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April 24 update from the Railroad Retirement Board Labor Member
(BLET Editor’s Note: The following is a message to Rail Labor from John Bragg, Labor Member of the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board.) CHICAGO — I wanted to send out another update on what is going on at the agency. We have received inquiries regarding Pandemic...
April 24 update from the Railroad Retirement Board Labor Member
(BLET Editor’s Note: The following is a message to Rail Labor from John Bragg, Labor Member of the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board.) CHICAGO — I wanted to send out another update on what is going on at the agency. We have received inquiries regarding Pandemic...
A look back at April 30, 2014: Oil train derails in downtown Lynchburg
(Source: News & Advance, April 30, 2020) LYNCHBURG, Va. — It was April 30, 2014 when 17 cars of a CSX oil train derailed near Ninth and Jefferson streets in downtown Lynchburg, sending three cars into the James River. A massive fire followed, and officials evacuated a...
North Dakota legislators call on feds to OK Bakken crude shipments to Washington state
(Source: Natural Gas Intelligencer, April 30, 2020) STERLING, Va. — Armed with a report from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), North Dakota officials on Tuesday urged federal officials to overturn Washington state’s ban that prevents Bakken Shale crude from being...
NJ Transit says it only has enough money to cover operations through mid-June
(Source: www.njbiz.com, May 1, 2020) NEWARK, N.J. — With the COVID-19 pandemic decimating New Jersey Transit’s ridership by nearly 100 percent and burning through revenue, the statewide agency said Thursday that it only has enough cash on hand to fund its operations...
Teamsters call for enforceable worker protections, testing following Executive Order requiring meatpacking plants to remain open
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, April 30, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In response to the executive order issued this week mandating meatpacking plants remain open during the COVID-19 crisis, the Teamsters Union called on the administration...
NJ Transit employees will be tested for coronavirus, Gov. Murphy says
(Source: www.nj.com, April 30, 2020) NEWARK, N.J. — NJ Transit employees will tested for the coronavirus at the American Dream retail complex in East Rutherford and later at sites elsewhere in Central and South Jersey, Gov. Phil Murphy announced Thursday. Full story:...
GAO: Railroads generally made PTC progress, but several face compressed schedules to meet implementation deadline
(Source: U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) press release, April 30, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Positive train control (PTC) is a communications-based system designed to automatically slow or stop a train that isn’t being operated safely. 42 railroads—including...
As volumes drop, NS expects Q2 to be the roughest yet
(Source: Supply Chain Dive, April 30, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The second quarter of 2020 will be the toughest yet for Norfolk Southern, executives said on a Wednesday earnings call. "We project year-over-year volume declines across all business groups with large...
Union Pacific furloughing most of staff at North Little Rock shop
(Source: Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette, May 1, 2020) NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Most of the employees at a Union Pacific facility in North Little Rock that maintains and refurbishes the railroad's locomotives are being furloughed as a result of what a company...
