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After 42 years, it’s the end of the line for Metra conductor
The following story by Mary Wisniewski appeared on the Chicago Sun-Times website on June 21, 2010.) CHICAGO — When Art Anderson started working for passenger railroads, the Beatles were still together, and everyone still dressed up for work. "Things are a lot more...
Fallen trees halt Amtrak trains near St. Louis
(The following appeared on the St. Louis today website on June 19, 2010.) ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Trees and large branches toppled in a storm Saturday blocked Amtrak tracks in central Missouri and caused delays in both directions for the Missouri River Runner trains between...
Residents protest proposed BNSF rail yard air pollution plan
(The following story by Wendy Leung appeared on the Redlands Daily Facts website on June 20, 2010.) REDLANDS, Calif. — More than 100 residents from rail-adjacent communities protested at the Los Angeles home of the California Air Resources Board chairwoman on...
Kansas City official behind the throttle of rail-transit push
(The following story by Michael Mansur and Brad Cooper appeared on The Kansas City Star website on June 19,2 010.) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Welcome to Mike Sanders’ traveling rail-transit show. Jackson County’s top elected official has in recent months taken the throttle of...
Ridership remains strong in April on Amtrak’s Lynchburg route
(The following appeared on the News Advance website on June 18, 2010.) LYNCHBURG, Va. — The Lynchburg route that Amtrak started in October continued to produce far more riders than expected in April, according to figures from the state Department of Rail and Public...
NS train spills 3,000 gallons of fuel by national forest near Asheville, N.C.
(The following story by Sabian Warren appeared on the Citizen Times website on June 18, 2010.) OLD FORT, N.C. — A derailed train spilled 3,000 gallons of diesel fuel near Pisgah National Forest west of here on Thursday. Norfolk Southern officials said they were...
There’s a lot riding on ridership projections for Boston’s South Coast Rail
(The following story by Eric Moskowitz appeared on the Boston Globe website on June 20, 2010.) BOSTON — The South Coast Rail line that would restore commuter rail service to Fall River and New Bedford is the biggest transportation project in the works on Beacon Hill...
Freight rail key to Atlanta growth; economic spinoff includes jobs
(The following story by Shaun Sutner appeared on the Telegram & Gazette website on June 20, 2010.) ATLANTA — This city is built on big business. Worcester officials who toured freight rail yards and met with business leaders last week to assess how big freight yards...
Worcester group tours Atlanta’s CSX yards
(The following story by Shaun Sutner appeared on the Telegram & Gazette website on June 20, 2010.) FAIRBURN, Ga. — At nearly 50 feet tall, the yellow overhead crane towered over a shipping container at CSX Corp.'s sprawling intermodal freight yard, which company...
Rolling in class on a private rail car
(The following story by April Orcutt appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on June 20, 2010.) LOS ANGELES — Train fans like to say that nobody waves at a jet. Classic private railroad cars — ones designed last century for the railroad's corporate executives and...
A trip across America on Amtrak
(The following story by Karl Zimmermann appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on June 20, 2010.) NEW YORK — Comfortably settled in ClubAcela, the first-class lounge at New York's Penn Station, I considered the folder of Amtrak sleeping car tickets much as I would...
A high-speed zip across Europe by train
(The following story by James McCommons appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on June 20, 2010.) LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Last winter, when Kelly, my teenage son, and I rode trains for a total of 50 hours across France, Germany, Britain and the Low Countries on a...
High water in Southern Alberta and Saskatchewan impacts CP Rail
(Canadian Pacific Railway issued the following Service Bulletin on June 20, 2010.) CALGARY — As an update to our bulletin late last week, a once in 100-year rainfall event has caused flooding and widespread damage in southeastern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan....
Nebraska Central Railroad worker’s body found
(The following appeared on the Lincoln Journal Star website on June 18, 2010.) LINCOLN, Neb. — The body of 38-year-old railroad worker Jeff Scholl was found late Thursday or early Friday near the bridge that collapsed into the Elkhorn River. Scholl worked for the...
Railroad shares mixed at the close of June 18 trading
(The Associated Press circulated the following on June 18, 2010.) NEW YORK — Shares of some top railroads companies were mixed at the close of trading: CSX fell $.03 or .1 percent, to $54.95. Canadian National rose $.04 or .1 percent, to $62.49. Canadian Pacific rose...
The dangers of a 14,000 ton freight train
(The following story by Rebecca De Leon appeared on the Times-News website on June 21, 2010 Kim D. Matkin is a member of BLET Division 228 in Pocatello, Idaho.) SHOSHONE, Idaho — The “choo-choo” of the train’s engine, the startlingly loud horn, and the squealing...
AAR: U.S. freight railroads continue to post gains over 2009 levels
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following on June 17, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads today reported that for the week ended June 12, 2010, U.S. freight railroads continue to post traffic gains over 2009 levels. U.S....
CSX conductor killed on train in New Orleans
(The following appeared on the Times-Picayune website on June 20, 2010.) NEW ORLEANS — A train conductor was killed early today in what appeared to be an attempted robbery, the New Orleans Police Department reported. The conductor, 52, was found shot to death on board...
Railroad Retirement Board 2010 informational conferences
CLEVELAND, June 11 — 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 issuing statements of service
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on May 29, 2010.) CHICAGO — Each year, the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) prepares a “Certificate of Service Months and Compensation” (Form BA-6) for every railroad employee who received creditable...
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