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Virginia’s new inter-city Amtrak train starts Tuesday
(The following story by Uriah A. Kiser appeared on the News & Messenger website on July 15, 2010.) MANASSAS, Va. — Virginia's next state-supported Amtrak train will begin rolling Tuesday. The train will leave Richmond's Staples Mill station at 7 a.m. each weekday and...
Union Pacific to announce second quarter earnings on July 22
(Union Pacific issued the following on July 15, 2010.) OMAHA, Neb. — In conjunction with Union Pacific Corporation's (NYSE: UNP) Second Quarter 2010 Earnings Release, you are invited to listen to its presentation that will be broadcast live over the Internet or via...
Bombardier wins $761 million China train deal
(Reuters circulated the following on July 16, 2010.) TORONTO — Bombardier Inc. said on Friday that its Chinese joint venture had won a contract for 40 high-speed train sets from China's Ministry of Railways, worth about $761 million. Bombardier's share of the...
MBTA locomotive deal sweetens Boise company’s outlook
(The following story by Bill Roberts appeared on the Idaho Statesman website on July 16, 2010.) BOISE, Idaho — A $114 million plan for MotivePower Inc. to build 20 locomotives for the Boston area's commuter-rail system sets up the company to design, develop and...
Norfolk Southern says Charleston rail plan ‘hollow’
(The following story by Daniel Brock appeared on the Charleston Regional Business Journal website on July 15, 2010.) CHARLESTON, S.C. — Norfolk Southern Corp. has been largely silent during the region’s broiling commercial rail debate, but a deal struck by a group of...
Canadian railway stocks enjoy winning streak
(The following story by David Berman appeared on the Globe and Mail website on July 16, 2010.) TORONTO — Canadian rail stocks have sure been enjoying a good winning streak. Canadian National Railway Co. has risen for four straight days (Thursday included, although the...
Ohio wants passenger trains to Toledo and Pittsburgh, too
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Matt Leingang on July 15, 2010.) COLUMBUS, Ohio — Toledo and Pittsburgh are among the next cities that Ohio wants to connect as part of its developing passenger rail project, state transportation officials said...
Ohio eyes phase two of ‘3C’ passenger rail plan
(The following story by David Patch and Jim Provance appeared on the Toledo Blade website on July 16, 2010.) COLUMBUS, Ohio — While passenger trains are still at least two years away from running on a "Three-C" corridor for which Ohio has obtained federal stimulus...
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...
LIRR issues ‘watch the gap’ rap video
(The following story by Dareh Gregorian appeared on the NY Post website on July 16, 2010.) NEW YORK — Call it "Yo, MTA Raps." The LIRR is going old school with a public-service announcement urging riders to watch the gap between train doors and the platform. "Look...
Railcar owners pull 3,064 cars out of storage
(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on July 14, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — North American railcar leasing fleets, shippers and railroads pulled 3,064 cars out of storage during June but still had 23.7 percent of their...
Injured UP worker wins negligence lawsuit
(The following story by Frank Graham appeared on the North Platte Bulletin website on July 15, 2010. Cynthia M. Clearview is a member of BLET Division 31 in Bill, Wyo.) SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. — After a five-day trial, a Scotts Bluff County jury found the Union Pacific...
AAR: Carload declines, intermodal gains in weekly rail traffic
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following on July 15, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported a decline in rail traffic for the week ending July 10, 2010, with U.S. railroads originating 252,963 carloads,...
Railroad Retirement Board 2010 informational conferences
CLEVELAND, July 15 — 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...
BNSF pulls out of grant process for proposed Willmar rail bypass
(The following story by Anne Polta appeared on the West Central Tribune website on July 14, 2010.) WILLMAR, Minn. — Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway has pulled out of the application process for federal stimulus money to help build a railroad bypass on the west...
Norfolk Southern balks at Charleston rail plan
(The following story by Allyson Bird appeared on The Post and Courier website on July 14, 2010.) CHARLESTON, S.C. — Norfolk Southern Corp. rejects North Charleston Mayor Keith Summey's plan to kick its trains out of key up-and-coming neighborhoods at the company's...
NJ Transit plans new quiet car policy
(The following story by Larry Higgs appeared on the Asbury Park Press website on July 14, 2010.) NEWARK — Switch off the cell phone, turn down the volume on the computer, and if you could keep that conversation to a whisper, that would be nice, too. Starting after...
Another fallen tree causes 90-minute Amtrak delay
(The following story by Janet Kelley appeared on the Intelligencer Journal website on July 14, 2010.) COATESVILLE, Pa. — For the second consecutive morning, storm damage caused a lengthy delay for Amtrak commuters Wednesday. Shortly after 6 a.m., a tree hit the...
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