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Railroad Retirement Board 2010 informational conferences
CLEVELAND, July 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....
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...
Amtrak excursion coming down the rail to Bluefield, W.Va., this fall
(The following story by Bill Archer appeared on the Bluefield Daily Telegraph website on July 17, 2010.) BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — Rail enthusiasts of the region and beyond will have an opportunity to climb on board a “Fall Foliage Amtrak Excursion” train on Sunday, Nov. 7,...
AAR backs carbon capture, storage bill
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on July 16, 2010.) Yesterday, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) announced support for the Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Deployment Act of 2010 (S. 3591), which was introduced Wednesday by...
New York to Montreal in nothing flat
(The following story by Janet Whitman appeared on the Financial Post website on July 18, 2010.) NEW YORK — John Parisella, Quebec’s highest-ranking representative in the United States, caught the 8:15 a.m. train Friday from New York City’s Penn Station bound for...
Opinion: MARC service lapses don’t excuse bad behavior
(The following column by Michael Dresser appeared on The Baltimore Sun website on July 18, 2010.) BALTIMORE, Md. — The past few weeks have been rough on riders of MARC commuter trains, so it's understandable that some of them get upset. People want to get home from...
St. Augustine Airport Authority opposes high speed rail site
(The following story by Peter Guinta appeared on the St. Augustine Record website on July 19, 2010.) ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — State transportation planners envision Amtrak passenger trains rumbling through St. Augustine someday and stopping at San Marco Station, a...
Funding is among the obstacles to high-speed rail in Richmond
(The following story by Peter Bacque appeared on the Richmond Times-Dispatch website on July 18, 2010.) RICHMOND, Va. — Richmond is crucial high-speed rail link, but how will it be paid for? Richmond-area officials are counting on fast, frequent, reliable passenger...
New Mexico lands grant to study cross-border rail bypass
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on July 16, 2010.) Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) recently announced that New Mexico was awarded a $1.23 million federal grant to help expand cross-border freight-rail service to the southern part of the...
Florida high-speed rail work on Tampa-Orlando line begins today
(The following story by Grayson Kamm appeared at WTSP.com on July 19, 2010.) TAMPA, Fla. — For Florida's high speed rail, early work begins today -- in a very geeky way. Crews are starting "geotechnical exploration" on Monday. What's that? Workers will start surveying...
Union Pacific CEO meets with Wyoming employees
(The Associated Press circulated the following on July 16, 2010.) GREEN RIVER, Wyo. — Union Pacific CEO Jim Young has held a private meeting with railroad employees in southwest Wyoming. After the meeting in Green River on Thursday, company spokeswoman Donna Kush said...
VRE cuts 8 Amtrak trains from its schedule
(The Associated Press circulated the following on July 18, 2010.) ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Eight Amtrak trains will no longer be available to Virginia Railway Express passengers as the commuter rail line tweaks its schedule. VRE also is adding a new express train on the...
BNSF puts Montana biodiesel to the test
(The following story by Kim Skornogoski appeared on the Great Falls Tribune website on July 17, 2010.) GREAT FALLS, Mont. — Every day, trains packed with Montana grains chug past Earl Fisher Biofuels. This morning, company officials will join BNSF representatives and...
CSX sees economic recovery in a few years
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Samantha Bomkamp on July 17, 2010.) NEW YORK — The top executive at CSX Corp., the nation’s third largest railroad, on Tuesday predicted it could take another year or two for shipping volume to recover to...
‘Engine school’ grad keeps up BLET family tradition
(The following story by Richard Weir appeared on the Boston herald website on July 19, 2010. Vincent Hayhurst and Brian Hayhurst are members of BLET Division 57 in Boston. Paul Hayhurst is a member of BLET Division 312 in Boston.) BOSTON — Kids love trains, and Vicki...
Railroad Retirement Board 2010 informational conferences
CLEVELAND, July 16 — 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: 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...
UP says broken rail caused derailment in Industry, Calif.
(The following story by Adolfo Flores appeared on the San Gabriel Valley Tribune website on July 15, 2010.) INDUSTRY, Calif. — Railroad officials determined a broken rail caused a Union Pacific freight train to run off its tracks and damage three intersections along...
Metra bridge project to prompt schedule changes for thousands of rail commuters
(The following story by Richard Wronski appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on July 16, 2010.) CHICAGO — A major program to rebuild nearly two dozen century-old railroad bridges on Metra's Union Pacific North line is expected to start next month and will mean...
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