March 8, 2023 | Headlines, PSR, Shippers
(Source: Farm News Media, March 7, 2023) So far this year, average weekly unfilled grain car orders one or more days overdue have numbered over 16,000 a week — the highest rate recorded since the data series began in 2017, according to AFBF Economist Daniel Munch....
March 7, 2023 | Fatality, News, NS, NTSB
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, March 7 — Louis P. Shuster, a proud member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET), employed as a Norfolk Southern conductor, was struck and killed early Tuesday when a dump truck collided with a train car in Cleveland. “Lou...
March 7, 2023 | Education and Training, News
Class is back in session for members and officers of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET). After a hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the BLET returned to in-person workshops last week with several days of intensive training for...
March 7, 2023 | Fatality, Headlines, NS
(Source: Television station WKYC, March 7, 2023) A Norfolk Southern employee has died following an incident in Cleveland after a collision between a Norfolk Southern train and a Stein Inc. dump truck early Tuesday morning. A spokesperson for Cleveland-Cliffs tells...
March 7, 2023 | 2-man Crews, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, Legislation, Railroad Safety
(Source: The Hill, March 6, 2023) Ohio Sens. J.D. Vance (R) and Sherrod Brown (D) unveiled a rail safety proposal last week that has already won over the White House and top Democrats. But winning support from Republicans is proving to be harder as some question if it...
