March 3, 2023 | Headlines, PSR, Railroad Safety, UP
(Source: The Guardian, March 3, 2023) In leaked audio heard by the Guardian, a manager for one of the US’s largest rail companies can be heard explaining to a former carman that they should stop tagging railcars for broken bearings. The manager says doing so delays...
March 3, 2023 | DOT, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, Railroad Safety
(Source: Reuters, March 2, 2023) Seven major North American freight rail companies on Thursday agreed to join a voluntary employee safety reporting program after Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg had urged the action following a Feb. 3 derailment in East...
March 3, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, EPA, Headlines, NS, NTSB
(Source: Freight Waves, March 2, 2023) The National Transportation Safety Board “is looking closely” at how aluminum protective housing covers on three tank cars carrying vinyl chloride performed after the Feb. 3 derailment of a Norfolk Southern train near East...
March 3, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, EPA, Headlines, NS, NTSB
(Source: Associated Press, March 3, 2023) Residents who say they’re still suffering from illnesses nearly a month after a train carrying toxic chemicals derailed in Ohio confronted the railroad’s operator Thursday at a town forum, demanding to know whether they’d be...
March 3, 2023 | 2-man Crews, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, Legislation, Railroad Safety
(Source: Politico, March 2, 2023) President Joe Biden on Thursday praised bipartisan legislation that would strengthen safety rules governing railroads, following the fiery Ohio train derailment that left residents concerned about the air and water quality in the town...
March 3, 2023 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, March 2, 2023) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Teamsters Union is proud to celebrate the accomplishments of women in the labor movement—and throughout history—during Women’s History Month every March. Throughout...
March 3, 2023 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Railway Age, March 1, 2023) U.S rail traffic in February 2023 lagged the same month last year—down 5.2% or 101,452 carloads and intermodal units, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported March 1. This follows January’s 3.2% drop from the...
March 3, 2023 | BNSF, Headlines, PSR
(Source: WyoFile, March 2, 2023) The House Minerals, Business and Economic Development Committee held a rare executive session Feb. 24 with BNSF Railway officials to discuss railroad challenges, including its plans to improve coal shipments out of the Powder River...
March 3, 2023 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines
(Source: Trains Magazine, March 1, 2023) Canadian Pacific has asked federal regulators to approve the appointment of former Federal Railroad Administration administrator and longtime railroad executive Ron Batory as trustee of the CP-Kansas City Southern voting trust....
March 3, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, EPA, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, March 2, 2023) Sherrod Brown and J.D. Vance, the U.S. senators from Ohio, sent a letter to the state’s environmental protection agency expressing concern that dioxins may have been released when some of the chemicals in the damaged railcars...
