. at the...
MTA beefs up security
(The following article by Clemente Lisi was published by the New York Post on March 29.) NEW YORK -- The MTA has nearly doubled its police budget over the last three years in an effort to beef up security at its sprawling transportation network, guarding against a...
Train security poses dilemma
(The following story by Janice D’Arcy appeared on the Hartford Courant website on March 28.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Amtrak train 93 was barreling southward through Fairfield County last December, full of holiday travelers, when a buzzing sound erupted from the overhead...
Spreading rails caused UP wreck
(The Glenwood Springs Post Independent posted the following article by Greg Massé on its website on March 29.) GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. -- "Wide gauge" is the official cause of the Feb. 15 train derailment in Glenwood Canyon, a Union Pacific spokesman said Friday....
U.P. seeking cause of 22-car derailment
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on March 27.) CARROLL, Iowa -- Union Pacific Railroad workers were clearing crumpled aluminum hopper cars and spilled coal Friday from a stretch of track where 22 cars derailed the night before. No injuries were...
