May 7, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: CBS Philadelphia, May 6, 2020) PHILADELPHIA — SEPTA honored one of its longest-serving employee on Wednesday with a surprise party for his 50th work anniversary. Russell Gardner currently works at the NRG station as a custodian. Full story: CBS...
May 7, 2020 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: Jacksonville Daily Record, May 6, 2020) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The COVID-19 pandemic is creating challenges for every business, but Jacksonville-based railroad company CSX Corp. is in a good position to weather the storm, CEO Jim Foote told shareholders in a...
May 7, 2020 | CN, CP, Headlines
(Source: Freight Waves, May 6, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Despite the COVID-19 pandemic threatening to disrupt supply chain flows, the Canadian railways boasted record volumes of grain shipped in April. Full story: Freight Waves
May 7, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: WHYY, May 7, 2020) PHILADELPHIA — This story is part of WHYY’s series “COVID-19: Remembering lives we’ve lost” about the everyday people the Philadelphia region has lost to the coronavirus pandemic, the lives they lived, and what they meant to their families,...
May 7, 2020 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: Column by Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa, published in the Detroit News on May 6, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The coronavirus pandemic continues to affect hardworking Americans’ everyday life. Despite a plateauing of new cases, the toll this scourge...
