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New Amtrak CEO’s record on safety called into question
(Source: Railway Track & Structures, March 4, 2020) NEW YORK — Business Insider is reporting that Atlas Air pilots said that, under the leadership of William J. Flynn, there is a lack of emphasis on safety and training standards, the hiring of inexperienced and...
Kahnawake Mohawks authorize CP Rail to inspect tracks
(Source: Canadian Press, March 4, 2020) MONTREAL — Canadian Pacific Railway was able to inspect the railway tracks at Kahnawake, where protesters have maintained a blockade for more than three weeks, on Wednesday after the protesters allowed them through. Full story:...
“The railways got very wealthy on our land;” How Canada’s colonial past made railways a target of blockades
(Source: Globe and Mail, March 3, 2020) TORONTO — The blockades have been a response to RCMP arrests on Wet’suwet’en territory in northern B.C., where protesters have been trying to stop the Coastal GasLink pipeline. But for many Indigenous demonstrators from...
Intent matters in asserting whistleblower retaliation under FRSA
(Source: JD Supra, March 4, 2020) NEW YORK — In Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad Corp. v. the Department of Labor, No. 18-2888 (8th Cir. Jan. 30, 2020), a case under the Federal Railroad Safety Act (FRSA), the Eighth Circuit reasserted that claimants must prove...
Norfolk Southern takes on two new directors following widespread layoffs
(Source: Supply & Demand Chain Executive, March 4, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Norfolk Southern Corporation has elected new directors to various committees with operational and technological histories to lead the company’s transformation. News of the new directors comes...
Long-serving TCU/IAM President Scardelletti to retire July 31; Artie Maratea elected new National President
(Source: TCU/IAM press release, March 4, 2020) ROCKVILLE, Md. — TCU/IAM National President Robert A. Scardelletti announced his retirement to become effective on July 31, 2020, after serving 29 years as TCU’s President with over 53 years of membership in the TCU/IAM....
New bill seeks $6 million for next steps in Northstar extension to St. Cloud
(Source: St. Cloud Times, March 3, 2020) ST. CLOUD, Minn. — State Rep. Dan Wolgamott has heard "overwhelmingly positive feedback" since the Legislature agreed to spend $650,000 to lay groundwork for a Northstar train extension from Big Lake to St. Cloud, Wolgamott...
Deadline set for Union Pacific’s revised plan to clean up contaminated Houston rail yard
(Source: Houston Chronicle, March 3, 2020) HOUSTON — The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality told Union Pacific that it must submit its revised plan to clean up contamination from its rail yard in a north Houston neighborhood by the end of August. Full story:...
CN braces for significant financial hit from rail blockades
(Source: Financial Post, March 4, 2020) OTTAWA — Canadian National Railway will take a significant financial hit from the rail blockades that choked train traffic in Eastern Canada for most of February, but chief executive JJ Ruest is “cautiously optimistic” the...
CN recalls employees laid off amid rail blockades
(Source: Canadian Press, March 3, 2020) MONTREAL — Canadian National Railway Co. has started to call back most of the 450 workers temporarily laid off last month, when blockades brought the company’s eastern network to a near standstill. Full story:...
