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The RRB is an independent agency that administers a social insurance program for U.S. railroad workers and their families. It provides retirement, survivor, unemployment, and sickness benefits, and is linked to the Social Security system through a financial interchange.
The FRA is a U.S. agency that regulates and supports rail safety and transportation policy. It oversees passenger and freight rail operations, enforces safety standards, conducts research and development, and provides funding for rail projects.
GCOR is a set of operating rules for railroads in the US. It covers employee responsibilities, signaling equipment, procedures for safe train movement, and more. It is updated by general orders and supplemented by other documents.
Learn about the retirement system for U.S. civil service employees, which consists of three components: FERS annuity, Social Security, and Thrift Savings Plan. Find out the eligibility, contributions, and benefit calculations for FERS annuity.
Learn how Social Security started as a measure to implement "social insurance" during the Great Depression of the 1930s, when poverty rates among senior citizens exceeded 50 percent. Find out the origins, design, debates, and initial opposition of the Social Security Act enacted in 1935.
A comprehensive list of terms, jargon, and slang used by railfans and railroad employees in the US and Canada. Learn the meanings of rail slang such as 3-step protection, A unit, angel seat, bad order, and more.
If you were born before 1960, your full retirement age is two months for every year before 1960, all the way back to 1937, when the full retirement age was 65. So, if you were born in 1957, your ...
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.