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Amtrak’s ‘Blues Train’ comin’ through
(The following story by Karen Freeman appeared on the Enterprise-Journal website on April 12, 2010.) McCOMB, Miss. — McComb will be the first stop in Amtrak’s upcoming Blues Connection, which will commemorate the link between blues music and America’s railroads....
Amtrak launches podcast for Sunset Limited
(The Associated Press circulated the following on April 13, 2010.) NEW ORLEANS — Passengers riding on Amtrak's Sunset Limited long-distance train between New Orleans and Los Angeles can now download a podcast which provides information about the areas they are...
GE to supply 150 locomotives to Kazakhstan
(The Associated Press circulated the following on April 12, 2010.) ERIE, Pa. — GE Transportation has a deal to sell 150 locomotives to Kazakhstan’s state-run railroad, most of which will be kits that are assembled in that country. GE announced the deal Sunday which...
Unusual meeting of trains delays morning traffic
(The following story by Francine Sawyer appeared on the Sun Journal website on April 12, 2010.) NEW BERN, N.C. — Motorists commuting to downtown New Bern were stalled between 8 and 10 a.m. Monday after two trains from different towns met at the same time in the city....
Chesapeake town favors a slow pace over the fast track
(The following story by Debbie Messina appeared on The Virginian-Pilot website on April 13, 2010.) CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Trains have made their mark on the rural hamlet of Sunray. They helped build the community, bringing dozens of Polish immigrants to settle and farm its...
Amtrak eyes new high speed route
(The following story by Audrey Dutton appeared on The Bond Buyer website on April 13, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak wants to become a major player in creating a national high-speed rail network, as states continue to jockey for funding from the federal government...
PTC, re-regulation highlight NARS meeting
(The North American Rail Shippers (NARS) issued the following on April 12, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Positive Train Control and re-regulation are two timely topics expected to draw record attendance at the 2010 North American Rail Shippers annual meeting at the...
Northwest region’s Amtrak routes setting records
(The following appeared on the News Tribune website on April 13, 2010.) TACOMA, Wash. — More folks are taking the train in the Northwest, according to Amtrak. Amtrak’s Cascades service saw a 16.7 percent rise in ridership in the last six months – the largest increase...
Analyst downgrades shares of Canadian National
(The Associated Press circulated the following on April 12, 2010.) NEW YORK — A Stifel Nicolaus analyst lowered his rating on shares of Canadian National Railway Co. on Monday, saying the stock had gotten too expensive. Analyst John Larkin noted the stock has gained...
The Railroad Retirement system: Its first 75 years
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on April 12, 2010.) CHICAGO — The 75th anniversary of the enactment of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1935 is being observed during 2010. Part of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal legislation, the...
China looks to rails to carry its next economic boom
(The following story by Alan Wheatley appeared on the New York Times website on April 12, 2010.) BEIJING — In southwestern Yunnan Province, giant concrete pillars bestride the fields, tracing the route of one of scores of new rail lines that China is building. In...
Benefits under Railroad Retirement and Social Security
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on March 3, 2010.) CHICAGO — Employers and employees covered by the Railroad Retirement Act pay higher retirement taxes than those covered by the Social Security Act, so that railroad retirement benefits remain...
Railroad Retirement Board 2010 informational conferences
CLEVELAND, April 12 — 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....
Vintage locomotive gives riders and onlookers a thrill
(The following story by Allan Turner appeared on the Houston Chronicle website on April 11, 2010.) HOUSTON — Back in the passenger cars, day-trippers reclined in luxury's lap: deep-sunk seats, air conditioning and the lulling thrum of steel wheels on rails. But in...
BNSF: Permit needed for sidewalk that’s been there 50 years
(The following story by Carolyn Lange appeared on the West Central Tribune website on April 11, 2010.) ATWATER, Minn. — A well-used sidewalk that has crossed the railroad tracks in Atwater for more than 50 years could be ripped up unless the city applies for a permit...
M&ET goes loco for green engines
(The following story by J.N. Sbranti appeared on the Modesto Bee website on April 12, 2010.) MODESTO, Calif. — The Modesto & Empire Traction Co. is being called the "greenest" short-line railroad in North America because it has replaced all its old locomotives with...
New overpass may silence BNSF whistles near Seattle’s Safeco Field
(The following story by Susan Gilmore appeared on the Seattle Times website on April 12, 2010.) SEATTLE — It's a signature at Safeco Field as popular as the garlic fries: train whistles. Fans at Safeco Field are used to the interruption of a shrill whistle as the...
Gas industry fuels Horseheads train traffic
(The following story by Jeff Murray appeared on the Star-Gazette website on April 10, 2010.) ELMIRA, N.Y. — Some motorists in Horseheads had to do something April 3 that they haven't had to do for a long time — wait for a train. But village officials and others say...
Calif high-speed rail board scraps station plan
(The Associated Press circulated the following on April 9, 2010.) SAN FRANCISCO — California's high-speed rail authority has scrapped plans to have the San Jose to San Francisco leg of the rail line end at an underground station that was to be built at Beale Street....
DOT stimulus payouts hit $10.26 billion
(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on April 9, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of Transportation’s payments to states for work done under economic stimulus projects reached $10.264 billion by March 26, up $286...
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