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The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) is an independent agency in the executive branch of the United States government created in 1935 [2] to administer a social insurance program providing retirement benefits to the country's railroad workers.
Railroad Medicare is a specialized part of the overall Medicare health insurance program for retired railroad workers. It’s managed by the Railroad Retirement Board instead of the Centers for ...
The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen (BRT) was a labor organization for railroad employees founded in 1883. Originally called the Brotherhood of Railroad Brakemen, its purpose was to negotiate contracts with railroad management and to provide insurance for members. The BRT grew to become the largest brotherhood of operating railroad employees.
The Virginia Constitution of 1902 created the SCC to replace the Virginia Board of Public Works and the Office of Railroad Commissioner. The three-member Commission was charged with regulating the state railroads and telephone and telegraph companies and with registering corporations in Virginia. The SCC began operations on March 2, 1903.
Guide to Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen records, 1883–1973. 5149. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University. Guide to Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. General Committee Files and Publications, 1883–1958. 5446.
Congress added railroad worker safety laws throughout the 20th century. [101]: 16–25 Significant among this legislation is the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970, which gave the FRA broad responsibilities over all aspects of rail safety, and expanded the agency's authority to cover all railroads, both interstate and intrastate. [106]
Virginia and Carolina Coast Railroad: NS: 1905 1906 Norfolk and Southern Railway: Virginia–Carolina and Southern Railway: N&W: 1906 1912 Virginia–Carolina Railway: Virginia Central Railroad: C&O: 1850 1868 Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad: Virginia Central Railway: VC 1926 1983 N/A Virginia and Kentucky Railroad: SOU: 1852 1876 Bristol Coal and ...
The Transportation Division (which has offices in Washington, DC, and North Olmsted, Ohio) represents employees on Class I railroad, Amtrak, and regional and short line railroads; bus and mass transit employees on some 45 transit systems; and airline pilots, flight attendants, dispatchers and other airport personnel. The Division's 500 local ...