March 31, 2023 | BNSF, Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, Railroad Safety
(Source: Associated Press, March 30, 2023) Hundreds of people had to evacuate their Minnesota town after a BNSF train hauling ethanol and corn syrup derailed and caught fire early Thursday, but authorities were hopeful that the quick response and cold weather would...
March 31, 2023 | Headlines, Legislation, Railroad Safety
(Source: Television station KSTP, March 30, 2023) The railroad industry is pushing back against efforts to make them pay for more inspectors to review rail infrastructure and operations. The DFL proposal, part of a larger transportation-funding package, would increase...
March 31, 2023 | 2-man Crews, Headlines, Legislation, Railroad Safety
(Source: Politico, March 30, 2023) Ohio’s House delegation Thursday signaled that they’re optimistic that they can reach common ground with other Republicans on a bill intended to strengthen rail safety following the Feb. 3 derailment in East Palestine —...
March 31, 2023 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, March 29, 2023) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending March 25, 2023. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 469,958...
March 30, 2023 | BNSF, Derailment, Headlines
(Source: ABC News, March 30, 2023) The incident was reported at around 1 a.m. CT. Multiple tankers of a train operated by BNSF Railway derailed and caught fire on the western edge of Raymond, a town in Minnesota’s southwestern Kandiyohi County that has a...
March 30, 2023 | Headlines, PSR
(Source: Reuters, March 29, 2023) Beware the company, or industry, with a one-track mind. General Electric had one for years, consumed by Six Sigma, whose gospel the U.S. conglomerate helped spread to boardrooms far and wide. At Kraft Heinz, the cost-saving dogma was...
March 30, 2023 | Amtrak, Contract Negotiations, Headlines, Unions
(Source: TCU & Shop-Craft Coalition press release, March 24, 2023) On Thursday, March 23 – after 15 months of negotiations – the TCU & Shop-Craft Coalition reached a tentative agreement with Amtrak to settle each organization’s respective Section 6 notices for...
March 30, 2023 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Railway Age, March 29, 2023) For the week ending March 25, 2023, U.S. rail traffic fell 7.5% from the prior-year period, pulled down by both carloads (dipping 0.2%) and intermodal volume (declining 13.9%), according to the Association of American Railroads...
March 30, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: Ideastream Public Media, March 29, 2023) Norfolk Southern will hire Ohio businesses for cleanup in the aftermath of the toxic train derailment last month in East Palestine. Full story: Ideastream Public Media
March 30, 2023 | Amtrak, COVID, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, March 29, 2023) Amtrak’s New York City-Montreal Adirondack train, the only Amtrak service that was discontinued because of the COVID virus, is finally coming back. Its first northbound run from Penn Station New York will take place on Monday,...
