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Amtrak moves to fix diesel exhaust concerns near Rensselaer
(Source: Albany Times Union, July 15, 2014) RENSSELAER, N.Y. — With financial support from a not-for-profit environmental group, Amtrak is upgrading its diesel locomotives to reduce hours of idling time around the Rensselaer station and repair facility after air tests...
Norfolk Southern crews still working to clear large-scale train derailment in Wytheville, Va.
(Source: Bluefield Daily Telegraph, July 15, 2014) WYTHEVILLE, Va. — Faced with the task of clearing widespread wreckage, town officials and Norfolk Southern crews were back on the scene Tuesday of a large-scale train derailment in the town limits of Wytheville. Full...
In Paulsboro train derailment, defense wants plaintiff’s press comments silenced
(Source: South Jersey Times, July 15, 2014) NEWARK, N.J. — The law firm representing Conrail, Norfolk Southern Railway and CSX Transportation in class action lawsuits related to the November 2012 train derailment in Paulsboro has requested a federal judge issue an...
LIRR workers, on brink of a strike, prepare for life on the picket line
(Source: New York Times, July 15, 2014) NEW YORK — The workers navigate trains and test signals, repair aging cars and scan moldering stretches of track on the nation’s oldest rail system still operating under its original name: the Long Island Rail Road, chartered in...
Hoffa: Sufficient rest key to truck driver safety
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, July 15, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Teamsters Union today called for a renewed commitment by Congress to protect the driving public by keeping current hours of service rules in place to help prevent...
Steelworkers Local 1976 donates $70,000 to Lac-Megantic rail workers’ defense fund
(Source: United Steelworkers press release, July 16, 2014) MONTREAL — A $70,000 contribution from a United Steelworkers (USW) union local has boosted a legal defense fund for workers charged in the Lac-Mégantic rail tragedy. The Justice for USW Rail Workers Fund has...
Oil train sector has work to settle safety concerns
(Source: Reuters, July 15, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. refining industry has not agreed to a deal reached by oil producers and railroads on improving the safety of oil tank cars, it said on Tuesday, suggesting a key piece of anticipated reforms remains...
Environmental groups seek ban on oil shipments in older railroad tank cars
(Source: Associated Press, July 15, 2014) SEATTLE — Environmental groups asked the U.S. Department of Transportation to immediately ban shipments of volatile crude oil in older railroad tank cars, citing oil train wrecks and explosions and the agency's own findings...
CSX announces record second-quarter 2014 results, reaffirms guidance and increases capital investments
(Source: CSX press release, July 16, 2014) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – July 15, 2014 – CSX Corporation today announced second-quarter net earnings of $529 million, or $0.53 per share, up from $521 million, or $0.51 per share in the same quarter of 2013. For the quarter,...
New benefit year begins July 1 for Railroad Unemployment and Sickness benefits
(Source: U.S. Railroad Retirement Board press release, June 24, 2014) CHICAGO — A new benefit year under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act begins July 1, 2014. The maximum daily benefit rate payable for claims under this Act increases to $70 in the new benefit...
