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NYCT’s annual ridership falls for first time in six years
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on February 23, 2010.) In 2009, MTA New York City Transit’s (NYCT) subway, bus and paratransit ridership totaled 2.3 billion, the second-highest total since 1969, but the first time annual ridership...
2009 Metra ridership down overall, up on Kenosha route
(The following report appeared on the Kenosha News website on February 23, 2010.) KENOSHA, Wisc. — Metra commuter rail ridership was down as a whole in 2009, but up slightly on the route that terminates in Kenosha. The Union Pacific North line saw a 0.6 percent...
Michigan short line’s MOW workers join BMWED
(The following story appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on February 23, 2010.) Huron & Eastern Railway Co. workers recently voted in favor of joining the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division (BMWED). The employees will be members of the...
Trouble for SunRail? Amtrak wants new deal on liability
(The following story by Dan Tracy appeared on the Orlando Sentinel website on February 23, 2010.) ORLANDO, Fla. — The chief executive of Amtrak is again threatening to scuttle the SunRail commuter train planned for Central Florida before it picks up its first...
Union Pacific railroad will build more permanent fence to keep trespassers out
(The following story by Layla Bohm appeared on the News-Sentinel website on February 23, 2010.) LODI, Calif. — If you've made it a habit of driving onto railroad property off Swain Drive and dumping trash, those days are short-lived. The same goes for residents who...
Railroad shares mixed at the close of Feb. 23 trading
(The Associated Press circulated the following on February 23, 2010.) NEW YORK — Shares of some top railroads companies were mixed at the close of trading: CSX rose $.18 or .4 percent, to $47.00. Canadian National fell $.77 or 1.4 percent, to $52.53. Canadian Pacific...
Canadian Pacific Railway Limited declares dividend
(Canadian Pacific issued the following on February 23, 2010.) CALGARY — The Board of Directors of Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (TSX/NYSE: CP) today declared a quarterly dividend of twenty four and three quarter cents ($0.2475) Canadian per share on the outstanding...
Five myths about the labor union movement
(The following story by Alec MacGillis appeared on the Washington Post website on February 21, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The anniversary of the $787 billion economic stimulus act came and went last week with unemployment still holding stubbornly close to 10 percent....
Federal income tax and Railroad Retirement benefits
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on February 3, 2010.) CHICAGO — The following questions and answers describe the tax statements issued by the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) each January for Federal income tax purposes. Railroad retirement...
Glacier-area inn’s locomotive turned luxury lodging now boarding
(The following story by Richard Ecke appeared on the Great Falls Tribune website on February 23, 2010.) GREAT FALLS, Mont. — Outside the Izaak Walton Inn near Essex, near the boundary of Glacier National Park, guests can stay overnight in a locomotive converted to...
Volunteer Railroaders Association plans Easter Bunny Train Ride
(The Volunteer Railroaders Association issued the following on February 22, 2010.) NEWARK, N.J. — Ticket prices remain only $9.00 for children under 12 and $13.00 for everyone else. But if you purchase the tickets on line through www.easterbunnytrain.com you will save...
Railroad to Machu Picchu closed for repairs
(The following appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on February 21, 2010.) LOS ANGELES — The switchback railroad used by 90 percent of tourists to reach Machu Picchu will be closed at least two months for repairs, spoiling the travel plans of thousands and...
Skagway locomotives get modern makeover
(The following story by John Gillie appeared on the News-Tribune website on February 21, 2010.) TACOMA, Wash. — Without specific directions, it’s difficult to find Global Locomotive. The nearest town, Western Junction, doesn’t appear on many maps. And the last...
CSX launches private note exchange offers
(The Associated Press circulated the following on February 22, 2010.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Railroad operator CSX Corp. said Monday it launched private offers to exchange some of its outstanding debt for a combination of new debt and cash. CSX is offering to eligible...
Opinion: Amtrak trains a welcome and more traveler-friendly alternative to airlines
(The following column by Roger Rapoport appeared on the Seattle Times website on Febraury 23, 2010.) SEATTLE — On a recent bad-weather day when more than 5,700 commercial jetliner flights across the U.S. were canceled because of snowstorms, I was riding in the upper...
KCS replaces BNSF on Dow Jones Indexes’ transportation average
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on February 22, 2010.) On Feb. 16, Dow Jones Indexes replaced Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. with Kansas City Southern on the Dow Jones Transportation Average after Berkshire Hathaway Inc. acquired...
Railroad tie purchases slip, production holds steady in January
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on February 22, 2010.) In January, crosstie purchases registered a “normal seasonal decline,” falling 12 percent from the previous month’s level to 1.16 million units, according to the Railway Tie...
Repairs continue on Central California rail line damaged by freight train fire
(The following story by Amina Khan appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on February 22, 2010.) LOS ANGELES — Crews worked Monday to repair the Union Pacific rail line damaged in Central California when a fire sparked by a freight train derailment halted some...
Amtrak looking to breathe new life into Chicago’s Union Station
(The following story by Blair Kamin appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on February 23, 2010.) CHICAGO — Amtrak is asking seven architectural and real estate firms to dream up ways to pump new life into the historic but listless part of Chicago's Union Station — a...
Montreal, Maine & Atlantic shutdown looms in Maine
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Clarke Canfield on February 22, 2010.) PORTLAND, Maine - The collapse of the housing market is largely to blame for a railroad company’s plans to abandon miles of track in the far-flung northern third of Maine...
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