May 17, 2024 | CN, CSX, Headlines, STB, UP
(Source: Trains.com, May 16, 2024) Canadian National, CSX, and Union Pacific last week asked a federal appeals court to set aside the Surface Transportation Board’s new reciprocal switching rule, which will allow sole-served shippers in terminal areas to request...
May 16, 2024 | Headlines, NTSB
(Source: AIN Online, May 16, 2024) The U.S. Senate last night confirmed a three-year extension of Jennifer Homendy’s term as chair of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). This approval, by voice vote, comes two months after President Joe Biden nominated...
May 16, 2024 | Furloughs, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Office of U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), May 15, 2024) Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) called on the six Class I railroads to address severe staffing shortages that are endangering workers, increasing the risk of derailments and accidents, and...
May 16, 2024 | East Palestine-NS, EPA, Headlines
(Source: Morning Journal, May 16, 2024) The Region 5 Environmental Protection Agency pushed back at a recent Associated Press report that accuses the agency of not fully utilizing an advanced aircraft that could have collected crucial air monitoring and data during...
May 15, 2024 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Surface Transportation Board press release, May 13, 2024) President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. has designated Robert E. Primus Chairman of the Surface Transportation Board effective May 11, 2024. Chairman Primus is serving in his second term, following his...
May 15, 2024 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, DOT, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Federal Railroad Administration press release, May 14, 2024) The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) that makes available over $2 billion in Federal-State Partnership...
May 15, 2024 | CSX, Harassment, Headlines
(Source: Freight Waves, May 13, 2024) A federal class action lawsuit alleges that Class 1 railroad CSX wrongly discouraged workers from taking leave under the Family Medical Leave Act and retaliated against workers who used the leave. The complaint, filed last Tuesday...
May 15, 2024 | East Palestine-NS, EPA, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, May 14, 2024) The U.S. government has a specialized plane loaded with advanced sensors that officials brag is always ready to deploy within an hour of any kind of chemical disaster. But the plane didn’t fly over eastern Ohio until four days...
May 13, 2024 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, May 13, 2024) On May 10, Martin Oberman retired from the Surface Transportation Board (STB) as chairman. On the same day, the wheels were set in motion to choose the board’s next chair. President Joe Biden intends to nominate STB...
May 10, 2024 | CSX, Derailment, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board, May 8, 2024) On April 15, 2024, about 1:20 p.m. local time, northbound CSX Transportation (CSX) intermodal train I03215 collided head on with stationary, loaded rock train CSX L74314 on the Jesup Subdivision Main Track 2...
