April 24, 2023 | CPKC, Derailment, Headlines
(Source: The Saxon, April 22, 2023) Maine Department of Environmental Protection takes Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) to task for cleanup work following freight train derailment and fire occurred last week. Full story: The Saxon
April 24, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, PSR
(Source: CNBC, April 20, 2023) Washington lawmakers are scrutinizing the freight rail industry as a string of derailments unfold in 2023. Others within the industry say accidents have become more difficult to avoid as railroad companies pursue more demanding business...
April 24, 2023 | Derailment, Headlines, UP
(Source: WFAA, April 17, 2023) A train collision in Wise County injured an engineer and a conductor on Sunday night, according to officials. In a statement to WFAA, officials with Union Pacific said that at around 7 p.m. a southbound Union Pacific train hit an...
April 24, 2023 | Fatality, Headlines, NTSB, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, April 21, 2023) The use of a piece of maintenance-of-way equipment to move steel grating panels, with an attachment not designed for that purpose, was the probable cause of a September 2021 fatality involving a contract worker on the Union...
April 21, 2023 | News, SLB Elections
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, April 21 — With nearly 40 delegates in attendance, on Monday, April 17, 2023, Benjamin L. Wright of Division 189 (Saginaw, Texas) was elected as the new Chairman of the BLET’s Texas State Legislative Board (TX SLB) during the Board’s 16th...
