Archives for January 2015
An Open Letter to our Members from Mr. Soto
January 30, 2015 By Jim Kehoe
Filed Under: Local 60 News
Lackawanna Cutoff Update
January 15, 2015 By Jim Kehoe
From By Larry Higgs | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
Construction has begun on the first commuter train line to Sussex County in decades as rails are being installed that will extend service to Andover.
The first 4.25 miles of track have been installed on the former Lackawanna Cutoff, as part of the first phase of the project to restore 7.3 miles of track between the Port Morris rail yards and Andover Township, said William Smith, NJ Transit spokesman.
The cutoff would connect to NJ Transit’s existing Morris & Essex lines at Port Morris Junction in Roxbury, and to Mid-Town Direct service to New York in Dover. [Read more…]
Filed Under: Industry Related, Local 60 News Tagged With: Andover, Lackawanna Cutoff, Port Morris, Scranton
New FRA Administrator Named
January 12, 2015 By Jim Kehoe
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced today that Department of Transportation Chief of Staff Sarah Feinberg will serve as Acting Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). She succeeds Joseph C. Szabo who was appointed and confirmed as the agency’s twelfth Administrator is 2009. Szabo stepped down as the agency’s head last Friday. [Read more…]
Filed Under: Industry Related Tagged With: Fra
Reporting Threshold Remains at 2014 Level
January 5, 2015 By Jim Kehoe
Federal Register /Vol. 79, No. 247 /Wednesday, December 24, 2014 /Rules and Regulations 77397
In this rule, FRA is keeping the monetary threshold for CY 2015, at $10,500, the same as the monetary threshold for CY 2014. FRA is maintaining the reporting threshold at the CY 2014 level, because, in part, wage data for the second-quarter of 2014 (the data used to calculate the threshold) was abnormally high due to large, lump sum retroactive payments of wage increases resulting from labor contract agreements affecting several railroads. FRA believes the data does not accurately reflect the changes in labor costs for CY 2014
Filed Under: Industry Related Tagged With: C3rs, Fra, reporting, threshold
