April 23, 2020 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Television station KSL TV, April 21, 2020) SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — If a railroad locomotive is an iron horse, then a vast herd has been put out to pasture in Salt Lake City. They’re lined up, nose to tail, waiting to go nowhere — at least for now. By some...
April 23, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: NorthJersey.com, April 23, 2020) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. — The payroll problems at NJ Transit have persisted for several weeks in which several hundred people were not paid for their normal shifts, others were paid the wrong amount and some said overtime hours...
April 23, 2020 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Sandusky Register, April 21, 2020) PERKINS TWP., Ohio — Kevin Jaycox has a message for Ohioans clamoring for a return to normalcy amid the coronavirus outbreak: Pump the brakes. Jaycox has worked in eight states since November and has been quarantined twice....
April 23, 2020 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, April 22, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The following is a statement from Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa about legislation introduced yesterday by House Education and Labor Chairman Bobby Scott (D-Va.)...
April 23, 2020 | CSX, Headlines, Quarterly Income
(Source: Reuters, April 22, 2020) LOS ANGELES — U.S. railroad operator CSX Corp. on Wednesday withdrew its financial forecasts and said it was evaluating future spending as business shutdowns triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic weigh on the U.S. economy. First-quarter...
