September 8, 2020 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: The Southern Illinoisan, September 3, 2020) CARBONDALE, Ill. — Amtrak is further reducing its direct Carbondale-to-Chicago routes as part of nationwide cuts, and more than a dozen employees with the agency’s Carbondale crew are facing furloughs for upwards of...
September 8, 2020 | Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: ScienceBlog.com, September 7, 2020) With the understanding that PTC deployment and use will make railroad operations overall more efficient, the thinking is that this will lead to air quality improvement where trains operate in that there will be greater...
September 8, 2020 | Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: CBC News, September 2, 2020) OTTAWA — Rail operators in Canada have two years to install black boxes on their trains after the federal government published regulations in the Canada Gazette on Wednesday setting out the new safety requirements. Full story:...
September 8, 2020 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Freight Waves, September 4, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The Surface Transportation Board (STB) has adopted a final rule that modifies what data the board collects from the waybill samples of the U.S. freight railroads. Full story: Freight...
September 8, 2020 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Albany Times Union, September 5, 2020) RENSSELAER, N.Y. — The union representing Amtrak’s onboard employees is criticizing plans by the passenger railroad to furlough 700 of them, saying they’re trained first responders who handle medical...
