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Railroad Retirement Board 2010 informational conferences
CLEVELAND, August 30 — 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....
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...
Credit for military service under the Railroad Retirement Act
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on July 23, 2010.) CHICAGO — Many railroad employees have at some time served in the Armed Forces of the United States. Under certain conditions, their military service may be credited as rail service under the...
UP again ranks high in list of veteran employers
(The Associated Press circulated the following on August 29, 2010.) OMAHA, Neb. — Another magazine is praising Union Pacific as a top employer for military veterans. Miltary Times EDGE recently ranked the Omaha-based railroad No. 10 on its list of the 50 best...
North Carolina man waiting for ‘ghost train’ hit by real one
(The following report appeared on the New York Post website on August 27, 2010.) NEW YORK — As a dozen amateur ghost hunters in North Carolina waited for a "ghost train" before dawn Friday, a man in the group was killed by a real one, WCNC reported. The group gathered...
Train from New York to Montreal opens up new vistas
(The following story by Brian O'Neill appeared on the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette website on August 29, 2010.) ON THE RAILS — An 11-hour train trip? No, thanks. But four- to seven-hour trips are short enough to allow the novelty of the ride, the steady pace through...
Vintage Amtrak domed sightseeing car will ride the rails this fall
(The Associated Press circulated the following on August 28, 2010.) ALBANY, N.Y. — Amtrak's domed sightseeing car will give leaf-peepers a spectacular view of the foliage in northern New York this fall. The historic "Great Dome" rail car makes a special four-week...
Amtrak says Coast Starlight passengers increase
(The Associated Press circulated the following on August 27, 2010.) KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — Amtrak is getting plenty of business in Klamath Falls for its Coast Starlight run. The Herald and News reports that ridership is increasing and the trains are usually on time or...
Lawrence’s missing train station sign found, returned
(The following story by Christine Metz appeared on the Lawrence Journal World website on August 29, 2010.) LAWRENCE, Kan. — Now that the 8-foot neon Lawrence sign has returned home to the Burlington Northern Santa Fe depot, the question is what to do with it. The sign...
Engineers can still sound whistles in Quiet Zones
(The following story by Pippi Mayfield appeared at DL-Online.com on August 27, 2010.) DETROIT LAKES, Minn. — Many Detroit Lakes residents rejoiced when Burlington Northern Santa a couple months ago and the city was officially named a Quiet Zone. But, train engineers...
SE Ohio region pushes for rail service at Dayton airport
(The following story by John Nolan appeared on the Dayton Daily News website on August 28, 2010.) DAYTON, Ohio — Officials of Dayton International Airport and local governments are pushing a plan to extend rail service onto the airport, hoping that the added shipping...
Amtrak route changes in Illinois start Wednesday
(The following story by Tim Landis appeared on the State Journal-Register website on August 30, 2010.) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Amtrak passengers can expect periodic disruptions through early November on the carrier’s busiest Illinois route between Chicago and St. Louis,...
Graniteville train wreck took lives, jobs
(The following appeared on The August Chronicle website on August 29, 2010.) AUGUST, Ga. — Early on the morning of Jan. 6, 2005, a Norfolk Southern Corp. freight train carrying more than 250 tons of chlorine crashed into two locomotives and two rail cars parked on a...
Amtrak, Union Pacific to share expense of high-speed rail study
(The following story by Terri Richardson appeared on the Longview News-Journal website on August 29, 2010.) LONGVIEW, Texas — Amtrak and the Union Pacific Railroad will work together on a study that could boost high-speed passenger rail service in East Texas and...
Amtrak told to slow down on western Kansas rails
(The Associated Press circulated the following on August 27, 2010.) HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Railroad officials have imposed slower speeds through portions of western Kansas because of deteriorating track conditions. The slowdown, which could become permanent, has added...
Slow route to high speed: Will Buffalo-Falls rail line be part of NY state spending?
(The following story by Richard E. Baldwin appeared on the Buffalo News website on August 29, 2010.) NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. — New York State is to receive millions of dollars to improve passenger railroad service from New York City to Niagara Falls and to modernize...
TCRC: CN is provoking its workers to launch a strike
(Teamsters Canada Rail Conference issued the following on August 29, 2010.) OTTAWA — After only a few days of bargaining, it seems that the Canadian National Railway Company (CN) is bent on provoking its workers to launch a strike, regardless of the insistence of the...
Editorial: Amtrak, SunRail must solve Florida differences
(The following editorial appeared on the Orlando Sentinel website on August 29, 2010.) ORLANDO, Fla. — When — or should we say, if — SunRail runs as envisioned, it will serve commuters along a mainly vertical line from DeLand to Poinciana. At least that's what we keep...
Insurance issue may postpone Amtrak for Florida east coast run
(The following story by Rebecca Basu appeared on the Florida Today website on August 28, 2010.) MELBOURNE, Fla. — The state and Amtrak's inability to reach an agreement regarding insurance coverage for a stretch of the proposed Jacksonville-Miami passenger train route...
CSXT enters rail security partnership with Alabama
(CSX issued the following on August 27, 2010.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Transportation (CSXT) today announced that it has entered into a rail security partnership with the State of Alabama, which represents a model CSXT successfully uses with other states. The...
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