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UP to bolster track in three states
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on July 6, 2010.) Union Pacific Railroad plans to spend $19 million to improve lines in Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska. On July 1, the Class I launched a $10 million project on a 22-mile line between...
Heat slows down train travel in rail-reliant East
(The Associated Press circulated the following on July 6, 2010.) NEWARK, N.J. — Extreme heat is keeping trains from running on time on heavily traveled lines in the Northeast. Temperatures soared above 100 degrees across the region Tuesday. Such hot weather can make...
Boston-Maine rail line grant work approved
(The Associated Press circulated the following on July 7, 2010.) PORTLAND, Maine — Federal Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says a grant agreement’s been finalized that allows work to begin on the rehabilitation and expansion of Amtrak’s Downeaster passenger train...
DOT announces $35 million in aid for Downeaster rail improvements
(The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following on July 6, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In January, President Obama announced that Maine was awarded $35 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds for the Northern New England Passenger Rail...
DM&E appeals dismissal of lawsuit
(The Associated Press circulated the following on July 7, 2010.) SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad is appealing the dismissal of its lawsuit seeking to keep former company president Kevin Schieffer from arbitrating a severance package. A...
FRA seeks researcher for train crew trauma study, orders 10 states to develop crossing safety plans
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on July 6, 2010.) Last week, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) issued an invitation to qualified researchers to apply for $50,000 in grant funding to initiate a study of Post Traumatic Stress...
House subcommittee cuts passenger-rail spending
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on July 6, 2010.) Last week, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development made changes to a fiscal-year 2011 spending bill. The subcommittee opted to increase...
Railroad shares down at the close of July 6 trading
(The Associated Press circulated the following on July 6, 2010.) NEW YORK — Shares of some top railroads companies were down at the close of trading: CSX fell $.22 or .5 percent, to $47.48. Canadian National fell $.13 or .2 percent, to $56.73. Canadian Pacific fell...
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...
New benefit year for railroad unemployment and sickness benefits
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on June 21, 2010.) CHICAGO — A new benefit year under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act begins July 1, 2010. Administered by the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB), this Act provides two kinds of benefits for...
Railroad Retirement Board 2010 informational conferences
CLEVELAND, July 6 — 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....
Oldest living Pullman porter looks back
(The following story by Ann M. Simmons appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on July 5, 2010.) LOS ANGELES — When Lee Wesley Gibson began his new job as a coach attendant with Union Pacific Railroad in 1936, the country was in the grips of the Great Depression....
Amtrak attendant sells with dash of merriment
(The following story by Mike De Sisti appeared on the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel website on July 4, 2010.) MILWAUKEE, Wisc. — Some use it as a time to sleep. Others use it as a time to read the paper, catch up on e-mail or gaze out the window reflecting on a rather...
Belcher Bridge is coming down for NS Corridor
(The following story by Bill Archer appeared on the Bluefield Daily Telegraph website on July 5, 2010.) BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — Norfolk Southern Railway contract crews have set up warning signs, and one of Bluefield’s bridges that traverses the NS mainline in the city’s...
Norfolk Southern train cars derail in Raleigh, N.C.
(The Associated Press circulated the following on July 4, 2010.) RALEIGH, N.C. — Several train cars have derailed near downtown Raleigh, but officials say no one has been hurt and there have been no evacuations. Multiple media outlets report the cars left the track at...
Derailment, explosion on BNSF tracks in Mo. keeps fire crews busy
(The following story by Meredith Hoenes appeared at Fox4KC.com on July 3, 2010.) SUGAR CREEK, Mo. — A train derailed causing a rail car to explode in Sugar Creek Saturday morning. 17 cars derailed and six cars overturned around 1 a.m. One car that carried a chemical...
Rails offer smooth, roomy ride to D.C.
(The following column by Dan Casey appeared on the Roanoke Times website on July 6, 2010.) ROANOKE, Va. — Richard White is a health care industry consultant who lives in Southwest Roanoke County and spends about half of each week in Washington, D.C. Radford resident...
Opinion: A new plan for high-speed rail
(The following column by Charles H. White Jr. appeared on the Baltimore Sun website on July 6, 2010. Charles H. White Jr. is former head of the Railroad Policy Office in the U.S. Department of Transportation and Professor of Logistics at the U.S. Merchant Marine...
Plan for commuter trains clears hurdle in Worcester
(The following story by John Dyer appeared on the Boston Globe website on July 4, 2010.) BOSTON — Commuters in Boston’s western suburbs can take heart from the Worcester City Council’s decision Tuesday to endorse a proposal by rail giant CSX Corp. that could add at...
Analysis: UP profits should set records even with slow economic growth
(The following analysis by Toby Kolstad appeared on the Gerson Lehman Group website on July 5, 2010.) Summary Like many of its North American railroad cousins, the UP reacted swiftly to the precipitous fall in traffic in 2009 by cutting costs and capital spending....
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