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Nebraska court derails suit against Union Pacific
(The following story by Paul Hammel appeared on the Omaha World-Herald website on April 2, 2010.) LINCOLN, Neb. — A legal complaint about employees who "goosed" co-workers' rear ends and called female colleagues "Rail Dogs" who bore their babies was derailed by the...
Ohio legislative panel may put brakes on passenger rail
(The following story by Jim DeBrosse appeared on the Dayton Daily News website on April 4, 2010.) RIVERSIDE, Ohio — Excitement has been building for months about the planned train station across the street from the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force and within...
Industry group wants to make Indiana U.S. transport hub
(The following story by Keith Benman appeared on the NW Times website on April 2, 2010.) MUNCIE, Ind. — A statewide industry consortium billing itself as a "proactive think tank" wants to help land large truck-rail intermodal yards for Indiana, with the Kingsbury...
Metrolink names new chief executive
(The following story by Dan Weikel appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on April 3, 2010.) LOS ANGELES — Metrolink's board of directors on Friday hired a former railroad vice president with broad transportation experience to replace David R. Solow, the embattled...
Beech Grove to get 108 Amtrak jobs
(The following appeared at wthr.com on April 2, 2010.) BEECH GROVE, Ind. — Federal stimulus money is helping Amtrak workers in Indiana. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood toured the Amtrak maintenance facility in Beech Grove Friday. Amtrak used $32 million from the...
Natural gas fuels rejuvenation of the Lehigh Valley railroad system
(The following story by Steve Reilly appeared on the Morning-Times website on April 3, 2010.) SAYRE, Pa. — The Lehigh Valley Railway defined social and economic life in the Valley for the first half of the 20th century, employing thousands of residents and bringing in...
Amtrak service returning to normal in Northeast
(The Associated Press circulated the following on April 5, 2010.O PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Amtrak service to the Northeast is returning to normal. Amtrak officials say they have resumed near full Northeast Regional and Acela Express service for Monday. Service between New...
Coroner’s office identifies Union Pacific maintenance worker
(The following story by Rong-Gong Lin II appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on April 4, 2010.) LOS ANGELES — A Union Pacific maintenance worker who was killed in a collision with a Metrolink train has been identified as Roberto Ramirez, 56, of Visalia. Ramirez...
Pedestrian deaths by train remain steady
(The following story by appeared on the USA Today website on April 5, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Anna Marie Stickel, 14, missed the school bus that morning. So she took a shortcut along some railroad tracks that made her trek to school about 10 minutes; going the long,...
BLET engineer Dave Lahner cleans up Iowa’s railroad tracks
(The following story by Jennifer Meyer appeared on the Ames Tribune website on April 2, 2010.) AMES, Iowa — David Lahner enjoys the beauty of Iowa’s changing seasons and river wildlife from the cabs of the Union Pacific trains he engineers. What he saw traveling the...
AAR: Carloads at highest weekly level since November ’08
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following on April 1, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Freight traffic on U.S. railroads is continuing to show solid signs of recovery with carload freight volume hitting its highest level since November 2008 during the week...
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, March 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....
Actor Taye Diggs joins Amtrak to celebrate National Train Day
(Amtrak issued the following on March 31, 2010.) NEW YORK — Actor and avid train fan Taye Diggs, star of Private Practice, will join Amtrak to kick-off the third annual National Train Day. Diggs will start the weekend's festivities with a ceremony at New York's Penn...
CN sells section of Toronto track to government-owned Metrolinx for $168 million
(The Canadian Press circulated the following on April 1, 2010.) MONTREAL — Canadian National Railway Co. says it has sold a "key section of track" in Toronto to Ontario government-owned Metrolinx for $168 million. The track, west of Toronto's Union Station, will give...
CP announces new agreement for westbound coal
(Canadian Pacific Railway issued the following on April 1, 2010.) CALGARY — Canadian Pacific Railway Limited today announced it has reached a one-year agreement with Teck Coal Ltd. (Teck) for the transportation of metallurgical coal from their CP served mines in...
‘Surge’ of law enforcement drills at N.Y.C. transit centers
(The Associated Press circulated the following on March 31, 2010.) NEW YORK — Commuters today were greeted by the sight of hundreds of law enforcers fanning out at transit hubs as part of a drill. The three-hour exercise was planned before the Russia suicide bombings....
Worcester committees seek changes to CSX yard expansion plans
(The following story by Nick Kotsopoulos appeared on the Telegram & Gazette website on April 1, 2010.) WORCESTER, Mass. — A joint City Council committee has asked CSX Corp. officials if they can modify plans to double the size of their freight terminal, to address...
UP locomotive honors Boy Scouts of America
(The following report appeared on the KTRK website on March 31, 2010.) HOUSTON — Local scouts cheered as a locomotive dedicated to the Boy Scouts of America rolled into Houston this morning. The Union Pacific railroad created the UP Number 2010 Boy Scouts of America...
Cluster of CN derailments near Toronto raises worries
(The following story by Tess Kalinowski, Carola Vyhnak and Richard J. Brennan appeared on the Toronto Star website on April 1, 2010.) TORONTO — The CN train derailment outside the Pickering GO station Tuesday raises plenty of questions but answers are hard to come by....
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