http://railfanning.org/news For the latest railroad news Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:17:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) will observe its 75th anniversary during 2010. The board was established with the Railroad Retirement Act of 1935. Part of President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal legislation, the act was signed into law on Aug. 29, 1935, and the RRB made its first annuity payments ... http://railfanning.org/news/archives/1990 KANSAS CITY -- Kansas City Southern has acquired the Puerta Mexico intermodal facility at Toluca in the State of Mexico. Later this month, Kansas City Southern de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. will add direct train service from Lazaro Cardenas to Puerta Mexico, providing Mexico City import and export shippers with a ... http://railfanning.org/news/archives/1986 ATLANTA – The Travel Trolley has launched a trends survey to gauge travel plans for 2010. “There has been a lot of discussion in the media about how the economy is affecting everything from shopping to financial investments to travel plans,” said Todd DeFeo, editor of The Travel Trolley. “Rather than ... http://railfanning.org/news/archives/1983 NEWARK, N.J. -- N.J. Transit has implemented an emergency spending freeze and told employees that it will reduce its workforce by more than 200, rollback spending on retirement accounts and cut executive salaries, officials announced March 2. A total of more than $30 million in reductions have been identified to help ... http://railfanning.org/news/archives/1978 ATLANTA -- One teenager was killed and another was sent to a local hospital after they were struck by a CSX freight train early this morning, Cobb County police said. Police said the two teens were "sitting on the railroad tracks" near the Stanley Road railroad crossing at about 1 a.m. March ... http://railfanning.org/news/archives/1974 WASHINGTON -- A Metrorail train operator, who was involved in the pocket track derailment at the Farragut North Metrorail station on Feb. 12, was terminated on March 11 from her position as a train operator. She was dismissed for failing to follow standard operating procedures, WMATA said. The operator was placed on ... http://railfanning.org/news/archives/1968 CHICAGO – Four alternatives for state-sponsored passenger rail service between Kansas City, Oklahoma City and Fort Worth are detailed in a study released by Amtrak and the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT). Start-up costs of the alternatives, which are in 2009 dollars and based on 100 percent on-time performance, range from ... http://railfanning.org/news/archives/1966 WASHINGTON -- The Association of American Railroads today announced that 2009 was the safest year in freight railroad history, with preliminary year-end data indicating the train accident rate, employee casualty rate and grade crossing incident rates were all at record low levels last year. "This record of accomplishment shows the depth ... http://railfanning.org/news/archives/1964 WASHINGTON -- Newly released federal statistics indicate 2009 had a record low number of deaths and injuries from highway-rail grade crossing collisions. For the first time ever, the number of crossing collisions fell below 2,000 to 1,880, a 21.9 percent drop from 2008. Decreases were also recorded in both vehicular and ... http://railfanning.org/news/archives/1960 WASHINGTON -- The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported that in February 2010, U.S. freight railroads saw a 1.5 percent decline in carloads compared with the same month last year and a decline of 15.6 percent compared with the same month in 2008. According to the March AAR Rail Time Indicators ... http://railfanning.org/news/archives/1958