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KCS Vice President Cheatum sells $832,535 in company stock
(Source: Slater Sentinel, December 15, 2019) NEW YORK — Kansas City Southern VP Lora S. Cheatum sold 5,500 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 10. The shares were sold at an average price of $151.37, for a total value of $832,535.00. Following...
Rail systems in 3 U.S. cities press Chinese train maker after NBC News report on child labor
(Source: NBC News, December 15, 2019) NEW YORK — The public transit systems in three major U.S. cities are seeking answers from the company manufacturing their new train cars after an NBC News investigation found it uses materials containing minerals mined by children...
Leaked memo reveals that some of the things travelers most hate about airlines are coming to Amtrak
(Source: BGR.com, December 15, 2019) NEW YORK — Come January, Amtrak is reportedly going to start borrowing even more from the playbook of airlines and importing some of that industry’s hated practices like the addition of new fees and non-refundable fares, among...
STB chief predicts legal challenges to railroad rate reform
(Source: Freight Waves, December 16, 2019) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — If one thing could be taken away from two days of hearings on railroad rate reform, it was that neither railroads nor their customers will be happy with whatever rule federal regulators propose. That’s...
Teamsters Canada says CN workers being transferred across Canada twice in 1 year
(Source: Canadian Press, December 13, 2019) MONTREAL — The Teamsters union says Canadian National Railway Co. (CN) has begun to transfer workers as part of an apparent move to relocate its rail traffic control center to Edmonton from Montreal. Teamsters Canada says...
U.S. rail carrier reportedly cracked down on same retrofitted tank type involved in fiery Saskatchewan derailment
(Source: CBC News, December 13, 2019) SASKATOON, Sask. — Transport Canada says "only the most crash-resistant tank cars available" are allowed to haul crude oil on Canadian rail lines. But the Canadian Pacific Railway train that derailed on a remote patch of...
Canadian farmers want to ban rail worker strikes
(Source: CBC News, December 15, 2019) CALGARY — Alberta's Wheat and Barley Commissions say the CN strike cost farmers their reputations in an international market. And the groups are turning to the government for a permanent fix. Across Alberta, farmers want to...
CSX employee struck and killed by train in W.Va.
(Source: Television station WSAZ, December 15, 2019) WOOD COUNTY, W.Va. — A CSX Transportation employee died Saturday after being struck by a train. The incident happened near DuPont Road before 4 p.m. CSX Transportation is conducting an investigation. The victim’s...
Case of man accused of armed confrontation with BNSF train crew heads to jury
(Source: NCW Life, December 12, 2019) WENATCHEE — James Carl Brown must now wait for a jury to decide whether he was justified in firing gunshots in a confrontation with railroad workers near his home last year. The late-night October 2018 confrontation left the...
CN says grain movements back to pre-strike levels
(Source: CN press release, December 12, 2019) MONTREAL — CN said that its movement of Canadian grain is back to pre-strike pace after recovering from the 8-day strike that occurred in November. Despite a slow start to the crop year due to adverse weather, CN spotted...
