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UP freight cars derail, delaying Amtrak in Oakland
(The following story by Jill Tucker appeared on the San Francisco Chronicle website on August 4, 2010.) OAKLAND, Calif. — Four Union Pacific freight train cars derailed in Oakland Tuesday afternoon, closing the tracks in both directions and cutting off Amtrak service...
CP Rail train derails near Calgary
(The following story by Renato Gandia appeared on the Edmonton Sun website on August 3, 2010.) AIRDRIE, Alberta — Thirty rail cars -- some carrying agricultural chemicals headed to Calgary -- derailed north of Calgary on Tuesday, leaving emergency crews scrambling to...
Calif. high speed rail arguments get more heated
(The following story by Andrew S. Ross appeared on the San Francisco Chronicle website on August 4, 2010.) SAN FRANCISCO — Arguments over California's high-speed rail just got a whole lot more heated. Last week, the head of the Bay Area Council took an epistolary...
FivePoints route favored for Raleigh high speed rail
(The following story by Sarah Ovaska appeared on the News Observer website on August 3, 2010.) RALEIGH, N.C. — The best and safest way for fast-speed rail service to roll into downtown Raleigh is to hop onto tracks being used by Norfolk Southern Railroad, both a...
STB to establish advisory committee on toxic by inhalation hazards
(The Surface Transportation Board issued the following on August 3, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The federal Surface Transportation Board announced today its decision to form an advisory committee to study and suggest ways to safely move toxic cargo like chlorine in a...
DOT chief LaHood touts Detroit light-rail plan
(The following story by Matt Helms appeared on the Detroit Free Press website on August 4, 2010.) DETROIT — Even the feds know how crucial Woodward is to Detroit’s heritage, with U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood touting the route as “sacred ground” soon after...
Gov. Rendell calls for more Pennsylvania transportation funding
(The following story by Paul Nussbaum appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on August 4, 2010.) PHILADELPHIA — Beneath a 115-year-old SEPTA bridge, Gov. Rendell on Tuesday renewed his call for more money to fix roads and bridges, kicking off a four-day...
FREIGHT Act companion bill enters House
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on August 3, 2010.) The FREIGHT Act now is in the House, too. On July 30, Reps. Albio Sires (D-N.J.), Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.), Laura Richardson (D-Calif.) and Adam Smith (D-Wash.) introduced the Focusing...
Schieffer wants DM&E to pay his legal fees
(The Associated Press circulated the following on August 4, 2010.) SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad is fighting a request that it pay $23,000 in attorney fees and court costs for former company president Kevin Schieffer. The DM&E took...
Railroad shares mixed at the close of August 3 trading
(The Associated Press circulated the following on August 3, 2010.) NEW YORK — Shares of some top railroads companies were mixed at the close of trading: CSX fell $.16 or .3 percent, to $53.72. Canadian National rose $.79 or 1.2 percent, to $65.42. Canadian Pacific...
Retired BLET member remembers steam trains
(The following story by John R. Pulliam appeared on The (Galesburg) Register-Mail website on August 4, 2010. Glen Pepmeyer is a member of BLET Division 644 in Galesburg, Ill.) GALESBURG, Ill. — There are few people still around who made their living as an engineer...
Northern Maine fears loss of railroad lifeline
(The following story by Brian MacQuarrie appeared on the Boston Globe website on August 4, 2010.) PORTAGE LAKE, Maine — Rudy Boutot, a leathery veteran of the logging trade, is the only one of 11 siblings who chose to remain in jobs-challenged Aroostook County. But in...
Tenn. citizens question environmental impact of new NS terminal
(The following story by Eric Smith appeared on The Daily News website on August 3, 2010.) MEMPHIS, Tenn. — What began as a tame public hearing Monday night turned contentious as concerned citizens pounced on a chief environmental issue surrounding Norfolk Southern...
Joliet seeks to become the O’Hare of the train-truck world
(The following story by Mary Owen appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on August 4, 2010.) JOLIET, Ill. — Joliet's new CenterPoint Intermodal opened this week, a milestone for a project that will make Will County a major port for consumer goods coming in and out of...
1,500 gallons of diesel leak from derailed UP remote control locomotive in Salt Lake City
(The following story by Bob Mims and Samuel Weigley appeared on The Salt Lake Tribune website on August 4, 2010.) SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — About 1,500 gallons of diesel fuel spilled Tuesday from a punctured tanker car in Salt Lake City. Union Pacific Spokesman Aaron...
Railroad Retirement Board 2010 informational conferences
CLEVELAND, August 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....
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...
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...
CSX gives ‘Bucks for Brains’ matching funds to Marshall Univ.
(The following story by Bryan Chambers appeared on the Herald-Dispatch website on August 2, 2010.) HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — CSX Corp. gave $50,000 to Marshall University on Monday as part of West Virginia’s “Bucks for Brains” initiative. Randy Cheetham, regional vice...
Renovation of Lancaster Amtrak station back on track
(The following story by Bernard Harris appeared on the Intelligencer Journal website on August 2, 2010.) LANCASTER, Pa. — The renovation of the Lancaster Amtrak station is back on track. Three weeks after the $12 million project appeared in danger of derailing over...
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