March 24, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, SMART-TD
(Source: Associated Press, March 23, 2022) OMAHA, Neb. — BNSF’s two largest unions will ask an arbitrator to throw out the railroad’s strict new attendance policy instead of appealing a court order preventing them from striking. Full story:...
March 24, 2022 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Railway Age, March 23, 2022) NEW YORK — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) now has 11 weeks of rail traffic data for 2022 (ending March 19). Total carload and intermodal traffic fell 4% in North America—dropping 2.6% in the U.S. and 10.2% in Canada,...
March 24, 2022 | CP-KCS Merger, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, March 23, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal regulators should toss out Norfolk Southern’s request for trackage rights over Kansas City Southern from Shreveport, La., to the Dallas area as part of the proposed Canadian Pacific-KCS merger, CSX...
March 24, 2022 | AFL-CIO, DOT, Headlines, TTD
(Source: AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department press release, March 23, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Greg Regan and Shari Semelsberger, President and Secretary-Treasurer of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), issued this statement in response to the...
March 24, 2022 | Headlines, NS, Technology
(Source: Wabtec Corp. press release, March 23, 2022) ATLANTA and PITTSBURGH — Wabtec Corporation announced today an additional multi-year order from Norfolk Southern to modernize 330 locomotives as part of its continued partnership. This deal is part of Norfolk...
