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Ex-BNSF worker based in Lincoln wins $1 million lawsuit
(Source: Lincoln Journal Star, January 20, 2017) LINCOLN, Neb. — A former BNSF Railway employee from Iowa has won more than $1 million in a wrongful termination lawsuit. Daniel Monohon, who lives in Iowa but is based out of BNSF in Lincoln, was fired in 2014 for what...
Report shows 1,500 oil train cars per week travel through Washington state
(Source: Oregon Public Broadcasting, January 19, 2017) PORTLAND, Ore. — In the final three months of 2016, railroads hauled 618 million gallons of oil through Washington. That means more than 1,500 rail cars every week hauling flammable crude through the state. Those...
OSHA: Amtrak whistleblower gets job back, $892,000 settlement
(Source: Connecticut Post, January 19, 2017) BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A longtime Amtrak employee who lost his job after raising concerns about railroad safety, fraud and abuse involving a railroad contractor has been reinstated and awarded a $892,551 settlement. The order...
Can a 72-year-old railroad legend do it again with CSX?
(Source: Fortune, January 21, 2017) NEW YORK — On January 19, Hunter Harrison, the septuagenarian CEO of Canadian Pacific, announced that he'll depart in less than two weeks, months ahead of his scheduled retirement on June 30. Press accounts, including an article in...
Harrison a polarizing figure who leaves mixed legacy at CP Rail
(Source: Calgary Herald, January 20, 2017) CALGARY, Alberta — Depending on who you talk to, outgoing Canadian Pacific Railway CEO Hunter Harrison is a polarizing figure, admired and loathed in seemingly equal parts. “Hunter Harrison’s legacy is a chronic shortage of...
Union Pacific CEO: ‘We are opposed to’ major railroad mergers
(Source: Reuters, January 19, 2017) CHICAGO — The top executive at Union Pacific Corp said on Thursday that the No. 1 U.S. railroad remains opposed to mergers between major railroads in the United States. Full story: www.nasdaq.com
Biden takes Amtrak home to Delaware are inauguration
(Source: USA Today, January 19, 2017) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A jovial, recently dethroned Joe Biden arrived at an eerily quiet train platform Friday to take his beloved Amtrak from Washington’s Union Station back home to Wilmington, Del. “Back on Amtrak,” he said with a...
Long waits for trains as Women’s Marchers swamp SEPTA
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, January 22, 2017) PHILADELPHIA — As an estimated 50,000 participants in Saturday's Women's March on Philadelphia made their way into the city, some encountered an obstacle their sister marchers across the country did not have to contend...
Baltimore highways, railroads overwhelmed by women’s marchers
(Source: Baltimore Sun, January 21, 2017) BALTIMORE, Md. — Thousands of Marylanders and others mobbed Penn Station in Baltimore on Saturday en route to the Women's March in Washington, overwhelming the regular train service. Full story: Baltimore Sun
Rail industry hopes to roll back safety regulations following Trump victory
(Source: DeSmog Blog, January 21, 2017) NEW YORK — “The policy landscape in Washington, D.C., dramatically shifted on Election Day…” While clearly not news to anyone, it was part of Edward Hamberger’s address to a conference in New York a week after Trump’s...
