February 8, 2023 | Contract Negotiations, CP-KCS Merger, News
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, February 8 — The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) has reached a tentative implementing agreement with the Kansas City Southern (KCS) and Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern (DM&E) Railroads. Ballots were mailed earlier today,...
February 7, 2023 | Contract Negotiations, News, Short Line
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, February 7 — The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) has reached a tentative contract agreement with the Union Railroad in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Ballots were mailed last week to active members of the BLET employed by the...
February 6, 2023 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Television station WJHL, February 3, 2023) YUMA, Va. — A Norfolk Southern employee suffered a serious injury Thursday morning while working at a rail yard in Yuma, Virginia, according to a company spokesperson. Full story: www.wjhl.com
February 6, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, NTSB
(Source: Salem News, February 6, 2023) EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — Two videos obtained by the National Transportation Safety Board showed preliminary indications of a possible mechanical issue with one of the rail car axles before a Norfolk Southern train derailed Friday...
February 6, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, NTSB
(Source: Associated Press, February 6, 2023) EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — Officials monitoring the smoldering, tangled wreckage of a train derailment in northeastern Ohio urgently warned hundreds of nearby residents who had declined to evacuate to do so Sunday night, saying...
