December 13, 2021 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Progressive Railroading, December 2, 2021) Norfolk Southern Corp. today announced that Chairman and CEO James Squires plans to retire May 1, 2022, at which time Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer Alan Shaw will become CEO. Full story:...
December 13, 2021 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, December 1, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board issued Wednesday a Safety Alert calling on rail transit agencies and commuter railroads across the nation to assess its fleets...
December 13, 2021 | FRA, Headlines
(Source: Federal Railroad Administration press release, December 7, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Federal-State Partnership for State...
December 1, 2021 | Headlines, Technology
(Source: American Journal of Transportation, November 30, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — If U.S. Class I railroads convert from diesel locomotives to battery power, they can save $94 billion over 20 years “while consuming half the energy consumed by diesel trains,”...
December 1, 2021 | Headlines, PSR, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: Statement by International Brotherhood of Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa, published in the Detroit News on December 1, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — This holiday season, there are many things for which we should be grateful. But the state of the U.S. supply...
