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MBTA board prepares $2 billion-plus budget for final vote
(Source: Boston Herald, March 15, 2016) BOSTON — Management Control Board will vote tomorrow on a $2.02 billion fiscal year 2017 budget that will close the T’s structural deficit and use money from a fare increase for capital maintenance. Full story: Boston...
Canada’s TSB chair denies air brakes could have prevented Lac-Megantic
(Source: Canadian Occupational Health & Safety News, March 15, 2016) OTTAWA — The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) and Transport Canada (TC) have responded to a pair of recent Globe and Mail reports, which cited “an expert source” working in the rail sector...
BNSF: Operational changes could impact Sheridan
(Source: Sheridan Press, March 15, 2016) SHERIDAN, Wyo. — As the coal industry continues to get battered, railroad companies are also feeling the pinch. Officials at BNSF Railway said the company has initiated discussions with local employees and union representatives...
CSX cuts operations, 101 jobs in Russell, Ky.
(Source: Herald-Dispatch, March 15, 2016) HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — CSX Transportation Inc. will cut 101 union and management jobs at its Russell operation, continuing a trend of cutbacks in the region over the past two months. Full story: Herald-Dispatch
Operation Lifesaver hails drop in 2015 crossing collisions, notes increase in trespass deaths
(Source: Operation Lifesaver press release, March 15, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Vehicle-train collisions and deaths at highway-rail grade crossings fell in 2015, along with injuries to pedestrians trespassing on train tracks, Operation Lifesaver, Inc. (OLI) President...
Judge sides with Teamsters in fight to review WVU right-to-work emails
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, March 15, 2016) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Teamsters Union today is lauding a court ruling that will require West Virginia University (WVU) to make available seven previously redacted emails about a report...
NTSB: Feed truck shifted track before Amtrak accident in Kansas
(Source: USA Today, March 16, 2016) WICHITA, Kan. — A truck used to deliver feed to a business where cattle are fattened hit a train track and shifted it at least a foot before an Amtrak train derailed in southwest Kansas and injured at least 32 people, an...
Unions set to begin voting on NJ Transit contract
(Source: www.nj.com, March 16, 2016) NEWARK, N.J. — Members of some NJ Transit rail unions will start voting Tuesday night on the proposed agreement that averted a rail strike. Full story: www.nj.com
Connecticut lawmakers applaud Metro-North turnaround
(Source: Hartford Courant, March 15, 2015) HARTFORD, Conn. — When Metro-North Railroad President Joseph Giulietti met with legislators last week, he got something only slightly short of a hero's welcome Full story: Hartford Courant
Teamsters demand NetJets cease targeting dispatchers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, March 14, 2016) COLUMBUS, Ohio — The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the Teamsters Airline Division and Teamsters Local 284 demanded today that NetJets, a Columbus, Ohio-based luxury air carrier...
