Cory Martin
Illinois State Legislative Board Chairman
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Amtrak Amtrak’s Boardman announces retirement plans
Amtrak President and Chief Executive Officer Joseph Boardman informed the railroad's board and employees that he will step down from his post in September 2016. Joseph Boardman By the time he retires, Boardman will have served as Amtrak's top executive for...
Durbin, Illinois representatives concerned about proposed CP-NS merger
12/15/2015 U.S. Sen. Dick Durban (D-Ill.) and other congressional representatives of Illinois are registering concern with the Surface Transportation Board (STB) over Canadian Pacific's proposed takeover of Norfolk Southern Corp. In a letter sent yesterday to STB...
CSX paid local agencies more than $430K for train derailment
December 4, Associated Press – (Tennessee) CSX Transportation paid over $431,000 to local agencies in Blount County and the cities of Maryville and Alcoa December 4 as reimbursement to officials who responded to the July 1 evacuation and cleanup that lasted 2 day...
TEAMSTERS STATEMENT ON SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SHOOTING
Teamsters Statement on San Bernardino County Shooting - paul.piekarski@gmail.com - Gmail Union Mourns the Loss of Victims, Vital Members of the San Bernardino Community (WASHINGTON) – The Teamsters Union is deeply saddened by the tragic event in San Bernardino County,...
State lawmakers introduce rail safety bill in wake of 2 derailments
Nov 11, 2015 Peter Thomson, La Crosse Tribune Backed by members of Citizens Acting for Rail Safety, Rep. Jill Billings, D-La Crosse, speaks Tuesday during a press conference at the Cass Street rail crossing at which she announced a bill she is sponsoring that would...
Kirk, Durbin Announce Veterans Day Moment of Silence Bill Passes Senate Unanimously
S. 1004 Would Establish Two Minutes of Silence on Veterans Day to Honor Those Who Served Wednesday, Nov 11, 2015 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) yesterday announced their bipartisan Veterans Day Moment of Silence Act...
Bobby Bonds, Operation RedBlock founder, 1953-2015
Tuesday, November 10, 2015 Written by William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief Robert “Bobby” Bonds, 61, of Bala Cynwyd, Pa., founder of Operation RedBlock, the internationally recognized substance abuse prevention and intervention program for railroad employees, died at...
Norfolk Southern Railway NS rescinds notice on PIH service cancellation
11/2/2015 Norfolk Southern Corp. formally notified its customers late last week that it has revokedits decision to stop accepting poisonous-inhalation-hazard (PIH) commodities for transportation as of Dec. 1. NS cancelled its decision now that Congress has...
Metra to use $14 million TIGER grant to replace Fox River Bridge
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has awarded Metra a $14 million grant through the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery VII (TIGER) program, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) announced yesterday. The...
Ronnie Rhodes reelected General Chairman of UP-Central GCA
CLEVELAND, October 28 — Ronnie E. Rhodes was reelected by acclamation to his second full term as General Chairman at the Union Pacific-Central Region General Committee of Adjustment's quadrennial meeting in Little Rock, Ark., October 21-22, 2015. All other...