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Class I employment up in October 2022
(Source: Progressive Railroading, November 22, 2022) Class Is employed 118,208 people as of mid-October, a 0.53% increase from mid-September employment levels and a 3.53% increase year over year, according to Surface Transportation Board data. Five of six employment...
STB sets hearing on UP’s embargo practice
(Source: Progressive Railroading, November 23, 2022) The Surface Transportation Board yesterday announced that it will hold a public hearing Dec. 13-14 with Union Pacific Railroad pertaining to the Class I's increased use of embargoes as a way to reduce rail traffic...
CSX seeks FRA approval to use Trip Optimizer’s automatic start and stop feature
(Source: Trains Magazine, November 28, 2022) CSX Transportation is awaiting regulatory approval to become the first railroad to use Trip Optimizer’s Zero-to-Zero function, which allows the advanced cruise control system to automatically start and stop freight trains....
FRA grants safety waiver, aiding effort to open LIRR terminal under Grand Central
(Source: Trains Magazine, November 29, 2022) The Federal Railroad Administration will grant a waiver allowing the Long Island Rail Road to open its route to the new Grand Central Madison terminal without installation of equipment to prevent Amtrak trains from...
U.S. Senators call for coal representation on STB committee
(Source: Progressive Railroading, November 29, 2022) A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has asked the Surface Transportation Board to appoint representatives of the coal industry to the board's Rail Energy Transportation Advisory Committee. Full story: Progressive...
Q&A: Credit for military service under the Railroad Retirement Act
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, November 22, 2022) CHICAGO — Many railroad employees have served in the Armed Forces of the United States. Under certain conditions, their military service may be creditable as railroad service under the Railroad...
One day of Warren Buffett wealth gains could cover rail workers’ paid sick leave
(Source: Truthout, November 25, 2022) Billionaire Warren Buffett, one of the wealthiest men in the world and the CEO of BNSF Railway’s parent company, saw his wealth jump by nearly $1.4 billion in a single day earlier this week, a sum that could easily fund 15 days of...
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Daily Headlines
Class I employment up in October 2022
(Source: Progressive Railroading, November 22, 2022) Class Is employed 118,208 people as of mid-October, a 0.53% increase from mid-September employment levels and a 3.53% increase year over year, according to Surface Transportation Board data. Five of six employment...
STB sets hearing on UP’s embargo practice
(Source: Progressive Railroading, November 23, 2022) The Surface Transportation Board yesterday announced that it will hold a public hearing Dec. 13-14 with Union Pacific Railroad pertaining to the Class I's increased use of embargoes as a way to reduce rail traffic...
CSX seeks FRA approval to use Trip Optimizer’s automatic start and stop feature
(Source: Trains Magazine, November 28, 2022) CSX Transportation is awaiting regulatory approval to become the first railroad to use Trip Optimizer’s Zero-to-Zero function, which allows the advanced cruise control system to automatically start and stop freight trains....
FRA grants safety waiver, aiding effort to open LIRR terminal under Grand Central
(Source: Trains Magazine, November 29, 2022) The Federal Railroad Administration will grant a waiver allowing the Long Island Rail Road to open its route to the new Grand Central Madison terminal without installation of equipment to prevent Amtrak trains from...
U.S. Senators call for coal representation on STB committee
(Source: Progressive Railroading, November 29, 2022) A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has asked the Surface Transportation Board to appoint representatives of the coal industry to the board's Rail Energy Transportation Advisory Committee. Full story: Progressive...
Q&A: Credit for military service under the Railroad Retirement Act
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, November 22, 2022) CHICAGO — Many railroad employees have served in the Armed Forces of the United States. Under certain conditions, their military service may be creditable as railroad service under the Railroad...
One day of Warren Buffett wealth gains could cover rail workers’ paid sick leave
(Source: Truthout, November 25, 2022) Billionaire Warren Buffett, one of the wealthiest men in the world and the CEO of BNSF Railway’s parent company, saw his wealth jump by nearly $1.4 billion in a single day earlier this week, a sum that could easily fund 15 days of...
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