September 22, 2021 | Contract Negotiations, National Negotiations 2019, News, Unions
September 22, 2021 — The Rail Unions comprising the Coordinated Bargaining Coalition (CBC), negotiating together in the current round of National Negotiations, have issued the following statement: “As we advised in January of 2021, the CBC and the nation’s rail...
September 22, 2021 | CP, Headlines, KCS
(Source: Trains Magazine, September 20, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Canadian Pacific CEO Keith Creel – who last week won a hard-fought, four month merger battle to acquire Kansas City Southern – is fully aware that the first Class I railroad combination in two decades is...
September 22, 2021 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: State House News Service, September 17, 2021) BOSTON — As candidates for governor and mayor of Boston tout plans for fare-free public transit before the end of the decade, a new report suggests the MBTA could be facing a “fiscal calamity” in a...
September 22, 2021 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, September 21, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson hopped aboard an Amtrak train in New York City on Tuesday, after addressing the U.N. General Assembly, to get to a White House meeting with U.S. President Joe...
September 22, 2021 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, September 21, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — On July 30, 2021, about 6:03 p.m. local time, a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) light rail vehicle consist (train) collided into the rear of another...
