April 2, 2020 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: My News LA, April 1, 2020) LOS ANGELES — A former conductor is suing BNSF Railway Co., alleging he was forced to work without the protection of a face mask in a 2017 sandstorm and to walk for miles amid hazardous waste fields because he was denied access to a...
April 2, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: NorthJersey.com, March 31, 2020) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. — NJ Transit, which has seen its train schedules dramatically reduced because of the coronavirus lockdown, is taking advantage of the freed-up rail lines to do more testing of a federally mandated safety...
April 2, 2020 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Bloomberg, April 2, 2020) NEW YORK — Oil companies are turning to rail cars to stash the crude they can’t sell, as the world runs out of places to store a growing glut of cheap barrels. Full story: Yahoo Finance