March 16, 2023 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Railway Age, March 15, 2023) Through the first 10 weeks of 2023 (ending March 11), total North American carload and intermodal traffic dipped 2.9% from same point last year, according to the Association of American Railroads’ (AAR) March 15 report. Both...
March 16, 2023 | Fatality, Headlines, NS
(Source: www.al.com, March 15, 2023) An Alabama woman is suing Norfolk Southern over the death of her husband, who was killed on the job while working as a conductor trainee in Bessemer last year. Full story: www.al.com
March 16, 2023 | Amtrak, Headlines, STB, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, March 15, 2023) Amtrak says on-time performance of its Sunset Limited route remains poor. On March 13, Amtrak again asked the Surface Transportation Board to act on its previous request for an investigation into the train’s operations. In a...
March 16, 2023 | Headlines, Shippers, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, March 13, 2023) The Surface Transportation Board has named Richard Erstad and James (Leggett) Kitchin to the board’s Railroad-Shipper Transportation Advisory Council, the board announced Friday. Full story: Trains Magazine
March 15, 2023 | Education and Training, News
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, March 15 — The BLET Education & Training Department, in conjunction with the National Legislative Office, will conduct a class for BLET Division Legislative Representatives in Washington, D.C., from June 5-9, 2023. The class will take place at...
