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Historic drop: NAFTA trade fell 23 percent in 2009
(The following story by Thomas L. Gallagher appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on March 18, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Surface trade with Canada and Mexico in 2009 took the steepest dive in the 15 year history of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Trade...
CN obtains resolution of labour issues with locomotive engineers in Canada
(CN issued the following on March 19, 2010.) MONTREAL — CN announces that it received yesterday, and will begin implementing, Arbitrator Andrew Sims' arbitration ruling setting the terms and conditions of a new three-year collective agreement between CN and the...
FRA names new Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulatory and Legislative Operations
(The Federal Railroad Administration issued the following on March 18, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Mr. Robert Lauby has been selected to serve as the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) Office of Safety Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulatory and Legislative...
Mo. House panel decides to keep $8.6M in 2011 budget for Amtrak
(The Associated Press circulated the following on March 19, 2010.) JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri House budget writers have decided to spare Amtrak passenger service from cuts in state spending. Missouri's proposed budget for the fiscal year that starts July 1...
UP says Bailey Yard derailment caused by broken rail
(The following story by Diane Wetzel appeared on the North Platte Telegraph website on March 18, 2010.) NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — A broken rail caused eight cars to jump the tracks at Bailey Yard on Wednesday morning, leaving seven cars on their sides and dumping about 700...
Wisconsin rail summit lobbies for high-speed line on Amtrak route
(The following story by Richard Mial appeared on the La Crosse Tribune website on March 19, 2010.) LA CROSSE, Wisc. — One hundred high-speed rail advocates, several riding Amtrak from Minnesota, gathered Thursday in La Crosse to promote having the proposed...
More Worcester neighborhoods express concern over CSX freight yard plans
(The following story by Nick Kotsopoulos appeared on the Worcester Telegram & Gazette website on March 19, 2010.) WORCESTER, Mass. — Two more neighborhood groups have expressed concerns about CSX Corp.’s plan to expand its freight yard on Franklin Street. The...
Illinois Senate seeks high-speed rail panel
(The following appeared on the Chicago Sun-Times website on March 19, 2010.) CHICAGO — The Illinois Senate has passed a bill to create the Illinois and Midwest High Speed Rail Commission. The commission would be assigned to create a plan by next March on how to...
Railroad shares mixed at the close of March 18 trading
(The Associated Press circulated the following on March 18, 2010.) NEW YORK — Shares of some top railroads companies were mixed at the close of trading: CSX rose $.62 or 1.2 percent, to $51.85. Canadian National rose $.12 or .2 percent, to $58.49. Canadian Pacific...
AAR: Freight traffic on U.S. railroads registers gains in most recent week
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following on March 18, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Freight traffic on U.S. railroads was up from a year ago during the week ended March 13, the third consecutive week of gains on a year over year basis, the Association...
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....
Preliminary work begins on Niantic River Bridge
(The following story by Amy Renczkowski appeared on The Day website on March 18, 2010.) EAST LYME Conn. — Construction crews have already started the three-year project to replace the Niantic River Bridge, but onlookers won't see the substantial work begin for a few...
French rail co. falsely announces train explosion
(The Associated Press issued the following on March 16, 2010.) PARIS — France's railway operator says an "internal error" caused it to post a false statement on its Web site saying a train explosion had killed 102 people. The announcement on SNCF's home page described...
Metra: Do not cross in front of trains
(The following report by Ben Bradley appeared at www.abc7chicago.com on March 17, 2010.) CHICAGO — It's a sight every train engineer dreads -- one split-second decision that can cost a life. "You learn to read people's body language. You know when they're going to...
Metra releases video of North Chicago woman, child killed by train
(The following story by Dan Rozek and Mary Wisniewski appearedo n the Chicago Sun-Times website on March 18, 2010.) CHICAGO — A chilling video that shows an 18-month-old girl and her godmother getting hit and killed by a commuter train at a North Chicago crossing was...
Canadian transportation safety agency issues nine-item ‘watchlist’
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on March 17, 2010.) Yesterday, Canada’s Transportation Safety Board (TSB) released a watchlist citing nine lingering transportation safety issues. The list includes two rail safety concerns: the frequency...
CSX announces earnings release and first-quarter earnings call
(CSX issued the following on March 17, 2010.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Corporation (NYSE: CSX) will release first-quarter 2010 financial and operating results on Tuesday, April 13, 2010 after the market close. The Company will host an earnings conference call at 8:30...
Coal cars derail at Union Pacific’s Bailey Yard
(The following story by Sharron Hollen appeared on the North Platte Telegraph website on March 18, 2010.) NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — About 700 tons of coal that spilled when a coal train derailed in Bailey Yard on Wednesday morning were expected to be cleared by Wednesday...
New York State losing track of rail project funds
(The following story by Eric Anderson appeared on the Albany Times Union website on March 18, 2010.) ALBANY, N.Y. — Freight railroad officials are wondering what happened to the tens of millions of dollars from a 2005 bond issue that was to be invested in rail and...
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