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CN gets mixed results on first EJ&E report card
(The following story by Marnie Pyke appeared on the Daily Herald website on March 17, 2010.) CHICAGO — The Canadian National Railway has made a good start communicating with towns along the EJ&E railroad, but there's room for improvement, a federal audit concludes....
Friends, employer mourn railroad worker killed in Union Railroad train collision
(The following appeared at WPXI.com on March 16, 2010. Andrew Monheim was a member of BLET Division 700.) EAST PITTSBURGH, Pa. — A Union Railroad worker from Plum was killed in a train collision and derailment in North Versailles early Tuesday, authorities said....
BLET Engineer killed as trains collide in Pittsburgh
(The following story by Jon Schmitz appeared on the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette website on March 17, 2010. Andrew Monheim was a member of BLET Division 700.) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — The Federal Railroad Administration is investigating the collision of two freight trains near...
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....
Amtrak, Kansas DOT analyze ways to restore passenger-rail service in six cities
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on March 15, 2010.) On Friday, Amtrak and the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) released a study that identifies four alternatives for state-sponsored passenger-rail service between Kansas City,...
N.J. budget cuts could burden low-income Garden State residents
(The Associated Press circulated the following on March 15, 2010.) CAMDEN, N.J. — New Jersey's days as a place where the government is unusually generous to the needy may be up as a new governor pushes wide-ranging spending cuts to solve a deep budget crisis. Gov....
Man says he had stroke at work and employer Amtrak did nothing
(The following by Jennifer Fernicola appeared at ChicagoNow.com on March 15, 2010.) CHICAGO — A thirty-year employee of Amtrak says he suffered a stroke at work and his employer did nothing to help him. Manuel Avelos says that on April 23, 2007, while working for...
UP train catches fire in Texas wreck
(The Associated Press circulated the following on March 16, 2010.) SAGINAW, Texas — A collision between a Union Pacific freight train and a military tank truck in Saginaw sparked a fire that damaged a locomotive. UP spokeswoman Raquel Espinoza-Williams says the crew...
USDOT narrows hazmat list tied to security plans
(The following appeared on the Progressize Railroading website on March 15, 2010.) On Friday, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced it narrowed the list of hazardous materials subject to security plan requirements. The move is part of the agency’s...
Union wants action after Houston transit train, bus collide
(The following story by Peggy O’Hare appeared on the Houston Chronicle website on March 16, 2010.) HOUSTON — Nineteen people were injured, none seriously, when a Metro bus and a light rail train collided Monday afternoon in front of Metro's downtown headquarters, the...
Tiny LA railway back on track nine years after crash
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Daisy Nguyen on March 15, 2010.) LOS ANGELES — The city's beloved Angels Flight began carrying passengers up and down a steep downtown hill again Monday, nine years after a fatal accident forced an extensive...
Who needs airlines? High-speed rail gains traction in Spain
(The following story by Elisabeth Rosenthal appeared on the New York Times website on March 16, 2010.) ABOARD THE AVE, SPAIN — Carlos Martínez and his colleagues were enjoying soda and sandwiches in the bar, having chosen not to watch a film — “Appaloosa,” with Ed...
MBTA getting set to buy long-needed locomotives for commuter rail
(The following story by Noah Bierman appeared on the Boston Globe website on March 7, 2010.) BOSTON — The MBTA is finally getting ready to buy locomotives for its commuter rail system, a long-delayed purchase that is vital to getting the 70,000 people who depend on...
Transportation companies embrace ‘green’ practices
(The following story by Don Hammonds appeared on the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette website on March 16, 2010.) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — The green activities of transportation companies with ties to the Pittsburgh area are on display from one end of the globe to the other --...
Two BLET members honored in North Dakota
(The following appeared on the Bismarck Tribune website on March 15, 2010. BLET Members Mike Muscha and Ron Huff are hosting the 2010 International Western Convention in the Bismarck-Mandan area.) BISMARCK, N.D. — The Bismarck-Mandan Convention and Visitors Bureau...
In PTC-related move, Wabtec buys train signals firm Xorail for $40 million
(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on March 15, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rail equipment supplier Wabtec bought the signal engineering and design services firm Xorail for $40 million in cash, equal to about one year’s...
House Democrats begin final push on healthcare as pressures intensify
(The following appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on March 16, 2010.) LOS ANGELES — Democrats on Monday began their climactic push to move healthcare legislation through the House by the end of the week, as President Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other...
Rail worker killed in crash of 2 freight trains near Pittsburgh
(The Associated Press circulated the following on March 16, 2010.) BRADDOCK, Pa. — Two freight trains owned by a U.S. Steel subsidiary crashed near a Pittsburgh-area plant early Tuesday, killing one person and causing cars on one train to derail. The cause of the...
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...
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