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Opinion: Don’t believe Norfolk Southern’s explanation for closing Roanoke shops
(Source: Roanoke Times opinion column by Mike Bowen, July 10, 2020. Bowen worked for eight years in the Norfolk Southern locomotive shop until he was laid off in January.) ROANOKE, Va. — Norfolk Southern is not run by lifetime railroaders anymore. It’s run by...
Labor union presses railroads on additional coronavirus measures
(Source: Freight Waves, July 9, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division (BMWED), a U.S. rail labor union affiliated with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, wants the freight railroads to privately mandate the testing...
AAR reports rail traffic for week ending July 4, 2020
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, July 8, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending July 4, 2020. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 437,989 carloads...
BNSF, Wabtec prepare to test battery-electric locomotive
(Source: Railway Gazette, July 8, 2020) NEW YORK — Wabtec has started conducting factory testing at its Erie plant of a prototype 4,400 hp battery locomotive, ahead of trial operations with BNSF that are planned to take place in the final quarter of this year. Full...
For American high-speed rail, 2020 could be a turning point
(Source: CNN, July 8, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — High-speed rail, long an afterthought in the United States, is making significant progress in the unlikeliest of times. Full story: CNN
U.S. weekly coal carloads fall 4% on week, 18.3% on year
(Source: S&P Global Platts, July 8, 2020) HOUSTON — U.S. coal carload originations fell to 48,930 in the week that ended July 4, down 4% from 50,961 a week earlier and also 18.3% lower than a year ago, according to a July 8 report from the Association of American...
AAR: Rail traffic declines evident, but appear to be recovering
(Source: Railway Age, July 8, 2020) NEW YORK — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ended July 4, 2020, and, although traffic declines were still evident, things appear to be getting better. Full story: Railway Age
White House warns railroad retirement fund about Chinese investments
(Source: Axios, July 8, 2020) NEW YORK — Top White House officials have bluntly warned the head of a board that administers railroad workers' retirement benefits that the investment trust he oversees is exposing investors to undue economic risk and endangering U.S....
OSHA: Department of Labor orders Norfolk Southern to reinstate employee after being terminated for reporting injury
(Source: U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) press release, June 12, 2020) ATLANTA, Ga. — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has ordered Norfolk Southern Railway Corp. to...
FRA announces more than $500,000 in grants to deter trespassing
(Source: Federal Railroad Administration press release, July 7, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) awarded more than half a million dollars in Railroad Trespassing Enforcement Grants to law...
