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Debt load weighs on Alameda Corridor
(The following story by Ronald D. White appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on September 5, 2010.) LOS ANGELES — The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are a cargo powerhouse, handling about 40% of the country's imported goods and making possible hundreds of...
NJ Transit seeks federal funds for bridge
(The following story by Judy Rife appeared on the Times Herald-Record website on September 6, 2010.) NEWARK, N.J. — NJ Transit has applied for $885 million in new federal funding to pay for renewal and replacement of aging components of Amtrak's Northeast Corridor...
Lawmakers try to remove $200 million Metrolink damages cap
(The following story by Michael Collins appeared on the Ventura County Star website on September 6, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A campaign to change a federal law that could limit the amount of damages paid to victims seriously injured in a Metrolink train crash near...
Port of Virginia’s path to prosperity runs along Heartland Corridor
(The following story by Peter Frost appeared on the Daily Press website on September 4, 2010.) NORFOLK, Va. — Sometime after sunset on Wednesday, Norfolk Southern Train 233 will chug out of Hampton Roads, loaded with about 200 corrugated steel cargo containers stacked...
Railroads companies shares up at the close of trading
(The Associated Press circulated the following on September 3, 2010.) NEW YORK — Shares of some top railroads companies were up at the close of trading: CSX rose $.81 or 1.5 percent, to $53.67. Canadian National rose $1.15 or 1.8 percent, to $64.62. Canadian Pacific...
Factbox: Obama proposes $50 billion for road, rail, airways
(Reuters circulated the following on September 6, 2010.) MILWAUKEE — President Barack Obama would spend $50 billion on revamping highways, rails and airport runways to create jobs in the near term and improve the long-term U.S. transportation network. The $50 billion...
Obama offers a transit plan to create jobs
(The following story by Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Mary Williams Walsh appeared on the New York Times website on September 6, 2010.) MILWAUKEE — President Obama, looking to stimulate a sluggish economy and create jobs, called Monday for Congress to approve major upgrades...
Railroad Retirement Board 2010 informational conferences
CLEVELAND, September 3 — The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board will hold free informational conferences throughout 2010 for elected officers of all railroad labor unions. The following is a list of informational conferences that have been scheduled thus far for 2010....
Acting for impaired Railroad Retirement beneficiaries
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on September 3, 2010.) CHICAGO — The Railroad Retirement Board’s policy is that every annuitant has the right to manage his or her own benefits. However, when physical or mental impairments make a railroad...
RRB: Summary of annual financial report to Congress
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on August 3, 2010.) CHICAGO — The Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) is required by law to submit annual reports to Congress on the financial condition of the railroad retirement system and the railroad...
Wabtec signs contract with MBTA for new passenger locomotives
(Wabtec issued the following on August 31, 2010.) WILMERDING, Pa. — MotivePower, a unit of Wabtec Corporation (NYSE: WAB), has signed a contract with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) to supply 20 next-generation HSP46 passenger locomotives to be...
LIRR to suspend service on two branches as Hurricane Earl nears
(The following report by Andrew Grossman appeared on the Wall Street Journal website on September 2, 2010.) NEW YORK — With Hurricane Earl expected to bring tropical-storm conditions to the region, the Long Island Rail Road moved to suspend service on its two East End...
NJ Transit, Port Authority launch campaign promoting family-friendly train service to Newark airport
(The following story by Steve Strunsky appeared on The Star-Ledger website on September 2, 2010.) NEWARK, N.J. — Ride the family-friendly rails to fly the friendly skies. That’s the message from officials at NJ Transit and the Port Authority of New York and New...
NY transit impostor arrested again
(The Associated Press circulated the following on September 1, 2010.) NEW YORK — A man who commandeered a subway train at age 15 and has repeatedly posed as a transit worker was arrested again Tuesday on charges he stole a bus in New Jersey and drove it to a New York...
Pagano’s friend called 911 before suicide
(The following story by Chris Fusco appeared on the Chicago Sun-Times website on September 3, 2010.) CHICAGO — McHenry County Republican power broker Al Jourdan told a 911 dispatcher she could check his "qualifications" and "credentials" with the county's sheriff and...
Opinion: Labor Day’s legacy is a more inclusive America
(The following column by Amy B. Dean appeared on the Huffington Post website on September 2, 2010. She is the co-author of "A New New Deal: How Regional Activism Will Reshape the American Labor Movement.") WASHINGTON, D.C. — At some point in their lives, almost all...
Union Pacific’s reach expanding
(The following story by Joe Ruff appeared on the Omaha World-Herald website on September 3, 2010.) OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific Corp., which began shipping used cars in 2006 and expanded that business last year, now will manage shipments of used cars overseas for...
NS uses Roanoke for new advertising campaign
(The following appeared at WDBJ7.com on September 2, 2010.) ROANOKE, Va. — Norfolk Southern is reaching back to its Roanoke roots for its new ad campaign. The rail company is using a helicopter to film the area's train attractions. That includes aerial footage of...
STB to include ‘plain language’ summary with future decisions
(The Surface Transportation Board issued the following on September 2, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Surface Transportation Board announced today that it will begin including a "plain language" summary in future decisions issued by the entire Board. The goal...
Gulf & Ohio to acquire Lancaster and Chester Railway
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on September 2, 2010.) Gulf & Ohio Railways Inc. recently reached an agreement to acquire the Lancaster and Chester Railway Co. headquartered in Lancaster, S.C. The sale is expected to be finalized by...
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