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Southeastern Meeting Association June 7 - 11, 2009 2009 Registration Form A wild ride in store for 2009 SMA Brother John Mason, Local Chairman of BLET Division 239 (Knoxville, Tenn.), is Chairman of the 2009 SMA in Gatlinburg, Tenn. It will be held at the Park Vista Hotel & Conference Center (705 Cherokee Orchard Road, Gatlinburg, TN 37738; Phone: (865) 436-9211). The room rate will be $103 per night. To contact Brother Mason, call (865) 523-2684 email: scooterloco@comcast.net or LNM67@comcast.net. © 1997-2009 Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen

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DAILY HEADLINES
November 6, 2009

•	VRE's ouster of Amtrak is approved; 5-year contract goes to French company

•	AAR: Traffic remains down on U.S. railroads

•	SEPTA Strike, Day 4: Could a settlement be near?

•	SEPTA, TWU are talking, but not with each other

•	SEPTA track inspector hit, killed by regional train

•	8 Union Pacific cars derail in Salt Lake City switching accident

•	Fitch negative on BNSF-Berkshire Hathaway

•	American Railcar profit slides 85 percent

•	JB Hunt signs intermodal deal with Norfolk Southern

•	CN growing “green” wood pellet traffic at double-digit rates

•	California workers hope BNSF purchase gives RR boost

•	Stored UP rail cars seen as blight on Brentwood

•	Opinion: Amtrak's divine lounge car comes to the rescue

•	One UP freight train hits another in South Texas

•	CSXT, chemical shipper complete track upgrades

•	NS announces Thanksgiving holiday operations

•	BNSF to boot up new Umler system on November 7

•	No Railroad Retirement benefit increase in 2010; Most retiree earnings limits remain at 2009 levels

•	Railroad Retirement annuities and pensions from work not covered by Social Security or Railroad Retirement

•	RRB: Medicare Part B Premiums for 2010

•	2009 Railroad Retirement Board Informational Conferences

•	CSX becomes first transportation provider to join Maryland Green Registry

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