May 10, 2023 | DOT, FRA, Headlines, Railroad Safety
(Source: Erie News Now, May 9, 2023) DOT Secretary Pete Buttigieg said the EPA is holding Norfolk Southern accountable for the cleanup, and the DOT is also keeping a close watch on it, too. Full story: Erie News Now
May 10, 2023 | Contract Agreement, News, Short Line
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, May 10 — On May 5, members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) ratified a new collective bargaining agreement with the South Buffalo Railway (SBRR). The new three-year agreement provides a $1,000.00 signing bonus and...
May 9, 2023 | BNSF, Headlines, Paid Sick Leave, PSR
(Source: Associated Press, May 8, 2023) Tens of thousands of engineers remain frustrated with the lack of paid sick time and the demands railroads like BNSF are making in negotiations despite the deals that have been made this year for most of the other rail unions....
May 9, 2023 | 2-man Crews, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, Legislation, Railroad Safety
(Source: Press release from the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation, May 8, 2023) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, said today that the...
May 9, 2023 | 2-man Crews, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, Legislation, Railroad Safety
(Source: Reuters, May 8, 2023) The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday will vote on sweeping bipartisan rail safety legislation prompted by a Norfolk Southern-operated train derailment on Feb. 3 in Ohio. Full story: Yahoo Finance
