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Law calls for stricter crew hours, new safety technology 10/7/2008    Legislation Enacted 'economic rescue' bill includes two-year extension for short line tax credits, NRC says It took more than nine months of lobbying and debate since they expired, but the short line tax credit legislation has been given new life. On Oct. 3, the House adopted a revised fiscal markets stabilization bill — aka the "economic rescue bill" — which included a two-year extension of the short line tax credit legislation, or Section 45G. President Bush signed the bill into law the same day, according to the National Railroad Construction and Maintenance Association Inc. (NRC). The tax credits, which expired on Dec. 31, 2007, now expire on Dec. 31, 2009. Qualified railroad track maintenance expenditures made in 2008 are eligible to earn credits. In addition, the bill "fixes a longstanding issue by allowing the credit to be used by railroads that pay the Alternative Minimum Tax," the NRC said. Section 45G provides a 50 percent tax credit for infrastructure rehabilitation on Class II and III railroads, up to a cap of $3,500 per year per track mile owned. Because short lines and regionals own about 50,000 miles of track, the credits will prompt about $340 million in track rehabilitation spending annually, providing small railroads about $170 million in tax credits per year, the association said. "This is a great victory for the short-line industry and its contractors, suppliers and shippers," NRC officials said in a legislative update. "By once again attracting a huge number of Congressional supporters early in the effort, we were able to keep the extension amendment included in every relevant piece of tax legislation considered by Congress this year. Although the extension “does not cure our infrastructure short fall,” it marks another substantial step toward short-line infrastructure rehabilitation, says Adam Nordstrom, a partner in Chambers, Conlon & Hartwell L.L.C. — which lobbies on behalf of the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association — who played a key role in attracting co-sponsors to the tax credit extension legislation." Based on the tremendous support we have enjoyed from 45 senators and 249 representatives this last go round, and the relationships that short lines, customers, contractors and suppliers have forged with their members of Congress, I am certain we will be able to generate strong support for our next [extension] effort, he says. How does this help?................."$340 million in track rehabilitation spending annually", RailroadJobs.Biz provides staffing for railroad contractor and shortline railroads. RailroadJobs.Biz uses data collected from Allen Railroad Consulting Track Repair and construction business to contact thousands of companies daily that have use for railroad workers With 750,000 unemployment and rising daily separate yourself from others in the railroad industry. ARC-Tech.Net provides you with the qualifications that makes you a qualified part of the "newest railroad law in 15 years". WASHINGTON -- (10/17/08) -- President Bush signed a sweeping railroad safety bill Thursday mandating measures that could have prevented the Sept. 12 collision that killed 25 people in Los Angeles. Bush had opposed portions of the bill giving additional funding to Amtrak, and he signed the legislation without fanfare. His spokeswoman announced the action in a press release. The law will require more rest for workers and technology that can stop a train in its tracks if it's headed for collision. This so-called "positive train control" technology would have prevented the Los Angeles crash, federal officials have..........................The bill also calls for Amtrak to receive $13 billion over five years in subsidies, though Congress will have to separately approve the money year after year. There's a new initiative to encourage private sector development of high-speed rail corridors and $2 billion in grants to states for rail projects.  Section 508. Safety Inspectors. This section requires the Secretary to increase the number of Federal rail safety inspectors by about 100 inspectors per year for a total of at least 800 Federal rail safety inspectors by the end of fiscal year 2011. There are currently 421 Federal rail safety inspectors and 160 State inspectors. ARC-Tech.Net, FRA 213 Track Safety Standards Training specialize in training Railroad Track Safety Inspectors. Online training can be done at home at nights and weekends in as little as 30 hours and On the Job Training available.  Section 605. Minimum Training Standards. This section requires the Secretary to establish minimum training standards for each craft of railroad employees. It also requires the railroad carriers to submit their training and qualification programs to the Federal Railroad Safety Administration. It could not be simpler to get a peace of the billions of dollars the government had agreed to spend all in just the month of October 2008 arguably one of the worst market and job speculation since the great depression. 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One of the most common misconceptions about the railroad industry is that going into the railroad business is a dying career. It is true the Railroad industry employment has declined significantly in the United States during recent decades. Factors contributing to this decline include increased efficiency, industry consolidation, automation with new technologies, and reduction in both passenger and freight service. Between the years of 1951 and 1972, industry employment declined by an average of more than 40,000 jobs per year. The above chart shows annual railroad industry employment since 1947. 

Railroad employment stabilized in the mid-to-late 1990s. Pressures to operate more efficiently left some freight railroads unprepared for the recent surge in demand since 2003. In 2006, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) indicated that the railroad industry would create 80,000 jobs over the next six years in response to surging freight demand and baby boomer retirement. 

The information provided below is information on just five US Class 1 Railroad companies. A Class 1 Railroad is a railroad of more the $350M per year in revenue. 

Norfolk & Southern Railroad business has  increased more then three times since 2004

Kansas City Southern Railroad has increased   Kansas City Southern Railroad, now has the ability to ship product from Chicago to the Panama Canal without ever leaving the KCS rail system. The railroad industry needs to hire more than 13,000 workers annually over the next six years, according to the Association of American Railroads. The AAR said the 80,000 jobs expected to be available carry annual salaries that currently range from $48,853 for car and locomotive maintainers to $67,128 for conductors and $75,000 for locomotive engineers. The six-year projection comes from the Railroad Retirement Board, which expects a total of 140,000 new hires over the next ten years.

Union Pacific Railroad has more then doubled since 2004

CASPER -- Union Pacific Railroad expects 40 percent of its work force to retire over the next decade, prompting the company to seek new hires while older employees are around to help train them.

"What we're doing now, rather than waiting until the last minute, we are advertising and promoting jobs -- especially train service jobs," said UP spokesman James Barnes.

A UP employee with 30 years of service is eligible for full retirement benefits at 65.