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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...
Strike by CAW averted at Via Rail
(The following story by Jeff Bolichowsk appeared on The Windsor Star website on June 28, 2010.) WINDSOR — A possible train strike was averted late Saturday night as Via Rail and the CAW reached a tentative agreement. Bob Chernecki, who is in charge of the...
CSX asks to reduce service in NY
(The following story by Brian Kelly appeared on the Watertown Daily Times website on June 26, 2010.) WATERTOWN, N.Y. — CSX Transportation Inc. wants to reduce its daily rail service through the north country to two or three days a week. North country economic...
Pacific Harbor Line promotes Stolzman, Fox, Cliatt
(The Pacific Harbor Line issued the following on June 28, 2010.) WILMINGTON, Calif. — Pacific Harbor Line said today that M. D. “Mike” Stolzman, vice president, has been promoted to president, succeeding Andrew C. Fox, who is promoted to managing director, a newly...
Regulators OK voluntary rail yard emission cuts
(The Associated Press circulated the following on June 26, 2010.) LOS ANGELES — State air regulators on Thursday approved a set of voluntary pollution cuts at the dirtiest rail yards in Southern California despite overwhelming objections from residents, local air...
MARC officials and riders can learn from debacle
(The following story by Michael Dresser appeared on The Baltimore Sun website on June 28, 2010.) BALTIMORE, MD. — Last week was, to say the least, interesting on the MARC Penn Line — much as in the old Chinese curse: "May you live in interesting times." It was a hot...
UPS, FedEx worlds apart on labor law
(The following story by Chris Frates appeared on the Virginian Pilot website on June 28, 2010.) ROANOKE, Va. — A brutal labor law battle between UPS and FedEx could be headed for a showdown this week as Congress faces a deadline to make a move in the bitter,...
$120 million expansion of Worcester rail yard eyed
(The Associated Press circulated the following on June 27, 2010.) WORCESTER, Mass. ― The Worcester City Council is preparing to vote on a proposed $120 million expansion of the CSX rail yard. Officials say the investment by CSX will more than double the size of the...
Va. rail chief hopeful for success of Norfolk-to-Richmond line
(The following story by Debbie Messina appeared on The Virginian-Pilot website on June 28, 2010.) NORFOLK, Va. — Thelma Drake, state rail chief, is confident that the passenger train set to roll out of Norfolk in three years will rival the success of the recently...
Hundreds take part in transit counter-terrorism exercise
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on June 25, 2010.) During yesterday's morning and evening commutes, Amtrak and Metra police, Transportation Security Administration officials and law enforcement officers from more than 100 federal, state,...
CP Rail: Southern route between Swift Current and Lethbridge open
(The Canadian Pacific Railway issued the following service bulletin on June 27, 2010.) CALGARY — The southern route between Swift Current and Lethbridge reopened early this morning. Traffic is now moving between Swift Current andCalgary via CP's Taber, Aldersyde and...
Norfolk Southern opposes historical plaque commemorating 1922 strike
(The following story by Walt Frank appeared on the Altoona Mirror website on June 27, 2010.) ALTOONA, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Labor History Society's plan to commemorate the Great Railroad Strike of 1922 in Altoona has drawn some opposition. Society members, who will...
Opinion: Time to get moving on high-speed rail
(The following column by Rep. Don Young appeard at Politico.com on June 28, 2010. Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) was chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee from 2001 to 2007 and is now the ranking Republican on that committee.) WASHINGTON, D.C. —...
Railroad shares mixed at the close of June 25 trading
(The Associated Press circulated the following on June 25, 2010.) NEW YORK — Shares of some top railroads companies were mixed at the close of trading: CSX rose $.56 or 1.1 percent, to $52.25. Canadian National rose $1.26 or 2.1 percent, to $60.47. Canadian Pacific...
Party 3: Amtrak president on what’s next for rail in the West
(The following story by Jane Engle appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on June 27, 2010.) LOS ANGELES — In an interview in Los Angeles last week, Joseph Boardman, president and chief executive of Amtrak, talked about what’s next for rail in the West. From...
Part 2: Amtrak president defends train fares
(The following story by Jane Engle appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on June 26, 2010.) LOS ANGELES — My partner and I recently thought it would be fun to take Amtrak from Los Angeles to San Diego and back, about 130 miles each way, for a getaway. But the...
Part 1: Amtrak president touts record ridership, long-distance trains
(The following story by Jane Engle appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on June 25, 2010.) LOS ANGELES — Amtrak and its leader, Joseph Boardman, are on a roll. “We’re on course for a banner year in ridership,” the president and chief executive of America’s...
Amtrak engineers take train controls for Metrolink
(The Associated Press circulated the following on June 28, 2010. Tim Smith is Chairman of the BLET's California State Legislative Board.) LOS ANGELES — Amtrak conductors were at the controls of Southern California's Metrolink commuter trains Saturday the latest change...
Airline, railroad unions win federal court decision on election practices
(The following story by Wayne Risher appeared on the Memphis Commercial-Appeal website on June 27, 2010.) DALLAS, Texas — A federal court sided with organized labor Friday, backing more liberal voting rules for union representation elections at airlines and railroads....
Many factors kept Super Bowl rail plans off track
(The following story by Jeff Mosier appeared on The Dallas Morning News website on June 25, 2010.) DALLAS — Steep insurance costs finally ended plans to bring Super Bowl Sunday rail service to Arlington. But strikes against the train option had been piling up for a...
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