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Opinion: Amtrak offers more than just a way of getting there
(The following column by Bruce Dorries appeared on the News Leader website on July 22, 2010.) STAUNTON, Va. — To paraphrase a sage of the silver screen and a deceased Second Amendment activist, "They can take my car when they pry my cold, dead fingers from the...
Amtrak to help communities develop stations for new service
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on July 21, 2010.) Amtrak is offering guidance on station development to communities in Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin where new state-supported Amtrak service is slated to begin in the next three years. As...
With help from BLET members, Operation Lifesaver seeks to eliminate deadly train accidents
(The following story by Nash Armstrong appeared on the Knoxville News Sentinel website on July 22, 2010. B.L. Inman is a member of BLET Division 239 in Knoxville, Tenn.) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — After 31 years as a Norfolk Southern Corp. train engineer, B.L. Inman has seen...
St. Louis-Chicago high-speed rail work to begin in September
(The following appeared on the Kansas City Star website on July 22, 2010.) ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Track upgrades needed to increase passenger train speeds and cut travel time between St. Louis and Chicago will begin in early September, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn announced...
FTA study: $77.7 billion needed to bring nation’s rail and bus systems into ‘state of good repair’
(The Federal Transit Administration issued the following on July 21, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Federal Transit Administration (FTA) study released today estimates the cost of bringing the nation’s rail and bus transit systems into a state of good repair at $77.7...
Amtrak ridership soars from Seattle to Portland, Seattle to Vancouver, B.C.
(The following appeared on the Seattle Times website on July 21, 2010.) SEATTLE, Wash. — Amtrak Cascades, which operates trains from Seattle to Portland and Seattle to Vancouver, B.C. has shown double-digit ridership growth and has broken records each month this year,...
Kansas City Southern border route expected to reopen this weekend
(The following story by Randolph Heaster appeared on the Kansas City Southern website on July 21, 2010.) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A key U.S.-Mexico gateway for Kansas City Southern is expected to reopen this weekend. Kansas City Southern de Mexico's bridge line between...
Class I railroads add workers in June
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on July 21, 2010.) At 2010’s midpoint, the U.S. Class Is’ traffic uptick was evident in employment figures. As of mid-June, they employed 151,527 workers, up 0.4 percent from May’s total and 1.3 percent...
Railroad shares mixed at the close of July 21 trading
(The Associated Press circulated the following on July 21, 2010.) NEW YORK — Shares of some top railroads companies were mixed at the close of trading: CSX fell $.59 or 1.2 percent, to $50.02. Canadian National fell $1.06 or 1.8 percent, to $59.10. Canadian Pacific...
Union Pacific reports record earnings in 2010 2Q
(Union Pacific issued the following on July 22, 2010.) Omaha, Neb., July 22, 2010 – Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP) today reported 2010 second quarter net income of $711 million, or $1.40 per diluted share, compared to $465 million, or $0.92 per diluted share,...
Railroad Retirement Board 2010 informational conferences
CLEVELAND, July 21 — 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...
RRB: Benefit rate increase for Railroad Unemployment and Sickness benefits
(The Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on June 29, 2010.) CHICAGO — The maximum daily benefit rate payable for claims under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act increases to $66 from $64 in the new benefit year, which begins July 1, 2010. Benefits are...
Saginaw Railway Museum to keep access to main line
(The following story by Lindsay Knake appeared on The Saginaw News website on July 20, 2010.) SAGINAW, Mich. — The Saginaw Railway Museum is no longer in danger of being landlocked. CSX Transportation came to an agreement with Saginaw Bay Southern Railway to leave in...
Raising an iron giant
(The following story by David Hanners appeared on the Pioneer Press website on July 21, 2010.) ST. PAUL, Minn. — Milwaukee Road No. 261 has steamed more than a million miles since it rolled out of a factory in eastern New York state 66 years ago, but on Tuesday, it...
Va. woman sues CSX for husband’s lung cancer, death
(The following story by Kyla Asbury appeared on the West Virginia Record website on July 20, 2010.) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Virginia woman is suing CSX Transportation after her late husband developed lung cancer. Eugene Floyd was employed by CSX Transportation from 1967...
Moline to buy property for Amtrak terminal
(The following story by Thomas Geyer appeared on The Quad-City Times website on July 20, 2010.) DAVENPORT, Iowa — Moline is one step closer to being a hub in the return of passenger rail service to the Quad-Cities. In a unanimous vote Tuesday, the city council...
Iowa Northern, EPA to exhibit environmentally friendly railroad slug
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on July 20, 2010.) Tomorrow, the Iowa Northern Railway Co. and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plan to demonstrate a newly converted railroad slug in Waterloo, Iowa. A slug is a locomotive...
All aboard: Ohio Central Railroad hiring
(The following story by Kathie Dickerson appeared on the Zanesville Times Recorder website on July 20, 2010.) COSHOCTON, Ohio — Rail traffic is up from 2009, and as a result, Ohio Central Railroad is looking to hire an undisclosed number of employees. Positions that...
Quarterly earnings preview: Union Pacific
(The following appeared at Zacks.com on July 19, 2010.) NEW YORK — An improving U.S. economy, significant surge in automotive shipments, and a sharp rebound in many of the company’s end markets are expected to fuel future growth of Union Pacific Corp. (NYSE: UNP -...
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