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USA Truck, BNSF Railway sign intermodal pact
(The following story by William B. Cassidy appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on August 19, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — USA Truck is rebounding from the recession and expanding its fast-growing intermodal business. The dry-van truckload carrier said Aug. 18 it...
Officials look at rail safety on trip through Ga.
(The Associated Press circulated the following on August 19, 2010.) AUSTELL, Ga. — Representatives of Norfolk Southern Railway and Georgia Operation Lifesaver took a train ride together to promote safety. About 100 local, state and federal officials made a roundtrip...
Group launches passenger rail manufacturing center in Ohio
(EWI issued the following on August 11, 2010.) COLUMBUS, Ohio — EWI launched a first-of-its-kind Passenger Rail Manufacturing Center from its headquarters in Columbus, Ohio. The mission of the Center is to develop and strengthen manufacturing supply chains for the...
Amtrak service restored in Connecticut
(The Associated Press circulated the following on August 19, 2010.) BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Amtrak service has been restored to a busy part of the Northeast after a train became tangled in overhead wires in Connecticut. Service was suspended Thursday afternoon between New...
CSX says broken rail caused Baltimore tunnel derailment
(The following story by Michael Dresser appeared on The Baltimore Sun website on August 19, 2010.) BALTIMORE, Md. — CSX Transportation has determined that the cause of the Aug. 5 derailment in the Howard Street Tunnel was defective track, spokesman Gary Saese said...
NS police target Toledo track trespassers
(The following story by David Patch appeared on the Toledo Blade website on August 20, 2010.) TOLEDO, Ohio — Seventeen-year-old Franco Harris and his cousin, Jason Abranczyk, 11, thought the railroad tracks behind a friend's house in East Toledo would be a good...
Virginia Railway Express’s on-time performance slips
(The following story by Jennifer Buske appeared on the Washington Post website on August 20, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The on-time performance record for the Virginia Railway Express tumbled this summer as weather, mechanical issues and a rocky transition to a new...
House Speaker applauds budget surplus being spent on transportation
(The following story by Anita Kumar appeared on the Washington Post website on August 19, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Speaker Bill Howell (R-Stafford) welcomed the news Thursday that $32.7 million of the budget surplus for the fiscal year that ended June 30 will...
Truckers say freight plan would shortchange road projects
(The following story by Kathryn A. Wolfe appeared on the Congressional Quarterly website on August 19, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Lawmakers are proposing a national freight policy designed to encourage multimodal development and reduce congestion, but the trucking...
NS completes major Crescent Corridor improvements
(Norfolk Southern circulated the following on August 19, 2010.) RICHMOND, Va. — A critical choke point on Norfolk Southern’s Crescent Corridor has been eliminated with a reconfigured rail junction near Front Royal, Va. This was the final and most complex of six...
Railroad shares down at the close of August 19 trading
(The Associated Press circulated the following on August 19, 2010.) NEW YORK — Shares of some top railroads companies were down at the close of trading: CSX fell $1.42 or 2.7 percent, to $50.29. Canadian National fell $1.37 or 2.2 percent, to $61.04. Canadian Pacific...
AAR: Total weekly rail intermodal volume sets 2010 record
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following on August 19, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported rail intermodal volume on U.S. railroads for the week ending Aug. 14, 2010 was the highest of 2010, with...
Railroad Retirement Board 2010 informational conferences
CLEVELAND, August 19 — 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...
Deaths of Irish workers in 1832 may be murder, researchers say
(The following story by Kristin E. Holmes appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on August 19, 2010.) PHILADELPHIA — Before his research team's latest discovery, historian William Watson only suspected that something sinister had happened in Chester County when...
Norfolk Southern not on board with rails to trails plan
(The following story by Terrence T. McDonald appeared on The Montclair Times website on August 18, 2010.) BERGEN, N.J. — A Bloomfield Township consultant appeared before Montclair's Township Council last night, asking its members to join an effort to create an 11-mile...
Union Pacific cleaning contaminated soil
(The following story by Michael Pommier appeared on The Fort Scott Tribune website on August 19, 2010.) FORT SCOTT, Kan. — A local lot of contaminated soil is being fixed after 10 years of testing. According to Gary Richards, Kansas Department of Health and...
STB announces appointment of General Counsel, Chief of Staff
(The Surface Transportation Board issued the following on August 18, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Surface Transportation Board Chairman Daniel R. Elliott III announced today that Raymond A. Atkins will become the Board's general counsel effective Sept. 1. Atkins will...
FedEx drivers launch suit for reclassification
(The following story by Thomas L. Gallagher appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on August 18, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The battle over the employment status of drivers at FedEx Ground moved to Massachusetts this week as 31 current and former drivers sued the...
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