May 29, 2020 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(BLET Editor’s Note: The following is a message to Rail Labor from John Bragg, Labor Member of the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board.) CHICAGO, May 21 — In my last update, I explained that Phase 2 of the Railroad Retirement Board’s (RRB) CARES Act implementation plan was...
May 29, 2020 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Union Pacific press release, May 28, 2020) OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific today published its 2019 Building America Report, the company’s annual sustainability report detailing progress toward its social, economic and environmental initiatives. The report,...
May 29, 2020 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Roll Call, May 28, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Supporters of the Gateway Program, a $30 billion infrastructure project repairing a 10-mile stretch of Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor, have a new argument for their proposal: It could revive the economy of one of the...
May 29, 2020 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: USA Today, May 28, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak is starting to emerge from the coronavirus crisis. It received $1 billion from Congress through the CARES Act. On Monday, its flagship Acela service will resume in the Northeast, as will other trains that...
May 29, 2020 | DOT, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, May 28, 2020) NEW YORK — The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced approximately 15.5 million cloth facial coverings will be sent to the transportation workforce. Full story: Railway Age
