April 10, 2023 | 2-man Crews, Headlines, Legislation, PSR, Railroad Safety
(Source: Freight Waves, April 6, 2023) Two popular issues among rail unions — train lengths and train crew sizes — have gained traction in state legislatures, with a bill in the Nevada legislature limiting train lengths and a provision requiring train crew sizes of at...
April 10, 2023 | 2-man Crews, Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, PSR
(Source: Trains Magazine, April 7, 2023) All the positive freight railroad safety statistics in the world — like more than 99.9% of hazardous materials shipments arriving without incident — can’t overcome that image of a towering column of black smoke rising from East...
April 10, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, Lawsuit, NS
(Source: The Canton Repository, April 7, 2023) A federal judge has consolidated 31 federal lawsuits filed against Norfolk Southern over the fiery train derailment in East Palestine two months ago. Judge Benita Y. Pearson of the U.S. District Court’s Northern...
April 10, 2023 | CEO Pay, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: CNN, April 6, 2023) Part of the deal with being the boss is you get paid top dollar in exchange for taking on the most risk. In theory, at least. But the pandemic era has, in many cases, flipped that idea on its head. Recent filings illustrate the way CEOs...
April 10, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution, April 7, 2023) Norfolk Southern’s hometown newspaper, the Atlanta Journal Constitution, profiles CEO Alan Shaw but BLET President Eddie Hall gets the last word: “We still have engineers and conductors forced to choose...
