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Teamsters: Tomorrow’s jobs must provide for workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, January 10, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The state of the workforce is not static. It never has been and technology guarantees that it will not be in the future. But that doesn’t mean all changes should be...
NJ Transit board meets on King holiday, but ducks controversial vote
(Source: Bergen Record, January 15, 2018) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. — In a surprise move, NJ Transit's board of directors removed a controversial real-estate purchase on the Hoboken waterfront from its Monday meeting agenda. Full story: www.northjersey.com
Lac-Megantic jurors ask judge a question; begin sixth day of deliberations
(Source: Canadian Press, January 15, 2018) SHERBROOKE, Que. — A Quebec judge told the jurors at the Lac-Megantic trial Monday to take all the time they need to reach a verdict for three former railway employees accused in the tragedy that killed 47 people. Full story:...
Editorial: Rail safety deserves to be a higher priority
(Source: Editorial in the Baltimore Sun, January 3, 2018) BALTIMORE, Md. — The letter Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao sent this week to the nation’s railroad executives urging them to meet a December 2018 deadline to install automatic braking technology known as...
Amtrak adding rail cars in California as U.S. 101 remains closed
(Source: Associated Press, January 15, 2018) SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — Amtrak is adding rail cars to each of its five daily roundtrip trains between Los Angeles and Santa Barbara to accommodate commuters grappling with the ongoing closure of U.S. 101 because of the...
CSX train tips, spills 2,100 gallons of diesel fuel in Selkirk
(Source: Albany Times Union, January 14, 2018) SELKIRK, N.Y. — A tanker car that partially derailed spilled 2,100 gallons of diesel fuel at the CSX rail yard on Sunday, Selkirk Fire Chief Joe Michaniw said. Full story: Albany Times Union
Amtrak ridership down in North Dakota
(Source: Grand Forks Herald, January 13, 2018) GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Fewer people are getting on the train at North Dakota Amtrak stations. Full story: Grand Forks Herald
New CSX exec once feuded with Hunter Harrison
(Source: Jacksonville Daily Record, January 15, 2018) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Corp. last week brought in Edmond Harris as executive vice president of operations, a railroad industry veteran who – like new CEO James Foote – had worked with previous CEO Hunter...
House T&I Dems introduce PTC funding, final deadline bill
(Source: Railway Track & Structures, January 12, 2018) NEW YORK — Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Rep. Michael Capuano (D-MA) introduced legislation Jan. 11 aimed at speeding up the implementation of positive train control (PTC) technology that could prevent...
Railroads get U.S. Supreme Court hearing on stock-option taxes
(Source: Bloomberg, January 12, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to decide whether railroads and their employees must pay millions of dollars in taxes when workers exercise stock options. The justices said they’ll hear an appeal by U.S. units of...
