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AAR, Short Line Association seeking changes to Hours of Service mandate
(Source: Freight Waves, November 6, 2019) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) and the American Short Line Regional Rail Association (ASLRRA) are seeking modifications to the existing hours of service (HOS) regulations which they say will...
Hoffa: 2020 Presidential candidates must share vision for labor
(Source: Column by Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa published in the Detroit News, November 6, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The 2020 presidential election, now less than a year away, is arriving at a key moment in U.S. history. Workers, long the backbone of this...
U.S. freight rail traffic down 8.1% in October 2019
(Source: Freight Waves, November 6, 2019) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — U.S. rail traffic tumbled 8.1% in October as weakness in the industrial economy put pressure on rail volumes. Freight railroads in the U.S. originated nearly 2.56 million carloads and intermodal units in...
Rail freight nosedive: “Sensible actions aimed at accelerating growth” needed, says AAR
(Source: Railway Age, November 6, 2019) NEW YORK — In the Association of American Railroads Nov. 6, 2019 traffic report, Senior Vice President Policy and Economics John T. Gray succinctly notes what is dragging rail freight down: “Sluggish growth abroad and trade...
Railroad Retirement benefits will increase in 2020
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, November 1, 2019) CHICAGO — Most railroad retirement annuities, like social security benefits, will increase in January 2020 due to a rise in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) from the third quarter of 2018 to the...
Railroad retiree earnings limits increase in 2020
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, November 1, 2019) CHICAGO — Railroad retirement annuitants subject to earnings restrictions can earn more in 2020 without having their benefits reduced as a result of increases in earnings limits indexed to average...
Years after rail saga, Wisconsin’s Talgo trains sit idle
(Source: Wisconsin Public Radio, November 6, 2019) MADISON, Wisc. — In Beech Grove, Indiana, two massive brick warehouses have been a part of the landscape for more than a century. One of the buildings has a concrete sign that reads 1907. The other reads 1910. Both...
Quad Cities to Chicago Amtrak service gets green light
(Source: Railway Track & Structures, November 5, 2019) NEW YORK — The name “Quad Cities” refers to five U.S. cities, three in Illinois and two in Iowa located along the Mississippi River. The Illinois cities are Moline, Rock Island, and East Moline, and the Iowa...
NJ Transit passenger dies aboard train despite doctor’s attempt to save him
(Source: www.nj.com, November 5, 2019) NEWARK, N.J. — A man on a rush-hour train headed to New Jersey died after possibly suffering a heart attack, despite a doctor’s best efforts to revive him. NJ Transit train No. 3363, on the North Jersey Coast Line route, was...
MBTA Board commits to reimagined commuter rail system
(Source: State House News Service, November 4, 2019) BOSTON — The MBTA board voted Monday to back substantial investment in the commuter rail, calling for electrification of the system and more frequent service through the most dense corridors in a step that...
