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FRA makes $244 million available for capital rail projects
(Source: Federal Railroad Administration press release, August 14, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Consolidated Rail...
Hemphill heading Uinta Basin Railway project
(Source: Railway Age, August 15, 2019) NEW YORK — Rio Grande Pacific Corp. has named rail industry veteran Mark Hemphill to lead development and construction of the Uinta Basin Railway project, a $1.5 billion new-build that, when completed in late 2022 or early 2023,...
Court rules BNSF not liable for fatal accident
(Source: www.lawyers.com, August 15, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In January 2015, an Illinois man that worked for BNSF Railway Company lost his life while driving to work in a snowstorm when his vehicle slid into a snowplow. The man was told to report to work to help...
Marcus King appointed to lead Teamsters Human Rights and Diversity Commission
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, August 15, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Marcus W. King, President of New Jersey’s Teamsters Local 331, has been appointed as the Director of the Teamsters Human Rights and Diversity Commission. “I am pleased...
Teamsters National Black Caucus 44th annual Educational Conference convenes in Louisville
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, August 15, 2019) LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Today the 44th Annual Teamsters National Black Caucus Conference began in Louisville, Kentucky. This year’s theme was straightforward: “A New Time, A New Vision.” Mac...
International competition and trade uncertainty weigh on U.S. rail volumes for grain
(Source: Freight Waves, August 15, 2019) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — While trade uncertainty is a dominant theme in the rail demand outlook for moving grain this fall, other factors such as global market competition come into play when considering how much grain volume could...
North American rail volumes continue downward trend
(Source: Freight Waves, August 15, 2019) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — North American year-to-date rail volumes drafted lower again for the week ending August 14, according to the Association of American Railroads. Rail traffic slumped in the U.S. and Mexico but rose in Canada...
CN employee dies after rail car derails
(Source: Canadian Press, August 15, 2019) VAUGHAN, Ontario — Police say a Canadian National Railway employee has died after a rail car derailed in Vaughan. York Regional Police say they were called to the scene of what they described as an industrial accident around 2...
AAR: Rail traffic drops for week ending August 10, 2019
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, August 14, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending August 10, 2019. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 533,190...
NS names Sutherland, Farrell to new executive positions
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, August 14, 2019) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern announced today that its board of directors has approved new responsibilities for Vanessa Allen Sutherland and Michael Farrell, effective Aug. 16: Michael Farrell is senior vice...
