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Website. www .rrb .gov. 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. The RRB serves U.S. railroad workers and their families, and administers ...
July 6, 2007. The Mary E. Switzer Memorial Building is a federally owned office building located at 330 C Street SW in Washington, D.C. in the United States. The Egyptian Revival structure was originally named the Railroad Retirement Board Building. It was designed by Charles Klauder and Louis A. Simon and completed on September 15, 1940.
Track gauge. 1,435 mm ( 4 ft 8. +. 1⁄2 in) Houston Belt & Terminal Railway Company is a terminal and switching railroad and owner of industrial property in Houston, Texas, United States that also formerly operated Houston's Union Station. [1] [2] [3] It was incorporated on August 31, 1905 [4] and was initially owned by four long-haul railway ...
The Railroad Retirement Program is a federal program that extends retirement benefits to railroad employees. The program was established in the 1930s and in addition to retirement benefits, it ...
Blackwell Northern Gateway Railroad. BNG 84, an EMD GP38-2, sits in the railyard at Blackwell, Oklahoma. Blackwell Northern Gateway Railroad (BNGR) is a short-line railroad headquartered in Blackwell, Oklahoma. It operates on tracks owned by the Blackwell Industrial Authority (BIA) and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT). [1] [2]
W.A "Walt" Barrows is the current Labor Member of the United States Railroad Retirement Board. He was nominated by President Barack Obama on February 28, 2011 [1] and was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on September 26, 2011. [2] He replaced outgoing board member V.M. "Butch" Speakman, who announced his retirement in 2010. [3]
Railroad Retirement Board. Salinas v. Railroad Retirement Board, 592 U.S. ___ (2021), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that the United States Railroad Retirement Board choice to refuse to reopen the prior, adverse benefits determination of a former railroad worker was subject to judicial review.
The Railroad Retirement Revenue Act of 1983, also known as the Railroad Retirement Solvency Act of 1983 (Public Law 98-76), was passed on August 12, 1983. Among other things, it raised tax rates for the railroad retirement taxes. Without the enactment of this legislation, the Railroad Retirement Board would have been required to substantially ...