April 25, 2023 | FRA, Headlines, PSR, Railroad Safety
(Source: Railway Age column by Grady C. Cothen Jr., April 23, 2023) The June 2022 White Paper supplemented here was devoted to “management of in-train forces.” This is an issue for trains of virtually all lengths and tonnages, but longer trains present special...
April 25, 2023 | Canada, CN, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Teamsters Canada Rail Conference press release, April 23, 2023) LAVAL, Quebec — The Teamsters Canadian Rail Conference (TCRC) and Canadian National (CN) have successfully reached a tentative agreement. The agreement must now be voted on by approximately 6,000...
April 25, 2023 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Associated Press, April 24, 2023) A bipartisan congressional group from Nevada and California asked the Biden administration Monday to fast-track federal funds for a private company to build a high-speed rail line between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area....
April 25, 2023 | Headlines, PSR, UP
(Source: Reuters, April 20, 2023) Union Pacific Corp’s chief executive officer said on Thursday the railroad operator was considering slowing down the pace of hiring in the second half of the year amid a cloudy economic outlook, becoming the latest U.S. company...
April 24, 2023 | Fatality, Headlines, NS
(Source: Fox 8 News, April 14, 2023) The FOX 8 I-Team has found a dump truck driver charged with aggravated vehicular homicide for a crash last month in Cleveland that killed a train conductor, BLET member Louis Shuster. Police have filed a charge against Ryan...
