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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...
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...
Operation Lifesaver drives home rail safety message to motorists
(The following story by Roger Brown appeared on the Bristol Herald Courier website on August 5, 2010.) BRISTOL, Tenn. — Even after 34 years as a railroad man, Norfolk Southern conductor Wayne Manning said he struggles when sitting in a car to accurately judge the...
Firefighters at rail tragedy deliver baby
(The following story by Kim Janssen appeared on the Chicago Sun-Times website on August 5, 2010.) CHICAGO — Firefighters in Des Plaines dealt with tragedy -- then, minutes later, joy -- when they rushed from the scene of a fatal railroad-crossing accident to help a...
Derailed BNSF coal train in Iowa causes freight delays
(Bloomberg News circulated the following story by Noah Buhayar on August 4, 2010.) MELROSE, Iowa — Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. said a coal train with 119 loaded cars derailed at Melrose, Iowa, and is causing delays. The train was heading from Wyoming to Chicago...
Australia’s labor party plans $18 million study into high-speed rail line
(Bloomberg News circulated the following story by Robert Fenner on August 5, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Australian government will conduct a feasibility study into construction of a high-speed rail network along the nation’s east coast if the incumbent Labor party...
Virginia Railway Express begins adding new locomotives to its fleet
(The following story by Jennifer Buske appeared on the Washington Post website on August 5, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Virginia Railway Express added the first of 19 new locomotives to its fleet Monday -- a move designed to improve the efficiency of the system and pave...
BNSF, UP officials optimistic about getting federal funds for Fort Worth’s Tower 55
(The following story by Gordon Dickson appeared on the Fort Worth Star-Telegram website on August 4, 2010.) FORT WORTH, Texas — Work on railroad crossings and rail lines near downtown Fort Worth could begin as soon as spring if the Tower 55 project is awarded federal...
Opinion: Equal rail access is a necessity at Charleston port
(The following story by Robert E. Martinez appeared on the Post and Courier website on August 5, 2010. He is vice president of business development for Norfolk Southern Corporation and the former Secretary of Transportation for the Commonwealth of Virginia.)...
North Charleston to hold rail hearing
(The following appeared on the Post and Courier website on August 5, 2010.) NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — North Charleston City Council will hold a public hearing tonight on the city's plans to change and open rail lines capable of serving the new state port being built at...
New NS intermodal facility near Memphis under fire from environmentalists
(The following story by Bianca Phillips appeared on the Memphis Flyer website on August 5, 2010.) MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Last year, Norfolk Southern wanted to build its massive new rail facility a quarter-mile from the Wolf River, just east of Rossville. But the facility...
UP’s new Joliet facility dedicated to container trains from West Coast ports, Mexico
(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on August 4, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Union Pacific Railroad moved its first revenue trains through the new Joliet Intermodal Terminal on Aug. 3, launching UP’s fifth major box-handling...
UP’s Powder River Basin coal train loadings jump in July
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on August 4, 2010.) In July, Union Pacific Railroad loaded 1,033 coal trains in the Southern Powder River Basin (SPRB) compared with 1,013 trains in July 2009. The Class I’s trains-per-day average rose...
Port Authority of NY-NJ to pay $15 million for 10 more PATH rail cars
(The following story by Steve Strunsky appeared on The Star-Ledger website on August 5, 2010.) NEWARK, N.J. — Despite declines in ridership, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey plans to approve the purchase of 10 more PATH rail cars for its new trans-Hudson...
AFL-CIO president urges unions to step up for Dems
(The Associated Press circulated the following on August 5, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The head of the nation's largest labor federation on Tuesday urged union leaders to step up support for Democrats in the November elections, despite some frustration with the pace of...
Obama pledges labor support at AFL-CIO meeting
(The following story by Kendra Marr appeared at Politico.com on August 4, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Barack Obama vowed Wednesday to keep fighting for union-friendly legislation, as he urged labor leaders to go to the polls for Democrats in the upcoming...
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...
Railroad Retirement Board 2010 informational conferences
CLEVELAND, August 4 — 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....
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...
Proposed rules would mandate electronic payments for RRB beneficiaries still receiving paper checks
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on July 12, 2010.) CHICAGO — Paper checks may be a thing of the past for U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) beneficiaries who still receive them, under a recent initiative announced by the Department of the...
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