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Hoffa: Unions want to be heard in fight to protect pensions
(Source: Columbus Dispatch opinion column by Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa, July 12, 2018) COLUMBUS, Ohio — Today on the grounds of the Statehouse, more than 10,000 union retirees and members will gather in the name of retirement security. They want to...
Railroads have improved safety since fatal S.C. collision, Amtrak and CSX officials say
(Source: USA Today, July 10, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Railroads have taken significant steps to improve safety since a fatal February collision in South Carolina, Amtrak and CSX officials told federal investigators Tuesday. Full story: USA Today
Amtrak rail cars in fatal DuPont crash had waiver and did not meet current safety standards
(Source: Bloomberg, July 20, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The passenger rail cars on an Amtrak train that derailed near Seattle last December, killing three people, were allowed by federal regulators to stay in service even though they didn’t meet current crash-protection...
NTSB quizzes officials on deadly Seattle-area Amtrak Cascades train wreck
(Source: Associated Press, July 11, 2018) SEATTLE, Wash. — Federal safety investigators on Tuesday questioned transportation officials about last year's Amtrak train derailment south of Seattle that killed three people and injured dozens, focusing some questions on...
AAR, ACC, API to Trump: Kill the tariffs before they kill us
(Source: Railway Age, July 11, 2018) NEW YORK — In July 11, 2018 commentary published in the Washington Examiner, AAR President and CEO Ed Hamberger teamed with American Chemistry Council President and CEO Cal Dooley and American Petroleum Institute President and CEO...
Union Pacific CEO says NAFTA withdrawal would be “disastrous” to U.S. economy
(Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, July 12, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a sharp critique of Trump administration trade policies, the president and CEO of the Union Pacific Railroad said Thursday that withdrawal from the North American Free Trade Agreement would have a...
Council Bluffs-based Red Giant, one of largest blenders of engine oil for trains, to be purchased
(Source: Omaha World-Herald, July 10, 2018) OMAHA, Neb. — Red Giant Oil Co., a 108-year-old Council Bluffs company that is one of North America’s largest blenders of locomotive engine oil, is to be purchased by HollyFrontier Corp., a Dallas firm listed on the New York...
Railroad to strip 17 pieces of “decorative” concrete from collapsed Syracuse bridge
(Source: www.syracuse.com, July 10, 2018) SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Decorative concrete on 17 pieces of railroad bridge will be removed this week after huge chunks of that concrete collapsed onto a city street last Thursday. New York Susquehanna & Western, which owns the...
For 60 years, this powerful conservative group has worked to crush labor
(Source: The Nation, July 5, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In December 1953, a group of anti-labor business leaders gathered in Washington, DC, for the first in a series of secret meetings. The meetings were organized by a Southern paper-box manufacturer named Edwin S....
Getting railroads to regulate sleep disorders
(Source: The Regulatory Review, July 5, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In recent years, New York commuters have encountered significant railroad disasters. A passenger train crash in 2016 resulted in over 100 injuries and one fatality. Only 13 weeks later, another train...
