March 10, 2022 | Canada, CP, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: The Load Star, March 9, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — According to the Teamsters Canadian Rail Conference (TCRC), which represents some 3,000 conductors, engineers and train and yard personnel at CP, 96.7% of them voted in favor of industrial action. The union has...
March 10, 2022 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines, NS
(Source: Railway Track & Structures, March 8, 2022) NEW YORK — A Norfolk Southern train derailment over the weekend had Amtrak cancelling trips. The accident happened in Perryman, Md., on the Northeast Corridor around 2 a.m. on March 5. The Northeast Corridor is...
March 10, 2022 | Headlines, NS, PSR
(Source: Television station WSBT, March 9, 2022) GOSHEN, Ind. — Drivers are stopping in their tracks or literally stopping by the tracks in Goshen. Parked trains are plaguing drivers for hours on end. There is frustration, not just from those drivers but also Goshen’s...
March 10, 2022 | Headlines, Legislation, UP
(Source: Deseret News, March 1, 2022) SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — After a dust-up last week — when a House legislative leader accused Union Pacific of being an unwilling and uncooperative partner in air quality efforts and fast-tracked a bill to force the company to move...
March 9, 2022 | News, PSR, STB
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, March 9 — BLET National President Dennis R. Pierce was highly critical of the so-called “Precision Scheduled Railroading” business model as he testified at a March 8 hearing before the U.S. House of Representatives’ Subcommittee on Railroads,...
