Archive for January 2017
RRB: Working after retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, December 14, 2016) CHICAGO — Retirees, and those planning retirement, should be aware of the railroad retirement laws governing benefit payments to annuitants who work after retirement. The following questions and answers describe these railroad retirement work restrictions and earnings limitations on post-retirement employment, and how these rules can…
Read MoreAAR: Freight rail traffic down 11.4 percent from 2016 for week ending January 7
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, January 11, 2017) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending January 7, 2017. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 441,417 carloads and intermodal units, down 11.4 percent compared with the same week last year.…
Read MoreUnions seek to overturn punitive New Jersey substance abuse law
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, January 9 — Two railroad labor unions have jointly filed a lawsuit to overturn a punitive New Jersey law that prohibits New Jersey Transit locomotive engineers from operating trains if their personal motor vehicle driver’s license is suspended. The unions argue that the state law, signed by Governor Chris Christie in late August…
Read MoreUnion Pacific sues to force approval of Oregon track expansion
(Source: Associated Press, January 11, 2017) MOSIER, Ore. — Union Pacific on Tuesday asked a federal judge to reject local rules that threaten to derail its plans to add a second main track along the Columbia River Gorge where a crude oil train derailed last June. Full story: www.heraldnet.com Thursday, January 12, 2017
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